'opera autoupdate' folder keeps showing up in Downloads folder

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by burnout426

@parpaluck said in 'opera autoupdate' folder keeps showing up in Downloads folder:

The installation should be in the Program Files (x86) or Program Files (for 64bit apps).

The installer annoyingly defaults to a "current user" install instead of "all users". It never used to be like that, but Opera changed it. If you click "options" in the installer and switch to "all users" it should switch to "C:\Program Files\Opera" for example. If it doesn't, you can always manually change the path to there. You can uninstall Opera and reinstall with the "all users" option to fix it if you want. Or, any time you want to see where Opera is installed, goto the URL opera://about and check the install path. The installer will look at "Last Stable Install Path" in "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Opera Software" in the registry too.

Right now, I can’t update Opera anymore. I get this message:

Yes. Crippling the updater also cripples checking for updates. You can subscribe to the RSS feed at https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/ to get notified when there's an update. You can also goto https://www.opera.com/download to get the latest when you decide to update. You can also check http://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/desktop/ once in a while to see if there's a new version.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@parpaluck

The developers of Opera should comply with Windows. The installation should be in the Program Files (x86) or Program Files (for 64bit apps). Installing in the /Users/Username/ folder is idiosyncratic, to put it mildly.

I guess it's to avoid installation failures, because not every user has the privileges to install on Program Files.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Iam having this issue now

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@thegeneral Did you check the Windows Task Scheduler to make sure there's only one scheduled Opera autoupdater task? There should only be one for Opera Stable and one for Opera Beta (if you have it installed) and one for Opera Developer (if you have it installed)? If there are 2 that are for stable, for example, this can cause the problem.

[A Former User]

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@burnout426

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@thegeneral You running Opera Stable or Opera Developer?

[A Former User]

A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 stable but i have installed Developer and beta a few times

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@thegeneral Ok. I see the Opera Browser Assistant task coming from Opera Developer (see https://forums.opera.com/post/200880), so just wanted to make sure.

I don't think the browser assistant task would trigger this problem, but I'd delete it just in case. I'd also kill all opera installer and autoupdate tasks that show up in the Windows Task Manager. I'd then delete everything in "C:\windows\temp" and "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\local\temp" to get rid of any old Opera installer files.

In Opera's install directory, I'd delete all older version folders and all older launchers. If there's a separate autoupdate folder in the install directory, I'd delete that too.

That all might be enough to get rid of the issue.

[A Former User]

A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 do u delete opera browser assistant thru task scheduler?

[A Former User]

A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 did all of what u said to do still showing up

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@thegeneral Auto update folder in downloads or browser assistant?

I've done the following and, so far, no signs of browser assistant or auto update folder in downloads:

• Removed all Opera and Opera Browser Assisnta related tasks from task scheduler
• Removed auto update folder from Downloads folder
• Uninstalled Opera (developer 68 in my case) keeping my data
• Installed Opera developer using the offline installer downloaded from get.opera.com

No Browser Assistant listed in the Task Manager nor in the Opera's installation folder. Alos no auto update folder in the downloads folder.

Let's see what happens in the next update.

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg i deleted all the files from task scheduler etc it hasn't shown back up since then ,it was auto update folders in downloads i also deleted the assistant folder from opera /program files folder

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Hello, recently after a few minutes of using the opera browser, I started to see the autoupdate folders in the downloads folder, reinstall did not help, urgent help please!

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@adrianeq55474 There is nothing urgent in it. Take a look above for some possible solutions.

[halexisterra]

halexisterra @Guest last edited by

@adrianeq55474 You should probably have two versions of opera installed on the PC, probably a portable version plugged in or installed on another partition on the HD and which is out of date and causing conflict in autoupdate generating a Crash Reports folder in the downloads folder.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

I've just noticed that auto update folder has returned to show up in Downloads here.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @leocg last edited by

@leocg Is/was it named Opera.Updatexxxxx something or "Opera Autoupdate"?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 Just opera autoupdate.

[alexswak]

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Me too. This is annoying.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

New instances of this issue are being tracked in DNA-85007. Might take some time to be analyzed and fixed, but watch the changelogs at https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/ for it.