[Duplicated]Opera GX Crashing On Launch

[MagnetyYT]

MagnetyYT last edited by

Good Day! I am having an issue with see title on top of that, if I do get it to launch it gives me this error: https://gyazo.com/4902bb123817ed3f0abf2d7bf9327404

And that happens even when on the settings page.

What I've tried:

• Uninstalling and deleting personal data (or whatever the checkbox is when you uninstall) then reinstalling from the website to download the setup file.

• Leaving Opera GX open for about an hour with just this crash page up to see if it needed an auto update or something.

• Scanned for malware with Malwarebytes, quarantined a file and deleted it. Then uninstalled and reinstalled.

• Tried a previous version download of Opera GX from the official previous version site, a version from back in April.

Hopefully someone can provide some advice for what I should do at this point. Thanks!

[MagnetyYT]

MagnetyYT last edited by

I'm not sure why this post was marked as "Duplicated" is there anyone able to assist me?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @MagnetyYT last edited by

@magnetyyt It means that there other topics about it already.

[MagnetyYT]

MagnetyYT @leocg last edited by

@leocg I’ve only been able to find one topic on a similar issue I’m having and it was from 3 years ago that had no resolution and was locked… and it wasn’t my exact issue, whenever I search “opergx crashing” my post is the only one talking about constant crashing on startup. Are there any solutions to the problem? I saw some steps to take on one of your admiration strings I’ll have to double check when I get home if I’ve followed all of them but I’m I did some if not most of them. Thank you.

• Alex

[MagnetyYT]

MagnetyYT @MagnetyYT last edited by

@magnetyyt said in [Duplicated]Opera GX Crashing On Launch:

@leocg I’ve only been able to find one topic on a similar issue I’m having and it was from 3 years ago that had no resolution and was locked… and it wasn’t my exact issue, whenever I search “opergx crashing” my post is the only one talking about constant crashing on startup. Are there any solutions to the problem? I saw some steps to take on one of your admiration strings I’ll have to double check when I get home if I’ve followed all of them but I’m I did some if not most of them. Thank you.

• Alex

Before posting, some required steps

First of all you should check if the problem is not being caused by an extension or a broken profile (Can't do either of these because OperaGX won't open, so instead I did a completely clean install). Do the following required steps, re-starting Opera after each one of them and checking if the problem remains after each one.

Disable all extensions (can't do it)

Disable the ad-blocker (can't do it)

Disable all limiters (can't do it)

Reset settings to default (done)

Reset flags to default (what is this? I'd assume I've done that since I did a complete clean install..)

Create a clean profile folder/directory (I have not done this unless it is automatic whenI uninstall and delete my profile then reinstall)

If the problem is with a web page, check if it works with other browsers, specially Chromium based ones (not with a webpage)

Check if your drivers (Graphics Card, Sound, etc) are up to date (Done)

Check if your OS is up to date (done)

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @MagnetyYT last edited by

@magnetyyt Sounds silly, but if you haven't restarted your computer in a while, do that. Sometimes that fixes things like this.

There's also https://reddit.com/r/operabrowser/wiki/opera/known_issues/#wiki_opera_closes_right_away you can take a look at. It's not exactly the same issue though since Opera GX starts for you and just the pages crash, but take a look anyway.

You already tried uninstalling, deleting your data and reinstalling, but just for good measure, see if a test standalone installation has the same issue or not.

Also, sounds weird, but temporarily create a new user account on Windows (local one not tied to a Microsoft account), log in and test if Opera has the same issue on that account or not. You can delete the account when you're done testing.

You can start Opera GX is safe mode just to test if it helps.

Hit Windows key + r to open the run dialog, type cmd and press enter to open a command prompt.

Then, in the command prompt, type:

"C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Programs\Opera GX\launcher.exe" --disable-gpu --disable-extensions

(adjust the path to your launcher.exe)

and press enter to start Opera.

Any difference?

Also, what version of Windows are you on?

[MagnetyYT]

MagnetyYT @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 Hello! Apologies for such a late response, I appreciate your advice! I tried a standalone install today and that worked great! OperaGX was actually working for me for a little bit last week but I just did an update for windows 10 and now it doesn't work again. I tried starting Opera GX in safe mode with the command you provided and that did not seem to work. I will create a local account and see if that fixes the problem. Thanks for your tips!

[MagnetyYT]

MagnetyYT @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 Welp! I opened Opera GX on a local windows account, it worked, then I signed out and logged back into my account and now it works again...? Odd! But thanks... I guess? Haha! I appreciate your time and your response!

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @MagnetyYT last edited by

@magnetyyt Strange, but glad it's working. Hope it stays working too.