Introducing Opera 102
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plovec last edited by
@burnout426 Thank's, I didn't notice the duplication of profile folder: that explains the 31 minutes I had to wait for Opera to restart (that's exactly the same time it took me to duplicate my profile folder before updating).
Since it's a looong time operation they should find a way to inform the user that Opera is working on something (some sort of dialog that says "Updating, please wait..."), instead of leaving it working in background without notice. -
gmiazga Opera last edited by gmiazga
@plovec could you give us some details? 31 minutes seems like a lot of time for copying folder. Could you tell us what hard drive you have and size of different items/folders in your profile directory? Also are you using any antivirus or other software that could affect files copying? And what OS are you using?
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plovec last edited by
@gmiazga In my profile folder I have
38755 files
3226 folders
and it's 3.89 GB in size.
The internal drive is this
https://www.hdsentinel.com/storageinfo_details.php?lang=en&model=HITACHI HTS541010A9E680and the OS is Windows 10 with standard antivir (Microsoft)
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@plovec Do you have a "File System" folder in your profile folder that's taking up a lot of that space?
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plovec last edited by plovec
@burnout426 No, but I have a "Service Worker" directory that takes up a lot of space (almost 2 giga after a clean up)
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ajs4opera last edited by
@opera-comments-bot I am extremely unhappy since your latest update (this morning) successfully deleted my entire history, bookmarks, and active tab islands. Boo to autoupdates, we should have a choice!
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gmiazga Opera last edited by
We have currently disabled option to update to version 102 due to profile migration mechanism not working in some cases. It's still possible to manually download and install update.
@burnout426 mentioned earlier steps to finish migration manully. This is one time process and we are still investigating what could be causing issue.
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sklunk last edited by leocg
How is it disabled?:
** If I go to Opera.com and try to download the Windows version is gives me the 102 Setup
** If I go to https://get.geo.opera.com/pub/opera/desktop/ it still lists 102 as availableIn my case I always go to the offline installer directory (firewall doesn't allow me to do online install), and today I saw 102 there. So naturally I downloaded and installed it, and BAM -- all of my info gone!!
Luckily I was able to fix it this way:- Uninstall Opera 102 through Windows "programs and features". When you do this make sure "delete all data" is not checked.
- Download Opera 101 through the offline site above.
- Restart Opera -- all fixed!
Very bad of Opera to put 102 out there as Stable with this major issue. Then to post on these boards that it has been removed when it's still there for download ....
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sklunk last edited by
@leocg:
I am not talking about auto-update (that does not work for me anyway since I am behind a firewall).
I am talking about 102 still being downloaded through the offline directory or even right from the link on the Opera homepage. If people don't know to read these forums first you end up thinking 102 is "stable" and installing it anyway! -
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paul-durham last edited by
@sklunk: I agree with you that the upgrade process is faulty and it is the right choice to make it unavailable. However very few people perform the manual upgrade. I think Opera has left the manual download available for new users since this particular issue is not present with clean installations.
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ajs4opera last edited by leocg
@burnout426 on my PC, there is no CertificateRevocation or Opera_shutdown_ms.txt in the Opera Stable directory, which I hope are not critical files (they don't look like it). However, it looks like most of the files you list are in the Default folder. I'm not sure what this means. Also, I don't see a Cache or System Cache in any of the Opera-related folders.
I'm wary of the deletion you suggest. As you can tell, while I'm a long-time Opera user, I'm by no means an expert, and I find the instructions in this thread confusing. Is there no simpler way to roll back the changes? Something like this should be in a recovery option. I have been able to restore tabs and tab islands before, when accidentally closing a multi-tab instance before a single-tab one, but this "upgrade" is a total shambles.
I won't be able to work on it any more for a while, but I hope that by the time I get back in somebody will have found a simpler fix.
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
However, it looks like most of the files you list are in the Default folder.
Opera probably just copies them all even though not needed. No worries.
Download Opera Developer and install it. Click "options" in the installer and make sure to uncheck "Make Opera default browser". When that Opera is installed and launches, close it. Then, look at its "Opera Developer" profile folder. Same with its "Opera Developer" cache folder.
You'll then see where things should go without extra copies. You can then uninstall Opera Developer if you want.
CertificateRevocation or Opera_shutdown_ms.txt
Also, I don't see a Cache or System Cache
No worries. They'll show up eventually.
I'm wary of the deletion you suggest.
No problem.
Is there no simpler way to roll back the changes?
Compared to one of he methods in this post?
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ajs4opera last edited by
@burnout426 thanks. When I next have a chance I will try your suggestions. Maybe not for a few days, but I'll try to get there.
I hope Opera developers are taking note of this fiasco and it won't happen again.
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sklunk last edited by
@paul-durham:
That may be a good explanation. Like I said I am behind a firewall so I always have to use the offline installer so I never worry about auto-update anyway.@ajs4opera:
Unfortunately I don't know the answer to either of your questions. Maybe somebody else can chime in ....
