[Solved]Deleted desktop icon back on every update
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lloydgm last edited by
It's been a month. My bug report has been ignored. The problem remains. I will now abandon Opera after using it for over 20 years. I will not tolerate abide the dishonorable owners of this browser any longer.
To all who remain, g'luck. (You'll need it in spades.)
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@leocg said in Deleted desktop icon back on every update:
Last developer build didn't create a desktop shortcut here during the update.
I can confirm. The update to 64.0.3409.0 for Opera Developer didn't create a desktop icon on me where the previous build did. Might be fixed (at least in v64 builds) now.
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yoaman last edited by
@burnout426 I simply deleted the file (installation_status.json), and it works.
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peakona last edited by
Every time I open Opera (v. 63) a desktop shortcut appears. I do not need a shortcut, so I delete it each time. Then it reappears the next time I open the browser. If I do not delete, a second shortcut will sometimes appear, but not always. What can I do to prevent this happening? It started after a recent update. Using Windows 10 Home.
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icehawk last edited byOpera Developer 65.0.3425.0 -> Update, no icon on desktop
Opera Beta 63.03368.51 -> Update, no icon on desktop
Opera 63.0.3368.53 -> Update, icon on desktop
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icehawk last edited by
Because some not very useful beta things have reached the stable, but not this...
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rseiler last edited by
@leocg said in Deleted desktop icon back on every update:
@icehawk Why report a bug that was already fixed? Just want for the fix to reach stable channel.
Every time I run 65.0.3425.0, it puts its icon on the desktop (Win10). Fixed?
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
Uninstall Opera while choosing to keep your data (if you want).
Delete the Opera Developer program files folder.
Clear "C:\windows\temp" and "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\local\temp" (to get rid of some autoupdate stuff).
Make sure there are no Opera Developer Tasks in the Windows Task Manager.
Delete any Opera Developer shortcuts that are left over.
Reinstall Opera Developer.
You should be good to go from then on. I don't think the fix fixes existing installs very well (if at all).
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
My Opera Developer just updated to 65.0.3430.0. No icon was put back on my desktop.
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rseiler last edited by
@burnout426 Just for clarity, when a build upgrades, and it runs, it by definition has successfully upgraded, right? Especially if you've upgraded to multiple builds, successfully each time, eliminating the possibility of a fluke with one build in particular.
So, how would an uninstall/reinstall (while keeping the profile) be substantively different than an upgrade? Doesn't this problem feel much more like something amiss in the profile, a vestige of the earlier problem left behind for some?
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@rseiler The updater is a separate thing that fetches the installer files and updates with the parameters that were used before. I think it might look in installation_status.json for some things. And, I'm guessing the fix for the updater doesn't fix things messed up in installation_status.json. Not 100% sure, where the issue is at, but deleting the program files and reinstalling might help. If it doesn't and trying with just a new profile fixes it, then it's probably in one of the profile files. Doesn't seem to be though.
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A Former User last edited by
@icehawk There are still a few dozen bugs to fix, as well as return functionality from Presto, and you can think about returning to Opera, as the default browser! But, I think, with their current policies, this we will never wait. Therefore, Opera is now only a secondary browser.
