<![CDATA[Opera 37 won't open any pages]]>I installed Opera 37.0 on Windows 10 64-bit running on old hardware (5GB RAM DDR2-SDRAM, Intel Pentium Dual Core E2160). I have Chrome 51.0.x 64-bit installed & running fine. Opera installed without issues, but it will not open any web pages. Opening the settings takes long enough (up to a minute), but it just won't open external web pages - I just see the spinning circle in the tab. I have left Opera for 10 minutes and it still doesn't load the page. I have rebooted the PC. I am running ESET AntiVirus. What is really odd is that it does display the news articles when in Speed Dial! If I click on a news article it just tries & tries & tries (indefinitely) to open the news story origin. Chrome operates just fine (albeit rather slowly because of the PC's hardware).

Any ideas?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/15494/opera-37-won-t-open-any-pagesRSS for NodeWed, 11 Mar 2026 14:39:29 GMTThu, 02 Jun 2016 21:56:14 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Opera 37 won't open any pages on Sun, 31 Jul 2016 21:13:24 GMT]]>FWIW, I "upgraded" to Windows 10 on my laptop with Windows 8.1, removed "--no-sandbox", upgraded Comodo Firewall, and Opera works normally again! I want to point out that both PCs that had this problem ALSO had Comodo Firewall. Thank you again for all the help...

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/104034https://forums.opera.com/post/104034Sun, 31 Jul 2016 21:13:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera 37 won't open any pages on Fri, 10 Jun 2016 21:22:46 GMT]]>I was able to save the modification to the icon properties by entering the parameter outside the quotation marks in Win 8.1 and will try the same on Win 7 later.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/101046https://forums.opera.com/post/101046Fri, 10 Jun 2016 21:22:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera 37 won't open any pages on Fri, 10 Jun 2016 20:45:40 GMT]]>No, I entered it just as previously posted, with the parameter inside the quotation marks. I'll try as you suggest and post the results.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/101042https://forums.opera.com/post/101042Fri, 10 Jun 2016 20:45:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera 37 won't open any pages on Fri, 10 Jun 2016 11:46:12 GMT]]>

"The name 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Opera\launcher.exe --no-sandbox' specified in the Target box is not valid. Make sure the path and file name are correct."

Are you adding the parameter after the quoted path, like this?

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Opera beta\launcher.exe" --no-sandbox
]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/101012https://forums.opera.com/post/101012Fri, 10 Jun 2016 11:46:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera 37 won't open any pages on Fri, 10 Jun 2016 10:10:11 GMT]]>"The name 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Opera\launcher.exe --no-sandbox' specified in the Target box is not valid. Make sure the path and file name are correct."

Both Win 7 PCs give that error. Win 8.1 also...

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/101010https://forums.opera.com/post/101010Fri, 10 Jun 2016 10:10:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera 37 won't open any pages on Fri, 10 Jun 2016 02:24:02 GMT]]>

Not in Win7

What happens when you try to do it?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/100996https://forums.opera.com/post/100996Fri, 10 Jun 2016 02:24:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera 37 won't open any pages on Fri, 10 Jun 2016 00:52:46 GMT]]>And why can't you do that in Window 7? It is a feature of Windows 7.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/100993https://forums.opera.com/post/100993Fri, 10 Jun 2016 00:52:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera 37 won't open any pages on Thu, 09 Jun 2016 21:32:09 GMT]]>Not in Win7

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/100984https://forums.opera.com/post/100984Thu, 09 Jun 2016 21:32:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera 37 won't open any pages on Tue, 07 Jun 2016 23:29:07 GMT]]>

Windows 7 and 8.1 won't let me modify the shortcut for launcher.exe or opera.exe

Right click on launcher.exe > send to desktop. Go to desktop, right click on the short-cut and go to properties. Add the command line in the target field.

Can't you do that?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/100857https://forums.opera.com/post/100857Tue, 07 Jun 2016 23:29:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera 37 won't open any pages on Tue, 07 Jun 2016 22:25:17 GMT]]>Windows 7 and 8.1 won't let me modify the shortcut for launcher.exe or opera.exe, so Firefox it is!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/100856https://forums.opera.com/post/100856Tue, 07 Jun 2016 22:25:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera 37 won't open any pages on Tue, 07 Jun 2016 08:51:51 GMT]]>Hi falfan762, I had the same issue when I was using Opera via third party such as LiberKey. When I launched Opera from the opera.exe, no the launcher provided by LiberKey everything worked fine. The only difference I noticed was that via the launcher the user profile and cache folders were not at their defaults (AppData/temp/etc...) but instead in the LiberKey folder.

