[Solved]unable to clean/remove an unfinished download

[burnout426]

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@frozen99

Then:

del "%APPDATA%\Opera Software\Opera Developer\History"

and

del "C:\Users\Froze_000\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Developer\History"

should both work to delete the History file in Opera Developer's profile directory.

[A Former User]

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@burnout426 now it says it couldn't have found either of those addresses ..

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by burnout426

@frozen99 said in unable to clean/remove an unfinished download:

idk how to delete the history files off using explorer

In the run dialog or the command prompt, you can type explorer and press enter. Then, you can browse to the profile folder as seen in opera://about. Then, you can right-click on the "History" file and choose to delete it. In explorer, just make sure to click the "view" menu and check "hidden items" (or view -> folder options depending on your version of Windows).

[A Former User]

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@burnout426 when i type 'explorer' in either of those, My Computer opens

[burnout426]

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@frozen99 said in unable to clean/remove an unfinished download:

My Computer opens

Yes. You then goto the c: drive, then Users, then your username, then appdata, then Roaming, then Opera Software, then Opera Developer.

[A Former User]

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@burnout426 oh, alright, i did that and that seems to be the problem, after AppData, there's 'Local' file, 'Microsoft', 'Windows' and then two empty files 'INetCache' and INetCookies' and nothing else

[burnout426]

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@frozen99 said in unable to clean/remove an unfinished download:

after AppData, there's 'Local'

There should be "roaming" too.

[A Former User]

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@burnout426 yes found it! it was hidden and didn't appear before ..

[A Former User]

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@burnout426 deleted all, history/history provider cache/history-journal and it's still freaking there

[burnout426]

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Delete the "appdata/local/Opera Software/Opera Developer/cache" folder and see if that does it.

[A Former User]

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@burnout426 nope

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by burnout426

Delete the "appdata/Roaming/Opera Software/Opera Developer" folder then to wipe out your Opera profile and start over. If you need to back things up first, let me know.

[burnout426]

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@frozen99 said in unable to clean/remove an unfinished download:

i can't manage to delete an unfinished download from my 'downloads',

Are you talking about your download folder in Windows or the download page at opera://downloads in Opera?

[A Former User]

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@burnout426 said in [unable to clean/remove an unfinished download]

Are you talking about your download folder in Windows or the download page at opera://downloads in Opera?

the download page .. but i wiped it all out and it's gone should've backed up my s*** but at least it's finally gone

[burnout426]

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Glad it's gone. If I find out what file in the profile folder stores the bad entries like that, I'll post here for future reference.

[A Former User]

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@burnout426 the file i was downloading got interrupted/crashed so it couldn't be reloaded but idk why it was such a bitch to get rid of. thank you so much for your help !