how to backup everything
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seriousgigi last edited by seriousgigi
@donq i dont have windows password, because i dont use.
and i solved it with an interesting way <there should be a bulb icon here> and i guess it is a bug. but i wont explain it here because right now i am too angry.also couldnt get addons despite having both backup folder and signed in. in chrome right after you sign in you get all of your addons installed that account before. opera should have done same thing.
update i can get addons in addon settings by activating developer mode and loading manually from extension folder. i am feeling so good so far after stupid windows errors. i was dealing with constant wifi connection lost because new windows (not 11) can not install proper drivers. i was about to buy a new wifi-adapter but finally fixed it by installing windows 8 driver lol.
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@seriousgigi If you have never set up a passphrase and Sync asks you to provide one, it's most probably referring to your old Opera account password, that was used to encrypt your synced saved passwords.
If you can't remember that old password, the only solution is to reset the passphrase, what also resets the synced data, and you can start syncing everything again.
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@seriousgigi When you click on the link to reset the passphrase, there is a warning about your data being removed from the servers.
There couldn't be one about losing passwords locally because it's not what happens. Or shouldn't be at least.
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seriousgigi last edited by seriousgigi
@leocg now i am signed in. i have all of my passwords and other data but dont remember my passphrase. so just in case, i want to reset my passphrase and make a new one.
how to keep all of my data?
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@seriousgigi Only the data on the Sync server will be deleted, the one stored in your devices should be kept.
Just in case, logout from Sync before resetting passphrase and do a backup. -
seriousgigi last edited by seriousgigi
@leocg ok. i also wanna delete opera folder for clean start so which files do i need to backup can you make a list?
files:
Favicons, History, Bookmarks, Bookmarks Extras? (what is this?), also Bookmarks.bak(?), Shortcuts, Visited Linksfolders:
Sessions, AutofillRegex, AutofillStrikeDatabasealso why did you say logout first? copying files without logging out is not recommended?
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by leocg
@seriousgigi Just rename the profile folder, that way you will still have your old data.
And the logout is to avoid eventual problems with synchronization messing up with your local data when you reset your synced data/passphrase.
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seriousgigi last edited by seriousgigi
@leocg ok. i did all of them but one thing i didnt understand. i resetted my passphrase but opera didnt ask me about new password. i wanna change that password, this is the reason why i resetted my passphrase in the first place.
if i can not change my passphrase then whats the point for all of this? because opera will ask my passphrase again after i format my pc again and i can not provide since i dont know my passphrase.
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@seriousgigi To reset your Opera account password, go to https://auth.opera.com/account/edit-profile
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seriousgigi last edited by seriousgigi
@leocg i know my opera account password i am trying to change passphrase. these are two different things right?
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@seriousgigi Just go to the same place where you set it up last time: Menu > Connect as your username > Click on the cogwheel icon > Cryptography options > Select the option to encrypt all synced data with a passphrase > Enter a new passphrase.
However, as discussed before in this topic, it seems that Opera was asking for an old password and not the passphrase, am I correct?
If that is the case, just resetting passphrase/synced data should be enough. -
seriousgigi last edited by
@leocg i dont remember if it is old password because since i mostly store passwords and dont remember anything about passphrase it should be old password but like i said before i tried more than 10 different passwords and none of them worked.
anyway thx for that i changed my passphrase finally.
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