Installing Opera 20
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devilstrings last edited by
I see.
I was able to install the latest version of Chrome without SP3, but not Opera 20 which uses Chromium engine...wonder why?
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A Former User last edited by
I see.
I was able to install the latest version of Chrome without SP3, but not Opera 20 which uses Chromium engine...wonder why?
Me too... But well that shows how different they are despite Opera being based on the Chromium framework now. Opera is Opera and Chrome is Chrome. One of the major differences is that Opera doesn't use the Chromium's UI layer, using their own, so maybe it's Opera's UI layer that has more dependencies on modern systems (it looks more native in Windows Vista and up). -
devilstrings last edited by
Thanks, rafaelluik...
Let me try and convince my IT dept to update the "stone-age XP-SP2" to SP3 (as if that'll keep the systems current, LOL)
I'm missing Opera at work...
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blackbird71 last edited byThanks, rafaelluik...
Let me try and convince my IT dept to update the "stone-age XP-SP2" to SP3 (as if that'll keep the systems current, LOL)...Hmmm... and in just a couple of short weeks, XP SP3 will become defined by Microsoft as "stone age" as well, as MS's XP support shuts down. I suspect your IT department will soon have more on their hands than just an Opera compatibility issue.
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A Former User last edited by
I think the original user's problem is deeper than which service pack they're using. I have the same error when trying to install 21 via the full download from the Opera Next site. I get an error with launcher_lib.dll when it tries to auto-update, which it does at least once per session now that a new release is out. It's very frustrating and I'm on SP3 to boot.
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devilstrings last edited by
Hmmm... and in just a couple of short weeks, XP SP3 will become defined by Microsoft as "stone age" as well, as MS's XP support shuts down. I suspect your IT department will soon have more on their hands than just an Opera compatibility issue.
Absolutely...LOL...
I informed the IT guy about SP3 installation, he said he'll do it...but wants me to give him a "reason" why I need that on my PC.
Now, I can't tell him I need SP3 because of Opera... I don't know what I should tell him to "convince" him to install SP3.
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l33t4opera last edited byHi Devilstrings,
"Why should I install SP3?
SP3 doesn't only fix existing known bugs in Windows XP, causing it to be more stable, but it also fixed security holes.
Most people have never been hacked, and many might never have hacking issues, but it's still a good idea to prevent it before it happens. Besides keeping antivirus and a firewall updated and running (Windows Firewall works fine, by the way), keeping your system updated with Windows Updates is also important.
You leave your system more open when you don't install updates and service packs."
http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php?topic=78919.0 -
devilstrings last edited by
Hi Devilstrings,
"Why should I install SP3?
SP3 doesn't only fix existing known bugs in Windows XP, causing it to be more stable, but it also fixed security holes.
Most people have never been hacked, and many might never have hacking issues, but it's still a good idea to prevent it before it happens. Besides keeping antivirus and a firewall updated and running (Windows Firewall works fine, by the way), keeping your system updated with Windows Updates is also important.
You leave your system more open when you don't install updates and service packs."
http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php?topic=78919.0Thank you, l33t4opera
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A Former User last edited by
I think the original user's problem is deeper than which service pack they're using. I have the same error when trying to install 21 via the full download from the Opera Next site. I get an error with launcher_lib.dll when it tries to auto-update, which it does at least once per session now that a new release is out. It's very frustrating and I'm on SP3 to boot.
This is not the same problem as the OP's. As he said the nag is about "windowscodec.dll", not "launcher_lib.dll". -
A Former User last edited by
I think the original user's problem is deeper than which service pack they're using. I have the same error when trying to install 21 via the full download from the Opera Next site. I get an error with launcher_lib.dll when it tries to auto-update, which it does at least once per session now that a new release is out. It's very frustrating and I'm on SP3 to boot.
This is not the same problem as the OP's. As he said the nag is about "windowscodec.dll", not "launcher_lib.dll".Either way, the installer is failing for us. I downloaded the full install package and launcher.exe fails, so I still think they're related somehow.
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A Former User last edited by
I am using Windows7 SP2 and I am unable to install opera 20 or any other previous version due to this message - 'The application was unable to start correctly (0xc00000a5). Click to close the application'. I have been using opera for years and loaded the new versions as they came along, but since trying to download 20, it has all gone wrong. I cannot find out what 0xc00000a5 is.
Are you sure it's Windows 7 SP2? As of now there is only one service pack for 7. Also a while back word came out that there isn't a second service pack coming for 7. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Suggests-That-No-Windows-7-Service-Pack-2-Is-Coming-389947.shtml
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blackbird71 last edited by
I am using Windows7 SP2 and I am unable to install opera 20 or any other previous version due to this message - 'The application was unable to start correctly (0xc00000a5). Click to close the application'. I have been using opera for years and loaded the new versions as they came along, but since trying to download 20, it has all gone wrong. I cannot find out what 0xc00000a5 is.
Are you sure it's Windows 7 SP2? As of now there is only one service pack for 7. Also a while back word came out that there isn't a second service pack coming for 7. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Suggests-That-No-Windows-7-Service-Pack-2-Is-Coming-389947.shtml
He corrected it in the 3rd post down. He's using XP SP2...
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A Former User last edited by
He corrected it in the 3rd post down. He's using XP SP2...
Oh? Is he posting with multiple usernames?
I was quoting the user named "Mackenzied" and that's the only post I see from him in this thread.
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A Former User last edited by
Based on some advice in the other thread about this issue, I completely uninstalled all traces of Opera Next, including eliminating any reference to it in the XP system registry. It still crashes at launcher.exe. In the expanded crash data it does reference both the "windowscodecs.dll" that the OP is having trouble with and "launcher_lib.dll" that mine squawked about. So it's definitely something Opera did to bork this up, not our existing installations or service pack levels or anything like that.
I do have the latest Opera stable channel version running, it installed fine. I even tried copying the good version of these DLLs to the active install directory and manually starting the installer, but it still didn't work. One thing that I did notice is the launcher_lib.dll file was half the size in the Next installer as it is in the stable or old Next installations. windowscodecs.dll is a system file and hasn't been modified since 2008 on my system, so it's not wonky either.
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blackbird71 last edited by
He corrected it in the 3rd post down. He's using XP SP2...
Oh? Is he posting with multiple usernames?
I was quoting the user named "Mackenzied" and that's the only post I see from him in this thread.My bad... sorry! However, I do wish the quotation tool on this forum would carry an attribution describing who's being quoted, though. It's already caused a number of users to make similar errors... and it's especially problematic when the quotes are nested (a quote contains a deeper quote, etc).
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devilstrings last edited by
I know that I need to install SP3 on Win XP in order to install Opera 20, but I have tried to install Opera Next (21) just for the sake of trying (as I'm missing Opera at work)...and it didn't install.
Popped the same, "Windowscodec.dll" is missing error...
Why am I not able to install Opera, when the same XP SP2 works for the latest versions of Chrome and Firefox?
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blackbird71 last edited by
Because WinXP SP3 changed the windowscodec.dll file to include some features that weren't there before, and it's possible Opera is designed to rely on those to run properly? Not all browsers adopt all OS features at the same time, if at all.
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A Former User last edited by admin
I'm 99% sure I've solved this issue, at least for some of us. See my last post in this other thread: https://forums.opera.com/topic/1636/failed-loading-launcher_lib-dll-please-reinstall-opera/14
It looks like we may be permanently stuck at 20 or thereabouts because Chrome is dropping support for SSE/MMX extensions and requiring computers to have SSE2 or better, which my Athlon XP does not have.
