Opera standalone will refresh desktop and create icon at every start
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A Former User last edited by
Windows 10 (1903)
Opera 64.0.3417.47 (64 bits)
Standalone version installed on D driveLaunching directly from launcher.exe or from desktop shortcut or a 3rd party launcher will have the same effect (flashing desktop icons and creating opera shortcut again and again etc.).
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
I'll have to test with a standalone installation on another drive when I get a change. There was recently https://forums.opera.com/topic/35374/solved-desktop-actualisation-on-every-start btw.
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A Former User last edited by
The only way things are ok, is when I use a previous launcher.exe backup from 2018 that opera left on its folder.
This is really strange but as I completely uninstalled Opera and cleared the cache of my data folder, then installed again, there is no reason that this problem that I never had before comes from my pc, for sure it comes from opera.
Other browsers do not have this behaviour when I launch them.
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@burnout426 said in Opera standalone will refresh desktop and create icon at every start:
I'll have to test with a standalone installation on another drive when I get a chance.
Tested on an external drive. Same behavior. Opera only creates a desktop icon once after I first pin it to the taskbar. If I delete the desktop icon, it doesn't come back. Same Windows version and build and Opera version as you.
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
I believe you of course and many others have had this problem. Just not sure how exactly to reproduce.
Is your Windows user account an admin account or a standard user account?
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A Former User last edited by
Also, maybe it counts in this issue, but Opera is not my default browser.
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zalex108 last edited byHi,
It was happening on my system some time ago, now it's gone - Stable | Dev -.
I've made a .bat to clean the desktop icons, I would share it despite your problem should be found and fixed.
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
If you launch opera.exe instead of launcher.exe, is the shortcut still created and the desktop still flickers/refreshes?
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A Former User last edited by
I haven't tried, but if I try this, will opera create a new user folder somewhere else ?
I think that the launcher is made for the standalone version, doesn't it ?
Thanks
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@jsssx No, it'll be fine. launcher.exe is used for the regular installation of Opera too. opera.exe (even in a standalone installation) will honor the installation_status and installation_prefs files and will still use the profile in the standalone installation folder.
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A Former User last edited by
Same issue if I launch opera.exe instead of launcher.exe (desktop is refreshed and icon is back).
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
Just to double check, can you make another standalone installation of the latest stable version of Opera on your drive to test with to see if it also does it?
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A Former User last edited by
I was thinking that this is going to be the solution but unfortunately it does the same.
Icon is created at first launch and comes back at every restart. -
burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
Anything special/non-default with the way your desktop is set up? Different view/arrange sortings?
Can you temporarily move all your icons off your desktop (to a folder somewhere else) and test again.
Can you test if any security programs are triggering the behavior?
Do you see anything in the task manager for Opera before you open it?
Do you have Opera pinned to the taskbar? Is so, can you unpin it to test if that make a difference?
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
Do you use a local account for Windows 10 or do you sign in with a Microsoft account? If the latter, do you have theme syncing on?
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A Former User last edited by
Nothing special, nothing about opera before start, no desktop organising software.
I only have Windows Defender, and Windows Firewall Control for security.
Moving icons did not change anything too.I have 3 monitors plugged to this computer, does it count ?
2 are plugged on the Intel GPU and the main is on a AMD RX580 (all up to date).No Mircrosoft account, only local account, no password, no theme, no sync.
Sorry for this hard case and thank you for your time
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@jsssx said in Opera standalone will refresh desktop and create icon at every start:
I have 3 monitors plugged to this computer, does it count ?
Not sure. Multiple desktops or extending a desktop or the virtual desktop feature might cause Opera to always create an icon and refresh. Not able to test that myself though. I supposed if you have the time and want to go through the trouble, you can disconnect all but one monitor and make sure you only have one desktop to see if there's any difference. Maybe there's something in the AMD driver config for how things are extended across screens that triggers it. Sounds unlikely, but...
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A Former User last edited by
Thanks for your help but I'm giving up, icon and desktop refresh is still here.
Today after doing some search on Amazon, I've had a privacy issue with Opera showing continue shopping, the same I had for booking.com which I disabled in the past.
That was the straw that broke the camel's back, after almost 2 decades with Opera I will now switch to something else.
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@jsssx said in Opera standalone will refresh desktop and create icon at every start:
Today after doing some search on Amazon, I've had a privacy issue with Opera showing continue shopping, the same I had for booking.com which I disabled in the past.
That's the feature introduced here https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2019/08/opera-63-0-3368-51-beta-update/ if you want to read more about it. You're supposed to be able to hide/disable that.
