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Burnied last edited by
I have just downloaded Opera from this site and tried to install it. The install just does not even start.
Windows 7 Home premium, up to date.
Lenovo T43 laptop.
Avast disabled.
Only programs running are Process Explorer, but didn't work when I disabled that. and Xplorer2 which I use instead of File Explorer.
There is no entry in the event log.
My Windows user id does have admin privileges and I also tried running as Administrator.
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by leocg
@burnied As said, last version with support for Windows 7 was 95. You can download it from opera.com/download (check the Opera 95 section) or from https://get.opera.com/ftp/pub/opera/desktop/99.0.4788.88/win/
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Burnied last edited by
Well if you are typical of Opera users, I do not want to know about it any more!!
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Burnied last edited by
@mathias87 Accepted, but you do need to know that Windows 7 was the last Windows version that the user had control of. Later versions are very very much under MS control and included loads of stuff that leaves users open to malware and other stuff that run whether you like it or not.
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Burnied last edited by
Windows versions tend to be more secure after years of use. Newer versions still have many holes in them that still need to be patched. Also if you steer away from dodgy sites and use a decent virus checker it is plenty secure enough.
Also MS do release emergency updates for serious problems.
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@burnied said in Just downloaded no install:
Windows 7 Home premium, up to date.
By, up-to-date, do you mean that you have service pack 1 and all updates after that installed?
Also, are you using the 32-bit version of Windows 7 or the 64-bit? There are installers for each at https://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/desktop/95.0.4635.90/win/
If that build doesn't run right, try one of the other 95 builds at https://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/desktop/.
You can also start Opera in a command prompt like this:
"C:\Program Files\Opera\launcher.exe" --disable-gputo test that it helps. Adjust the path to your Opera's launcher.exe.
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Burnied last edited by
Just to let you know, I AM an experienced Windows user, having been a Microsoft MVP which I only had to give up because I had serious health problems ( probably early Covid before the pandemic).
I have tried all sorts of ways to get it to work. It must be some setting I have on my machine as I do tend to keep it well protected.
It would help if some sort of error was generated in a log somewhere, even the event log, but it just disappears. -
burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@burnied Installer logs are usually in "%LOCALAPPDATA%\temp\.opera\Opera Installer" or "%windir%\temp\.opera\Opera Installer" depending on the "install for" option in the installer.
For logging of Opera itself, see https://new.reddit.com/r/operabrowser/wiki/opera/enable_logging/ for examples.
Also, see https://new.reddit.com/r/operabrowser/wiki/opera/installer_commands/ for command-line switches for the installer. See the singleprofile copyonly examples and test if that way works.
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blackbird71 last edited by@burnied said in Just downloaded no install:
Windows versions tend to be more secure after years of use. ... Also if you steer away from dodgy sites and use a decent virus checker it is plenty secure enough.
Also MS do release emergency updates for serious problems. ...Unless you received updates via a paid Extended Service agreement with Microsoft, your very last Win7 update (emergency or otherwise) would most likely have been around 31 Jan 2020, KB4539601. I find it difficult to believe that in the ensuing four and a third years, there have been no "serious" security flaws discovered that apply directly to Windows 7.
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Burnied last edited by leocg
@blackbird71 Meanwhile later versions have introduced a whole new raft of flaws that may still need to be found and corrected.
In any case running any version of any operating system without also running a decent virus checker is just asking for trouble. The old adage that Linux and the like don't get viruses has long been proven not only false but dangerous.
I rather hope that in the over 50 years, since I started programming computers, that I have learned enough to accept that no Program whatsoever (including Operating Systems) is entirely free of bugs.
I recently discovered that a program I wrote over 40 years ago and has been in use by the mod on a daily basis ever since has just been found to contain a serious flaw that has been there all this time (and fortunately not taken advantage of).