Therefore, if worried of using --no-sandbox, perhaps check what are your profile, cache, etc. folders (the ones Opera works with) and change to default. (e.g. Profile: $username$\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable; Cache: $username$\AppData\Local\Opera Software\Opera Stable).

It worked for me, hope it works for you.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/100806https://forums.opera.com/post/100806Tue, 07 Jun 2016 08:51:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera 37 won't open any pages on Tue, 07 Jun 2016 03:47:03 GMT]]>

What is the danger involved in running --no-sandbox?

Don't know.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/100794https://forums.opera.com/post/100794Tue, 07 Jun 2016 03:47:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera 37 won't open any pages on Tue, 07 Jun 2016 01:02:09 GMT]]>What is the danger involved in running --no-sandbox?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/100788https://forums.opera.com/post/100788Tue, 07 Jun 2016 01:02:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera 37 won't open any pages on Mon, 06 Jun 2016 23:56:15 GMT]]>

but Windows 7 won't let me add that to the taskbar icon properties

Create a desktop shortcut, add the command line to it. Then open Opera using that short-cut and pin to task-bar.

I guess it should work.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/100786https://forums.opera.com/post/100786Mon, 06 Jun 2016 23:56:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera 37 won't open any pages on Mon, 06 Jun 2016 23:52:02 GMT]]>Yes, Opera runs using that, but Windows 7 won't let me add that to the taskbar icon properties. I can only run Opera by going through the "run" feature and adding the "--no-sandbox" after the executable. Windows 8 would let me add it to the desktop icon. What gives? I don't know enough about Opera to fix it.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/100785https://forums.opera.com/post/100785Mon, 06 Jun 2016 23:52:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera 37 won't open any pages on Mon, 06 Jun 2016 04:14:21 GMT]]>If you start Opera with command line --no-sandbox, there is any difference?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/100724https://forums.opera.com/post/100724Mon, 06 Jun 2016 04:14:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera 37 won't open any pages on Sun, 05 Jun 2016 23:38:02 GMT]]>Bookmarks are the only thing that shows up, but obviously nothing loads when you click on it. Settings, Themes, Extensions, About Opera, Speed Dial, etc., do not load.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/100716https://forums.opera.com/post/100716Sun, 05 Jun 2016 23:38:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera 37 won't open any pages on Sat, 04 Jun 2016 22:42:46 GMT]]>

I did the install on USB and it doesn't load anything either.

Do internal pages (settings, bookmarks, plug-ins and so on) work?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/100645https://forums.opera.com/post/100645Sat, 04 Jun 2016 22:42:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera 37 won't open any pages on Sat, 04 Jun 2016 21:47:38 GMT]]>Forgot to mention that Opera 12.17 still works on Win 7 32 bit. 🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/100644https://forums.opera.com/post/100644Sat, 04 Jun 2016 21:47:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera 37 won't open any pages on Sat, 04 Jun 2016 21:40:22 GMT]]>I did the install on USB and it doesn't load anything either. Tried running the standalone version on a different desktop PC, it didn't work there, and now the previously installed Opera on that PC no longer works. It (37) still works on my daily use PC so far. Two down, one to go, and it will be Firefox from here on, unfortunately. Been using Opera for about 15 years now.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/100642https://forums.opera.com/post/100642Sat, 04 Jun 2016 21:40:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera 37 won't open any pages on Sat, 04 Jun 2016 19:49:59 GMT]]>

I'll have to try that, just as soon as I research how to go about doing so properly.

Just run Opera's installer, go to Options, change the install path and on the 'install for' field choose 'Standalone installation (usb)'.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/100622https://forums.opera.com/post/100622Sat, 04 Jun 2016 19:49:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera 37 won't open any pages on Sat, 04 Jun 2016 18:28:14 GMT]]>I'll have to try that, just as soon as I research how to go about doing so properly.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/100620https://forums.opera.com/post/100620Sat, 04 Jun 2016 18:28:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera 37 won't open any pages on Sat, 04 Jun 2016 18:22:37 GMT]]>A standalone install in an option in the Opera installer. It allows you to install Opera with no integration with Windows.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/100619https://forums.opera.com/post/100619Sat, 04 Jun 2016 18:22:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera 37 won't open any pages on Sat, 04 Jun 2016 12:40:16 GMT]]>Yes, if I understand what you mean by "standalone installation" as downloading the complete installation file with no further need for WWW connection.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/100608https://forums.opera.com/post/100608Sat, 04 Jun 2016 12:40:16 GMT