Import password text file

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @redbird14 last edited by

@redbird14 As far as I know, that flag was removed by Chromium.

[redbird14]

redbird14 last edited by

So is the bottom line it is no longer possible to import a .csv file containing passwords into a fresh install of Opera on a new computer?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @redbird14 last edited by

@redbird14 I remember some mentioning a command line to enable the password import option but I don't remember it now.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

You need to pass --enable-features=PasswordImport to Opera's launcher.exe.

For example:

"C:\Program Files\Opera\launcher.exe" --enable-features=PasswordImport

in a command prompt (adjust the path to launcher.exe as seen in the install path at the URL opera://about).

Or, you can modify the properties of Opera's shortcut to pass that to launcher.exe.

[redbird14]

redbird14 @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 A screen cap of the cmd window is below. The option still doesn't appear on the Experiments page.

Leocg>>If you're reading this, do you know where Opera stores saved passwords? Apparently not in the profile anywhere ("Opera Stable") because I tried cloning that from my old computer to my new one but the passwords didn't come over.

[redbird14]

redbird14 @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 P.S. Even if it didn't work for me, thank-you for providing this to me!!

[zalex108]

zalex108 @redbird14 last edited by

@redbird14

That enables the option at Settings - Password internally not the toggle at Flags.

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[redbird14]

redbird14 @zalex108 last edited by

@zalex108 DOH! That did indeed work. I actually came up with the a Rube Goldberg-ish solution when I discovered Firefox does carry over passwords in its profile. I was going to export my passwords to Firefox on my old machine, install both Opera & Firefox on the new one, bring the old Firefox profile over to the new one and then import settings, including passwords, into Opera. Your quick discovery that I misunderstood burnout426's instructions saved me from having to do that. So thank-you for setting me straight!!

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @redbird14 last edited by

@redbird14 Passwords are stored in Login Data file located at Opera's profile directory.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

@burnout426 Having the same issue as @redbird14. I attempted what you suggested (saw your solution in another post as well), however, it did not work for me. Do you have any other suggestions?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

@burnout426, I got it to work, but thanks to one of your other posts. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

This post:

@burnout426 said in Cannot import passwords from Chrome, Firefox or .csv file:

For now, you can turn on the opera://flags/#temporary-unexpire-flags-m76 flag to get the opera://flags/#PasswordImport flag back.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@et8ken said in Import password text file:

I attempted what you suggested (saw your solution in another post as well), however, it did not work

It does work. Perhaps there was a typo in the command when you tried it.

@et8ken said in Import password text file:

For now, you can turn on the opera://flags/#temporary-unexpire-flags-m76

Glad that worked. Note that eventually that flag will be removed and you'll have to resort to the command-line way instead.