Opera standalone will refresh desktop and create icon at every start

[burnout426]

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?

[A Former User]

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

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @Guest 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.

[A Former User]

A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426

Same issue if I launch opera.exe instead of launcher.exe (desktop is refreshed and icon is back).

[burnout426]

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?

[A Former User]

A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426

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]

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?

[burnout426]

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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?

[A Former User]

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

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @Guest 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...

[A Former User]

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.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @Guest 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.

[burnout426]

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Sorry you couldn't sort out the refresh issue. Good luck!

[burnout426]

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@jsssx said in Opera standalone will refresh desktop and create icon at every start:

I've had a privacy issue with Opera showing continue shopping, the same I had for booking.com which I disabled in the past.

Options to turn those off are at the URL opera://settings/startPage in Opera Developer at least.