Reinstalling not working
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foroxian last edited by
I tried to reinstall opera but i deleted the files instead of uninstalling so now installing wont work
The installer says it failed, then opens what looks like opera GX but it has errors and doesnt work. Ive tried 'uninstalling' what is left but it fails to uninstall. I asked chat gpt who told me to delete its registry stuff so i did, but that didnt work.
Opera GX Installer Error
Sometimes i can open the halfinstalled opera which says its missing some important .pak files.
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
Delete the "Opera GX" folder in "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Programs" (or in "C:\Program Files" if you did an all-user install instead of the default current-user install).
Then, delete everything in "C:\Windows\temp" and "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\temp".
Then, download "Opera_GX_120.0.5543.85_Setup_x64.exe" from https://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera_gx/120.0.5543.85/win/, launch it, click "options", adjust everything how you like and install.
If that doesn't work, repeat, but before you install, see https://www.reddit.com/r/operabrowser/wiki/opera/clean_opera_from_windows/ for how to get rid of any Opera-related registry keys and files etc.
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foroxian last edited by
@burnout426 i am currently using opera (not opera gx) but would like to install opera gx without deleting anything important from OPERA. It still opened saying it was missing a .pak and it failed to install, and i couldnt find the registry things.
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@foroxian As said, you can install Opera GX and it won't interfere with regular Opera.
For the .pak file issue, did you try using the offline installer from https://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera_gx/120.0.5543.85/ as suggested?
If so and you're still getting a .pak file issue, there's something corrupting your download or interfering with Opera's installer. What anti-virus and security software do you have? Also, what version of Windows?
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foroxian last edited by
@burnout426 just that reddit thing looks like its for opera. Also i did use the offline installer. i use normal windows builtin antivirus on windows 11 on the latest version as far as im aware
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@foroxian said in Reinstalling not working:
just that reddit thing looks like its for opera
The main examples are for regular Opera, yes. But, there are notes in there for Opera GX too. Some things there are implied. For example, if it says to delete the "Opera Software" folders, you wouldn't do that if you also have regular Opera installed. You'd instead just delete the "Opera GX Stable" folder in the "Opera Software" folders. As another example, if it says to delete all Opera uninstall keys in the registry, you would skip keys for regular Opera and delete just Opera GX's keys. As another example, you wouldn't delete "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Opera Software" if you have regular Opera installed too. You'd only remove Opera GX-related stuff in it.
With that said, I'll have to make things a lot clearer on that Reddit page sometime.
Maybe https://www.revouninstaller.com/products/revo-uninstaller-free/ will be easier and allow you to remove all of Opera's traces so you can reinstall.
Note that you can uninstall regular Opera or get rid of all its traces manually without affecting its data and settings etc. as long as you keep the "Opera Stable" folder in "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Opera Software" and "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software". You can even back up (copy to a safe place) the "Opera Stable" folders just in case any uninstall utility you use wipes them out.
