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    • mrlostsoul
      mrlostsoul last edited by

      My OS became corrupt. I reinstalled windows without formatting hard drive. All my files and setting are in the old.windows folder. I want to migrate as much as possible from the old Opera folder to the new opera folder. I specifically want to import my extensions. I know about synchronize, but I guess when I installed Opera a few months ago, I never created an account. So I can't use synchronize. Can I move a profile, or user files from old install to new install location.

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      • A Former User
        A Former User last edited by

        Certainly if it's the same version of Opera on the new install as on the old install, with the same folder path, just replacing the whole profile folder in the new installation with the one from the old one should do what you want, assuming that its files are not corrupted.
        Back up the new profile folder first just in case!
        🙂

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        • mrlostsoul
          mrlostsoul last edited by

          Yes, they are the same version. What is the profile folder called? Just profile. I'm not in front of the computer at this time. Just wanted to be sure about the profile folder.

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          • A Former User
            A Former User last edited by

            just to add to what @davehawley wrote:
            passwords won't work if you reinstalled OS
            they are linked to OS for security reasons (file is called Login file )
            you can see path to your profile by:
            -clicking on Opera button (upper left corner)
            -about Opera
            -under paths

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            • A Former User
              A Former User last edited by

              Thanks, I'd forgotten about the passwords!
              🆙

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              • mrlostsoul
                mrlostsoul last edited by

                Ok, I'll try it. Thanks everybody

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