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    Opera Developer 21.0.1432.5 saving settings, including flags - power user mode ?

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    • 5953lc
      5953lc last edited by

      Is there a way to save all settings, including flags in Opera Developer so that I don't have to go in and re-enter all my start web pages, etc every time I have to switch from Opera Developer to Opera Next to Opera Stable ?

      Are settings saved separately from flags ?

      What about power user mode ? Is there command line switch I can use instead of some keyboard string I have to type in every time?

      Thanks

      Lyle

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

        Each stream has a separate profile folder and what you change in one of them only affects that stream. Also, the streams don't share the same settings and/or flags, so a certain setting/flag may not work on all of them.

        What about power user mode ? Is there command line switch I can use instead of some keyboard string I have to type in every time?

        You only need to enter the power user mode once if you want, just check the option to always show the power user options.

        Are settings saved separately from flags ?

        I guess both are save in Preferences. Or most of them, at least.

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        • 5953lc
          5953lc last edited by

          So where is the settings file for each stream? Is it the same file in each stream ?

          What about flags - is that a separate file ?

          What about power user mode is that a line entry in a file somewhere ?

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          • dvk-ru1
            dvk-ru1 last edited by

            Basically, settings are stored in the file Preferences, flags, in Local State (see the element browser.enabled_labs_experiments). As leocg said, they can be incompatible between streams. I also may have different sets of flags turned on in different streams. That's why I've never copied these files as a whole. Better set everything up manually.

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            • 5953lc
              5953lc last edited by

              Ok. So each stream needs to be considered separately because each profile is separate with different flags (experiments in each).

              Let's ignore power user mode or flags then for now.

              So in which folder/file are the settings stored in then ?

              At least that way, I don't have to manually setup each stream every time.

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              • dvk-ru1
                dvk-ru1 last edited by

                You can see the path to the currently used profile in opera:about. By default, it's %AppData%\Opera Software\Opera Developer (or Opera Next, or just Opera, for Stable). Oh, and the file Preferences also contains the configuration of the extensions installed, so it's one more reason not to copy it as is, unless you can guarantee that the lists of extensions in different streams are the same.

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                • leocg
                  leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                  Basically, settings are stored in the file Preferences, flags, in Local State

                  Not sure but i think that flags are also stored on Preferences. At least i always see that file being updated when i change a flag.

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                  • leocg
                    leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                    At least that way, I don't have to manually setup each stream every time.

                    Note that their settings may not be always compatible, so it's not recommended to copy one stream profile into another. There were reports of people having problems because of it.

                    The best thing to do is to choose one stream to use on a daily basis.

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                    • dvk-ru1
                      dvk-ru1 last edited by

                      Not sure but i think that flags are also stored on Preferences. At least i always see that file being updated when i change a flag.

                      Yes, I thought so too, but as I checked it to write the answer, I didn't find them. Instead, their names were in Local State.

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