Reinstalling not working

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burnout426 Volunteer @foroxian 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.

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@burnout426 sorry its been a while but ive tried revo already but it didnt work it failed to uninstall

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Make a test standalone installation to a folder named "Opera Test" on your desktop.

If that fails too, then I doubt your issue has anything to do with existing Opera file and or Opera reg keys laying around.

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burnout426 Volunteer @foroxian last edited by

@foroxian You can try https://www.bcuninstaller.com/ instead of Revo to see if it helps.

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@burnout426 It did not work sadly, it still said it failed.

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You need to check and repair your system files.

Then, check your file system.

Then, check the health of your drive with CrystalDiskInfo.

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Temporarily create a new user account on Windows (local one not tied to a Microsoft account), log into it, download Opera, run the installer to install Opera for that user and test how things work there.

That will tell you if the issue is with your user account or system-wide. You can delete that test account when you're done testing.

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If all else fails, you might have to reinstall Windows.

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@burnout426 So, it all DID fail however i discovered it was on the microsoft store so tried installing it there and for whatever reason it worked (Or at least it seems to)

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burnout426 Volunteer @foroxian last edited by

@foroxian What version did the Microsoft store give you?

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In Windows, under “Settings -> Apps -> Advanced App Settings”, what is “Where to get apps” set to?

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foroxian @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 It is set to 'anywhere'

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@burnout426 How do i check which version i have?

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burnout426 Volunteer @foroxian last edited by

@foroxian Goto the URL opera://about or opera://version.

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120.0.5543.160 (Official Build) Stable (64-bit)

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burnout426 Volunteer @foroxian last edited by

@foroxian Good. At least it installed the right version.

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@burnout426 Ye but its microsoft store version so its not as good but at least it works now