Opera 37 won't open any pages

[falfan762]

falfan762 last edited by

Yes, if I understand what you mean by "standalone installation" as downloading the complete installation file with no further need for WWW connection.

[lando242]

lando242 last edited by

A standalone install in an option in the Opera installer. It allows you to install Opera with no integration with Windows.

[falfan762]

falfan762 last edited by

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

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

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)'.

[falfan762]

falfan762 last edited by

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.

[falfan762]

falfan762 last edited by

Forgot to mention that Opera 12.17 still works on Win 7 32 bit.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

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

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

[falfan762]

falfan762 last edited by

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.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

If you start Opera with command line --no-sandbox, there is any difference?

[falfan762]

falfan762 last edited by

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.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

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.

[falfan762]

falfan762 last edited by

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

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

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

Don't know.

[hntried]

hntried last edited by

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.

[falfan762]

falfan762 last edited by

Windows 7 and 8.1 won't let me modify the shortcut for launcher.exe or opera.exe, so Firefox it is!

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

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?

[falfan762]

falfan762 last edited by

Not in Win7

[lando242]

lando242 last edited by

And why can't you do that in Window 7? It is a feature of Windows 7.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Not in Win7

What happens when you try to do it?

[falfan762]

falfan762 last edited by

"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...