how to change the search engine to bing on opera gx browser

[espritarkitekt]

espritarkitekt @CuteBunnyGaming10 last edited by

@cutebunnygaming10 u don't even have Bing in your options. Google's 3 dots are greyed out coz it's already ur default. if u look at my screenshot u can see Yahoo's 3 dots greyed out coz it's already my default. but i have Bing in my option list whereas u don't for some reason.

have u tried Add site search, below the option list?

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CuteBunnyGaming10 @espritarkitekt last edited by

@espritark yes i did that it's not working

[espritarkitekt]

espritarkitekt @CuteBunnyGaming10 last edited by

@cutebunnygaming10 did Bing ever work in ur Opera GX?

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CuteBunnyGaming10 @espritarkitekt last edited by

@espritarkitekt yes its working when i type in bing but when i try to do it in the address bar its not

[espritarkitekt]

espritarkitekt @CuteBunnyGaming10 last edited by

@cutebunnygaming10 what i mean is, have u always had this problem since you've been using Opera GX, or did it work before?

[espritarkitekt]

espritarkitekt @CuteBunnyGaming10 last edited by

@cutebunnygaming10

seems this setting is only for the address bar, but u dont have Bing in ur list of search engine options at all

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CuteBunnyGaming10 @espritarkitekt last edited by

@espritarkitekt i had a problem with this ever since i installed this browser

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espritarkitekt @CuteBunnyGaming10 last edited by

@cutebunnygaming10 i see...are u in russia by any chance? i noticed u have a russian search engine in your options....i'm not an expert in all this I.T stuff, but the settings are pretty simple and if u dont have the same options as me...there are 2 possibilites:

1. Bing is banned in ur country
2. maybe Opera GX uses your country IP to automate suggestions/options for u & Bing isn't one of them.

I really wish i could help more, i myself was looking for help for my question because i had to restore my computer & when i signed into Opera GX it didn't restore everything automatically...then i saw ur post from 3 days ago & no1 had answered, so i thought i'd answer thinking it was easy enough even for me to help u with

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CuteBunnyGaming10 last edited by

nope i am in the usa maybe i downloaded the russian version of that browser

[espritarkitekt]

espritarkitekt @CuteBunnyGaming10 last edited by

@cutebunnygaming10 that could be possible....,worth a shot at this point to download opera gx from their official site

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CuteBunnyGaming10 @espritarkitekt last edited by

@espritarkitekt i did and it's still the same i guess it's time to go back to firefox

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CuteBunnyGaming10 @CuteBunnyGaming10 last edited by

@cutebunnygaming10 i downloaded the correct version a canada version or what

[espritarkitekt]

espritarkitekt @CuteBunnyGaming10 last edited by

@cutebunnygaming10 ok and does it work now?

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CuteBunnyGaming10 @espritarkitekt last edited by

@espritarkitekt i deleted it now i need to reinstall it

[espritarkitekt]

espritarkitekt @CuteBunnyGaming10 last edited by

@cutebunnygaming10 lemme know what happens

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CuteBunnyGaming10 last edited by

yep that did it~

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espritarkitekt @CuteBunnyGaming10 last edited by

@cutebunnygaming10 thank god!! hallelujah! hahaha, i bet u must be happy now ay?

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CuteBunnyGaming10 @espritarkitekt last edited by

@espritarkitekt yes i am hehe

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espritarkitekt @CuteBunnyGaming10 last edited by

@cutebunnygaming10 hehehe, glad i could help

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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

For future reference, goto the URL opera://about, take note of the "profile" path, close Opera and edit the "Local State" file in the profile folder with a text editor, or JSONedit in tree mode. You want to change the country and country_from_server values to a country code that allows Bing like US. Then, save your changes. In JSONedit, you'll find them under root/location.