[Solved]Lost Opera after Windows upgrade yesterday 8/14/19

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Were you using Opera Stable? There was no update yesterday. Some people have had issues with Developer though. Oh, and updating Opera never forces you to restart your computer.

[A Former User]

A Former User @sgunhouse last edited by

@sgunhouse Thanks for your response. I am not sure what the update was as I was just walking past my computer and it said it needed to be restarted so I said ok and then I saw it was updating. I usually don't worry about that stuff. Once it restarted my Opera was not accessible. I was able to delete an Opera app but the Opera stable app can not be deleted.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@dilynn25 So it was a Windows update?

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Windoww or a security program - my AV requires a restart at times.

[A Former User]

A Former User @sgunhouse last edited by

@sgunhouse I'm thinking it was an AVG update because AVG became my browser. I deleted the program/app afterwards but I still can't download Opera

[A Former User]

A Former User @Guest last edited by

@dilynn25 Ok, well, I'm going guess that there isn't anyone here that can help me...I guess this is goodbye to my beloved Opera browser....Sniff, Sniff It was a great run while it lasted...

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@dilynn25 You had just replied here and also it's the weekend.

Back to the subject: Do you see Opera listed in the task manager after have tried to run it?

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg Hi, sorry, I'm really upset that this has happened and I don't see a way to get it back...anyhow...No I don't see it in the task manager. I will try to download it again, right now...

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg Ok, I tried again and there is only a opera installer listed in the task mgr. with all zeros listed and .02 mb of memory

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@dilynn25 So the problem is that you can't download Opera or the problem is that Opera doesn't run?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@dilynn25 So the problem is with the installation?

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg Opera goes through the motions and then just ends with my computer settings page and an Opera icon on my windows 10 screen that does nothing

[A Former User]

A Former User @Guest last edited by

@dilynn25 I've also gotten a msg from Opera afterwards saying that this version of Opera can only be downloaded on window's version 7 or higher and to go to Opera.com I am using windows 10

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@dilynn25 32 or 64 bits?

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg 64

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Maybe you should try the offline installer.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

You could try uninstalling, then pressing Windows + r then write %appdata% then look for the Opera Software folder and then delete it. Try installing again

[A Former User]

A Former User @Guest last edited by

@albiceleste101 Thank you I just tried what you suggested but in roaming it only gave me the option to move to my recycle bin...
I could not find a way to uninstall in that screen once I chose Opera

[A Former User]

A Former User @Guest last edited by

@dilynn25 You were supposed to uninstall Opera normally, not from that screen.

[A Former User]

A Former User @Guest last edited by

@albiceleste101 ok, well, I tried using the uninstall and I still get the message that it only works with windows 7 or higher and that I should go to opera.com for compatible versions. I have windows 10!!! So I have no idea why this box keeps preventing me from uninstalling.