Re: Opera Vpn not working

I frequently get this message and it never goes away of its own accord. But I can fix it when it happens and have found a way to reproduce it too.

First, the fix (in windows 10):

open task manager and look for a task named Opera Crash Reporter:

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End that and all other Opera tasks Restart Opera. The VPN now works.

And a method to reproduce the problem on demand:

install the GIF Blocker extension Version 0.2.1 by raylothian visit https://www.giffgaff.com/free-sim-cards Observe that some images are blocked:

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Right click on the first circled image and inspect the code. However, code inspection shows that they are SVG images not GIFs and therefore should not have been blocked. Anyway, the VPN is still working at this time (or at least, the VPN icon is still blue). And the windows tasks list does not show a crash report. Now close Opera and restart it. Observe that the VPN icon remains orange permanently And an Opera crash reporter has appeared in task manager, which never finishes.

Additional information:

Opera Version Version:99.0.4788.77 Windows 10 64 bit

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Extensions installed:

Block Site Version 0.4.6 by raylothian GIF Blocker Version 0.2.1 by raylothian (configured to block gif and webp) Opera Ad Blocker Version 99.0.4788.77 Opera Wallet Version 1.13 (disabled) Text to Voice Version 1.5.0 by ulmdesign (disabled)