Opera freeze when startup
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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.
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ShadowMine last edited by
@burnout426 took me some time to get back to it but it ended up being the Local extension settings. Everything's fixed now!
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Michlee last edited by
@burnout426 ok I dont know what to do anymore it was working perfectly fine I had all my extensions minus one of them so I thought it was good to go and it was for however long it was since when I said it fixed up until yesterday when it stopped working.
The problem I still have too is I cant even tell which extension(s) are messing it up because when I delete them opera just re-installs every single one of them when I launch which I dont get why they do that.
Do you have any final recommendations for me like should I ditch that opera profile entirely or am I just trying to cope too much and should give up on opera
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@Michlee Yes. In addition to deleting the "Extensions" folder in the profile folder, also delete the "Local Extensions Settings" folder to see if it helps. Some of Opera's built-in extensions will still show again in the "Extensions" folder when its recreated by Opera, so don't worry about that.
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Michlee last edited by
@burnout426 unfortunately I deleted both of these folders and then I launched it again and it did the same thing, both folders reappeared and the extensions did too.
Do you think its worth it to try uninstalling literally everything related to opera on my pc with a program like revo uninstaller or something then reinstall?
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@Michlee I think it's worth renaming the "Opera GX Stable" to "Opera GX Stable old" in both "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software" and "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Opera Software" to test starting over with a fresh profile.
