[BUG] Opera won't check for updates - invalid params and unable to prepare update checker runtime

A Former User @no-name-opera

@no-name-opera ya might check this..

do ya have multiple entries of scheduled tasks.

Each installer should keep it clean and have only one task created..

no-name-opera

no-name-opera @Guest

@nvmjustagirl No. In fact, from the command line, I ran:

C:\Temp\opera\portable\launcher.exe --scheduledautoupdate $(Arg0)

...to see if it came back with any errors. It didn't.

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @no-name-opera

@no-name-opera If nor a reinstall using the offline installer nor a clean profile are solving the issue, then I guess it may be something on the system.

no-name-opera

no-name-opera

What would be very useful is if someone from the dev team or someone familiar with the code can look at the specific messages from the posted log file and provide indications as to what causes those errors. Search engines don't bring up anything.

no-name-opera

no-name-opera @leocg

@leocg Certainly I understand. The question is: what? What would Opera be relying upon outside its code that causes only update to get hosed? Everything else on the browser works fine. And I believe the opera_autoupdate.log must have the key but don't know how to troubleshoot these messages.

Would any of you mind looking at your opera_autoupdate.log to see if you have any similar messages?

zalex108

zalex108 @zalex108

@zalex108 said in [BUG] Opera won't check for updates - invalid params and unable to prepare update checker runtime:

Some ideas:

Check router's DNS, Settings.

~~Check with a Local VPN.~~

~~Hotspot Shield~~
*~~Proton~~

Check on another ISP?

Check with Mobile's data HotSpot?

Did you download Opera from official site?

Also,

Check on network settings at IE/ Edge If there is any blocked direction.

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A Former User @no-name-opera

@no-name-opera said in [BUG] Opera won't check for updates - invalid params and unable to prepare update checker runtime:

@nvmjustagirl No. In fact, from the command line, I ran:
C:\Temp\opera\portable\launcher.exe --scheduledautoupdate $(Arg0)
...to see if it came back with any errors. It didn't.

even tho ya said no errors you need to go look and see if n e thing like this..

Example..

zalex108

zalex108 @Guest

No data on autoupdate logs.

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no-name-opera

no-name-opera @zalex108

@zalex108 Thanks for checking. So just to confirm I understand what you're saying: after you manually click the update button, you have a file \profile\data\opera_autoupdate.log that is empty, correct?

If so, can you please indicate what language you're using? If it's not en-US, perhaps that's another clue (as I posted above, the log shows "Language not in the available languages list: en-US," which is really odd).

no-name-opera

no-name-opera @no-name-opera

Interesting - when I switch to English (United Kingdom) as the language, the language errors go away in the opera_autoupdate.log:

[10972:5992:0124/121601.997:3001781:ERROR:autoupdate_checker.cc(374)] COM init failed
[10972:5992:0124/121601.997:3001781:ERROR:autoupdate_checker.cc(333)] Unable to acquire locks! Download: true, metric: true
[10972:5992:0124/121601.997:3001781:ERROR:autoupdate_checker.cc(137)] Unable to prepare update checker runtime.

This suggests, at minimum, there's a bug somewhere related to the default language. This can't be related to my local environment.

A Former User @no-name-opera

@no-name-opera yes On the Actions tab in task , you will see that : C:\Temp\opera\portable\launcher.exe --scheduledautoupdate $(Arg0) you can delete the task but then it would not update..

A Former User @Guest

C:\Users\name\AppData\Local\Temp

do ya have n e files like this

PortableBrowsers66.0.3515.27opera_autoupdate.download.lock

the .lock - on the end of the file

no-name-opera

no-name-opera @Guest

@nvmjustagirl Yes, the file is empty:

CTempoperaportable66.0.3515.44opera_autoupdate.download.lock

Edit:
When I delete the file and re-run the updater, the file is recreated empty/with zero bytes.

A Former User @no-name-opera

@no-name-opera damnnit mums screaming back in a bit if permitted lol *sowwies.. gone

zalex108

zalex108 @no-name-opera

@no-name-opera said in [BUG] Opera won't check for updates - invalid params and unable to prepare update checker runtime:

@zalex108 Thanks for checking. So just to confirm I understand what you're saying: after you manually click the update button, you have a file \profile\data\opera_autoupdate.log that is empty, correct?

If so, can you please indicate what language you're using? If it's not en-US, perhaps that's another clue (as I posted above, the log shows "Language not in the available languages list: en-US," which is really odd).

Language of System and Opera is EN US.

About the update I'll check, it's the default state after latest update.

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leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @no-name-opera

@no-name-opera Update works if you change language?

no-name-opera

no-name-opera @leocg

@leocg No, I was just commenting that the following lines in the opera_autoupdate.log go away after changing the language:

[21836:25364:0124/080941.730:80190515:INFO:resource_l10n_handler.cc(101)] Language not in the available languages list: en-US
[21836:25364:0124/080941.730:80190515:INFO:resource_l10n_handler.cc(107)] Trying language from system preferred list: en-US
[21836:25364:0124/080941.730:80190515:INFO:resource_l10n_handler.cc(150)] Retrying after adjustments: en-US
[21836:25364:0124/080941.730:80190515:INFO:resource_l10n_handler.cc(107)] Trying language from system preferred list: en

And please remember these lines come from a just downloaded portable version. So I'm thinking there's at least something wrong there.

However, changing the language does not fix the "COM init failed" or "Unable to acquire locks!" problems. If I only knew what COM init failed meant, it would better help me discover the problem.

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @no-name-opera

@no-name-opera The log file is created empty here.

Any difference if you turn off the VPN? Or if you choose another location?

What about emprtying the temp folder?

no-name-opera

no-name-opera @leocg

@leocg Assuming you're also using Windows 10 and it's current on all it's updates, then I'm completely at a loss where to go from here. No, no difference having a VPN on or off, nor running in a different location. The temp folder is cleared after every reboot so that's not it either. (sigh)

So the Opera devs never come around the forums for a bit of troubleshooting, eh?

zalex108

zalex108

Not sure if on the Local VPN the HOSTS file is involved, but try a FlushDNS.

IpConfig /FlushDNS - If I recall - on Elevated CMD.

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