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    While using Opera in Windows 7 "The color scheme has been changed to Windows 7 Basic"

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    • A Former User
      A Former User last edited by

      Every time I go on Ebay and look at a listing, I'll get a error that pops up. This is what it says:

      "The color scheme has been changed"

      "The following program has performed an action the requires Windows to temporarily change the color scheme to Windows 7 Basic.

      Program: Opera web browser
      Publisher: Opera Software AS
      Process identifier (PID): 7196

      Windows will automatically change the color scheme back to Windows Aero when this program or other programs performing similar actions are no longer running."

      The only "fix" is to restart the PC. I have not had this problem with ANY other browser. This is exclusive to Opera ONLY. I want this issue fixed immediately.

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      • burnout426
        burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

        That's weird. Goto the URL opera://settings/system, disable hardware acceleration and restart Opera. If the problem goes away, it's probably a GPU or GPU driver issue.

        @pawapawa said in While using Opera in Windows 7 "The color scheme has been changed to Windows 7 Basic":

        I have not had this problem with ANY other browser.

        A good comparison for Opera would be Vivaldi and Brave. If you haven't tried those yet, try them to see if they also do it. If so, it could be an issue with Chromium (even if things work fine in Chrome).

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        • burnout426
          burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by

          @pawapawa said in While using Opera in Windows 7 "The color scheme has been changed to Windows 7 Basic":

          The only "fix" is to restart the PC.

          The "But it isn't! I know!" section of this post https://superuser.com/a/498964/6488 might help you avoid restarting your PC when you need to fix the issue after it's already happened.

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          • burnout426
            burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

            https://www.google.com/search?q="The+following+program+has+performed+an+action+the+requires+Windows+to+temporarily+change+the+color+scheme+to+Windows+7+Basic. might help too.

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            • A Former User
              A Former User last edited by

              I will try these suggestions. It seems like a driver issue. Thanks, burnout426.

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