Opera freeze when startup
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Michlee last edited by
@burnout426 ok so I figured out that my actual extensions are in the folder "default" in the Opera stable folder. I deleted those and now Opera opens up fine and works but there is one problem and that is whenever I click on something clickable for example, a new tab or the extensions button or the settings cog, it lags for a couple seconds and I'm now stuck with that.
I've tried like the flags with GPU rasterization and graphics backend and stuff with no results any knowledge would be appreciated.
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@Michlee said in Opera freeze when startup:
ok so I figured out that my actual extensions are in the folder "default" in the Opera stable folder. I deleted those and now Opera opens up fine and works
Nice! Were you have to figure out what specific extension was causing the issue?
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@Michlee said in Opera freeze when startup:
I click on something clickable for example, a new tab or the extensions button or the settings cog, it lags for a couple seconds and I'm now stuck with that.
Does the lag happen in a test standalone installation too or no?
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@Michlee said in Opera freeze when startup:
s there a better way to communicate, this opera forum keeps taking way to long with the post queues
Probably just being slow at the moment. I usually don't have any issues.
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Michlee last edited by
@burnout426 Oh ya it was a little weird cuz most of my messages took years but the most recent one sent right away strange
but yes I have tried the standalone and there is no lag at all its super smooth and to answer your other question I didnt find the specific one because it was weird, I would like delete the extensions and then when I launch opera it would reinstall some of them cuz I guess some residual files and what not yk how stuff is sometimes.
so I had to settle for completely removing them in the files and in the browser itself and thats where im at where it lags for ~3 seconds when I click something.
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by burnout426
@Michlee Sometimes history can cause lags. You can goto the URL
opera://settings/clearBrowserData, switch to advanced and clear "Browsing history" and "Download history" for all time. Then, you can goto the URLopera://about, take note of the "profile" path, close Opera and delete the "History" file in the profile folder.Having thousands and thousands of bookmarks can cause lags in the UI too. You can copy the "Bookmarks" and "BookmarksExtras" files from your Opera profile to the profile for an Opera standalone installation (replace the current ones there) to see if that makes the standalone Opera lag. If so, you know it's your bookmarks.
Sometimes Sync can cause lags. You can run with Sync disabled for a bit to see if that makes a difference.
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Michlee last edited by
@burnout426 I just could never understand, could it really just stop working randomly cuz of my bookmarks (I have a ton) because it was literally perfect before.
Also ya I was thinkin of that history file stuff but I was just concerned with it erasing some of my current tabs, it wont do that right?
I will try the sync thing too cuz I also heard that one.
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@Michlee said in Opera freeze when startup:
Also ya I was thinkin of that history file stuff but I was just concerned with it erasing some of my current tabs
It shouldn't. Opened tabs are stored separately in the "Sessions" folder in the profile folder. But, you can back up the folder first if you want. You can also right-click on a tab, goto "Save" and choose "all tabs to a speed dial folder" (and repeat for each extra workspace and window if you have any) to back up your open tabs. To restore if ever needed, right-click a speed dial folder and choose "open all".
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Michlee last edited by
@burnout426 Ok that sounds good I will back them up first before deleting the file. I also tried the sync off and it did nothing as well as the deleting the history and browsing data in the browser.
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Michlee last edited by
@burnout426 Ok so I tested the bookmarks on the standalone and it doesnt lag it at all.
I also did the history file deletion and it sadly did nothing
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
You can choose "reset" at the URL
opera://flagsand restart Opera to see if it helps.You can goto the URL
opera://settings/clearBrowserDataand clear "cached images and files" for all time. Then, you can goto the URLopera://about, take note of the "cache" path, close Opera and delete the "cache" and "system cache" folders in the cache path.One level up from the profile folder (the folder the "Default" folder is in), you can delete every folder there that has "cache" somewhere in its name.
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Michlee last edited by
@burnout426 Ok I did all that and still nothing
do you think the best route is just starting new with an actual fresh install because I did save all my open tabs with the speed dial thing and exported them to an html file (which I tested on the standalone btw and it works fine although I havent opened all them in the workspaces and I know that contributes to pc load aka the "lag" it might be causing)Anyway the problem with starting new is I dont know how I'd go about that considering when I did both a reinstall and a whole uninstall then reinstall they both didnt work and still lagged afterwards.
My thoughts are it has to do with my profile or something in my files being corrupted and thats causing an issue. I guess im down to fresh restart even tho I would take a long time to get everything back in order I just dont know how
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@Michlee You just rename both the the roaming and local "Opera Stable" folders to "Opera Stable old" to start fresh.
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Michlee last edited by
@burnout426 Oh ok I didnt know it was that easy
and thats like a fresh fresh start like tabs and passwords and stuff? Just wondering cuz I think thats all that is important and I backed those up. -
burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@Michlee Yes, it's like a completely fresh start. Everything will be gone and you will have to import your passwords and bookmarks (with opened tabs saved as bookmarks).
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Michlee last edited by
@burnout426 Ya ok I did that and it seems to be fine with all the same extensions and such, that'll have to do I guess
, very weird thing to have happened. Thank you very much for all your help 
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ShadowMine last edited by
Hi @burnout426,
My opera GX does the same thing, though through this thread i found out it's one of the plugins. Whenever i launch with "C:\Users\name\AppData\Local\Programs\Opera GX\opera.exe" --disable-extensions, Opera launches perfectly fine. Where can i find my extensions folder to delete some to find out which one is causing trouble?
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Michlee last edited by
@ShadowMine The extensions are in the roaming folder in appdata at least for my OperaGX in C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera GX Stable\Extensions. Thats where my extensions are listed.
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ShadowMine last edited by
@Michlee thanks! Though it does appear that it's an extension that comes with Opera GX that seems to be corrupt. I got rid of every single one and it still freezes, obviously the ones that come with the browser always re apear in the folder. I am only able to use it through the cmd command, it works but i just hate ads lol.
I tried to reinstall, which hasn't helped.
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@ShadowMine Since a standalone installation works fine, there might be something more than the extension folders you have to delete in your profile folder for your regular Opera GX installation. Not sure what though. You can copy your "Opera GX Stable" folders to make backups. Then, you can try deleting other things in the Opera GX Stable" folder until Opera GX quits freezing.
You can try deleting the "Local extension settings" folder, the "IndexedDB" folder, the "Session Storage" folder, the "Web Storage" folder, the "Local Storage" folder, the "Extension rules", "Extensions state" and "Extension scripts" folders. You get the idea.
If none of those, it might be the "Preferences" file or the "Local State" file or the "Secure Preferences" file.
It could be the "Sync Data" folder. Something.
Wen you're done testing and find the culprit, you can delete those new "Opera GX Stable" folders, rename the old ones back, make new backups of the folders and then just delete the file or folder that fixed it. Depending on what file or folder it is, you might lose some things, but that's why you back up the folders.
