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    • antoinequint9
      antoinequint9 last edited by

      It's weird, I can't add new wallpapers to the Opera GX, can anyone tell me if they have the same problem?

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      • PangereXx757
        PangereXx757 @antoinequint9 last edited by

        @antoinequint9 I have the same problem, I can´t change the wallpaper, I set to default wallpaper and its still like a gray/black wallpaper, I restarted the browser, the laptop, I disabled all addons (I only had the opera's addblocker) and still nothing, it's very weird.

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        • PangereXx757
          PangereXx757 last edited by

          Hello, I have a problem that the wallpaper of Opera GX is not working, I try to change the wallpaper and it does nothing, is black all time, I tried to restart the browser, restart the laptop, change the wallpaper, put a live wallpaper, disable all addons(I only had the opera's addblocker addon) and it does nothing. This problem appeared from nowhere, one day I started my laptop and it was like this, I didn't installed any new program or something suspicious. If someone can help I'll be thankful.

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          • shinobi303
            shinobi303 last edited by

            I have the same problem with opera gx but when I press ctrl + n the problem is solved! This is a solution but I do not know how to fix it permanently!
            Thanks

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            • Eduardoop
              Eduardoop @PangereXx757 last edited by

              @pangerexx757 Alt+p , search wallpapers and press enable wallpapers

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              • lnsu
                lnsu @regelepuma last edited by

                @regelepuma The same happened to me few days ago... now I tried to and managed to fix it, cause... now I noticed, that there is no wallpaper somehow. xD It happened probably when I cleared website content hold by opera (cookie, local data etc).

                As most things in IT is fixed by.. reboot of PC/given app, here it's fixed by disabling and enabling the wallpapers in the properties.

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                • DavidHeaadshot
                  DavidHeaadshot last edited by

                  bro im getting a literal black screen with no wallpapers in the settings and i cant even add mroe wallpapers from outside can someone tell if its a bug that has yet to be fixed or is there something else that iv done wrong cause i just renewd my window and before that my opera was working top notch never had any problems like this

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                  • LuPhoneMaw
                    LuPhoneMaw last edited by

                    Go to Update and Recovery option. Then check for update. After the installation of the update is completed, there will be a relaunch button. Press on it. That's how I got it.

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                    • Rahiyan
                      Rahiyan @LuPhoneMaw last edited by

                      @luphonemaw yea man i have the same reason.......

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                      • A Former User
                        A Former User last edited by

                        i think i found a way to fix it first you disable wall paper then you close all opera tabs then you reopen it then turn wall papers back on then it worked for me

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                        • BLADEGH05T
                          BLADEGH05T last edited by

                          I have had a similar issue but found that the best way to fix it so far is to completely close opera and reopen, after that the backgrounds are back. This is on the most recent update as of 3/28/2023

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                          • Midnight-Paleo
                            Midnight-Paleo @Guest last edited by

                            @localmeatblob Thanks so much!! This method worked for my instantly, issue resolved.

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                            • Hagriddd
                              Hagriddd @Guest last edited by

                              @localmeatblob finally worked for me, thanks!!!

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                              • MessengerForDeath
                                MessengerForDeath last edited by

                                I cant change the custom wallpaper, like the option to change the wallpapers doesn't show up. when i first got Opera it worked, but since a few updates the wallpaper hasn't been working

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                                • burnout426
                                  burnout426 Volunteer @MessengerForDeath last edited by

                                  @messengerfordeath This post might help.

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                                  • MessengerForDeath
                                    MessengerForDeath @burnout426 last edited by

                                    @burnout426 opera restarted from the update and now the wallpaper works

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                                    • The-Gridion
                                      The-Gridion last edited by

                                      I had the same problem, I was trying to upload a custom wallpaper I made in Canva and it wasn't working as a PNG. So I turned it into an SVG and all of a sudden it worked.

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                                      • slikkkkk
                                        slikkkkk @Eduardoop last edited by

                                        @eduardoop i tried everything and it still doesent work

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                                        • JAPANkAZEE
                                          JAPANkAZEE last edited by

                                          Looks like I have the exact same problem, I removed every extensions and also restarted the browser but it doesn't fix...

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                                          • Pharque
                                            Pharque last edited by

                                            I'm still having the same issue where my wallpaper is just a black/grey screen even after trying everything but if it helps I noticed that if you go into easy set-up top right the wallpapers that don't work look like they are cut in half in the use custom wallpaper

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