how do i switch my stuff from opera to opera gx
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Reakeryt-OP last edited by
so bacically i needed all my personal settings from opera to opera gx since regular opera is super slow and i thought gx would be faster since its literally made for gaming. please can anyone tell me how i can switch
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
If you're one Windows:
Close both Opera GX and regular Opera.
Then, open up Windows Explorer (File Explorer), click "View", goto "Show" and enable both file extensions and hidden items.
Then, in both "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software" and "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Opera Software", delete the "Opera GX Stable" folder if it's there. Then, right-click on the "Opera Stable" folder, choose "Copy", right-click in a blank spot in the "Opera Software" folder and choose "Paste". Then, right-click the "Opera Stable - Copy" folder, choose "rename" and rename it to "Opera GX Stable".
If you're on macOS, in "/Users/yourusername/Library/Application Support", you should be able to delete the "com.operasoftware.OperaGX" folder if it's there, copy the "com.operasoftware.Opera" folder, paste a copy and rename the copy to "com.operasoftware.OperaGX".
If you're on Linux, you should be able to do the same type of thing in ~/.config with the Opera folders.
Then, if everything goes fine, your Opera GX will have everything your regular Opera had.
Note though that Opera GX uses more resources than regular Opera, because it has a lot more features. So, it's likely to be the same or slower than regular Opera.
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Reakeryt-OP last edited by
@burnout426 how do i go to C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by@Reakeryt-OP You use Windows Explorer or whatever file explorer you use.
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@Reakeryt-OP Probably. But, it won't hurt to try Opera GX so you can see for yourself if you like it. It uses a different install location and a different profile location (as shown above), so you can test it out first without interfering with your regular Opera. You can also just make a standalone installation to a folder named "Opera GX Test" on your desktop to try Opera GX and then delete the folder when you're done testing. That also won't interfere with your regular Opera.
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Reakeryt-OP last edited by Reakeryt-OP
@burnout426 yea i did test it before but the thing is regular opera is taking like 20 seconds to load my messages, chatgpt, even google classroom for my assesments. can you recommend anything to solve this?
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@Reakeryt-OP Try a test standalone installation of regular Opera to a folder named “Opera Test” on you desktop. Is everything fast there?
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@Reakeryt-OP With all Operas closed, delete everything in “C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\temp” and in “C:\Windows\temp” to see if it makes a difference. In super-rare cases, that can help. Besides that, not sure unless it’s a connection issue.
Make sure Opera’s VPN and Adblocking and tracking protection is off when testing in the standalone installation just in case one of them is the cause.
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Reakeryt-OP last edited by
@burnout426 delete every file in the opera folder or just everything in general?
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@Reakeryt-OP Everything in those temp folders in general. There will be a few files that Windows won't let you delete. You can skip those.
