Opera 95.0.4635.84's Menu Top Right Corner Has Turned Red
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bbildman last edited by
When I click the menu button, almost at the bottom there is a red dot opposite to a note "Get The Latest Security Update" - When this is clicked, it opens this Web Page::
https://www.opera.com/download
Which has downloads for all the categories of Opera.
What am I supposed to do regarding these downloads?? Is there a new security update for Opera 95.0.4635.84??
Any help appreciated
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bbildman last edited by bbildman
@leocg Thanks for replying.
Upon restarting my Win 7 system, the red Menu is now back to it's original gray color with the Opera "O" icon red.
However, when I start Opera, I get a message that says Opera cannot start and that I should close it. However while that message is displayed, Opera indeed is starting. I close the message box, and there is Opera like normal. Now this is getting weird. Of note, the message began this morning before I got rid of the Red Menu button.
Help
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bbildman last edited by bbildman
@leocg said in Opera 95.0.4635.84's Menu Top Right Corner Has Turned Red:
@bbildman I don't see a new build for Opera 95 on the FTP.
You can try download and run the installer and see if anything changes.
Leo, as an addendum, my wife's laptop also had the red menu button this morning, we restarted Opera, and it went away. However 30 minutes later the red menu button reappeared. Restarting it made it disappear (again). Something is going on, being that now 2 machines here displayed the issue. And of course, my laptop continues to show the "Opera has stopped working - close the program" popup, while Opera continues to load while the message remains and also after I close the message.
When the red button was there, and the red dotted message on the drop down Menu button, when clicked it directed me to this web page::
https://www.opera.com/download
?????
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bbildman last edited by bbildman
@vertigont17 said in Opera 95.0.4635.84's Menu Top Right Corner Has Turned Red:
Same problem. But autoupdate is disabled. WTF????
Are you talking just about the red menu button and the security update or also that you get a popup that says to close opera? My wife's laptop shows the red button but loads ok. Need someone to give insight and whether there are others having same issue.
I may uninstall O and reinstall to see if it repeats, all the while copying my profile folder to another location to use later.
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bbildman last edited by bbildman
@vertigont17 said in Opera 95.0.4635.84's Menu Top Right Corner Has Turned Red:
@bbildman About 1st, button & update.
I tried MrMuFa5a suggestion to add "127.0.0.1 autoupdate.geo.opera.com" to the hosts file and will see if it repeats. Will update you here in a day or so.
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vertigont17 last edited by
@bbildman said in Opera 95.0.4635.84's Menu Top Right Corner Has Turned Red:
I tried
I tried <0.0.0.0 autoupdate.geo.opera.com>. silence for now
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MrMuFa5a last edited by MrMuFa5a
@vertigont17
if come back try also delete rename opera_autoupdate.exe in ver folderC:\Users\ YOUR USER \AppData\Local\Programs\Opera\95.0.4635.84
if also (just for good measure) delete opera update on taskschd.msc (win+r)
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bbildman last edited by
@vertigont17 I added "127.0.0.1 autoupdate.geo.opera.com" to my hosts file yesterday, and so far from then until this AM, the red menu button is not appearing
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Generosus last edited by Generosus
All,
Here ya go:
https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2023/02/opera-95-stable/
https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2023/01/opera-windows-7-8/
I highly recommend updating your OS to Windows 10 then upgrading Opera. Windows 10 is free and currently supported by Microsoft.
The temporary solution offered in this forum (i.e., blocking Opera's updates via host file) is not recommended.
Please share.
Cheers
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nnq2603 last edited by@leocg The browser updater probably broken and seems to think user must update OS to newer windows version which is none of Opera business to be honest. And since the newest version of Opera for win 7 is no longer updated. It's a bug that it keep red alert button on the top left corner of browser. Checked and the version is already latest for win7. 95.0.4635.84
If we resorted to blocking IP in hosts file, then it's not the proper way, open should detect the OS and stop red alert about security update.
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
I think Opera has a simple check in the browser itself (separate from the updater) that checks to see if there's a new version available just for notification purposes. This check seems to have not been modified to ignore incompatible updates like the updater has.
If that's the case, maybe Opera can fix the page Opera checks to return false in these cases. If not, I would guess then that Opera would have to make a new 95 build with a fix for that.
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jhon121212 last edited by
dear friends
opera is stop to support in windows 7 and wnidows 8 and windows 8.1 because they cut off support for security reasons
if you want not seen menu top right corner has turn red
you can block update
in desktop in opera right click and properties in opening screen there is a target text near the target area text
at the end of the target you must add --disable-update
(exe blank --disable-update) and your opera browser not take update and red menu is not seeni have got same problem and i have mailed opera 4 times they are not dealing with my problem and everytime they are sending me same mail text
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bbildman last edited by bbildman
@mrmufa5a said in Opera 95.0.4635.84's Menu Top Right Corner Has Turned Red:
just block it and goes away
127.0.0.1 autoupdate.geo.opera.com
host file
I had done this, back in June, and it has worked just fine...until today on both of my laptops. I copied my Opera Stable profile directory to another location, and went ahead and clicked on the link from the dropdown men, which took me to a page that pointed me to download Opera (which turned out to be 95.0.4635.84), I installed that version (a repeat of what I currently have) and Opera booted up without the red menu top left. We'll see how long this lasts, hopefully this fixed this issue.
As I just read my post (one minute after posting) the red Menu button has recurred.
Any help appreciated to make this go away (again)
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bbildman last edited by
Seems that adding "--disable-update" to the command to open Opera is working and holding.
