Opera won't let me downgrade from 70 to 68
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deandog last edited by
Opera 70 is causing my Windows 10 computer to crash at least once a day. Every time I uninstall 70 and install 68, the install process launches an Opera session, and that automatically runs the update to 70 again. I know that in a desktop shortcut, I can add " --disable-update" to prevent it from auto-updating, but I can't find a way to prevent the update that occurs during the install process, so I always end up with 70 again. As I type this, I wonder if the "trick" is to kill my Internet connection before installing 68 again. If that works, I'll post a folllow-up shortly.
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andrew84 last edited by
@deandog said in Opera won't let me downgrade from 70 to 68:
kill my Internet connection
It should work, I'm doing the same when I want to install older versions. While Internet is disabled I also rename (or remove) opera_autoupdate.exe
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deandog last edited by
OK, it worked. To summarize, I performed the following steps to downgrade from 70 to 68:
- Uninstall Opera 70.
- Download a previous version of Opera.
- Kill internet connection.
- Install the previous version.
- Close the Opera session that was launched during the install process.
- Access the Opera shortcut that was created on the desktop during the installation.
- Go to Properties \ Shortcut. In the Target textbox, add " --disable-update" (without the quotes) to the end of the existing Target string.
- Launch Opera from the shortcut.
Check Help \ About. For me, it now shows: Version:68.0.3618.63 ... Update checker is disabled
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deandog last edited by
@andrew84 Thanks. I saw your reply as I was finishing mine. Two questions:
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Where on your computer did you find opera_autoupdate.exe?
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I'm getting a bunch of Notifications telling me to activate McAfee. I suspect I've downloaded a tainted version of Opera. Do you have a link for Version 68.0.3618.63?
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@deandog You can find old versions of Opera at http://get.opera.com/ftp/pub/opera/desktop/
