Installing Opera 20
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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 byI 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.
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devilstrings 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.My work PC has the following hardware config:
Intel Core2Duo CPU E4400 @ 2GHz
RAM: 2GB
OS: Win XP Prof (SP-2)You still think Opera 20 or later is not supported?
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visitorx last edited by
hi,
I am facing the same problem with opera. I don't think this has anything to do with the version of Windows. I am using XP3, and everything was working perfectly. I tried all opera versions: Opera 20, Opera developer, and Opera next. There was no problem installing them with XP2 or XP3. But since I reformatted my PC, I got this error: Opera failed loading launcher_lib.dll because windowscodecs.dll is missing. I tried DLL-files fixer but still not working. I am looking for a site from where I can download windowscodecs.dll. I hope I will find a solution soon. Now I am using Firefox, it's not bad, but it's just that I am used to Opera. -
visitorx last edited by
Hi
That's me again, and Eureka
I found the solution. I was looking in some sites trying to find a solution for this problem. In a site they mentioned (wic), then I remembered that I have this component among the sotftware programs I save here. So I intalled it and it worked wonderfully. I could install Opera 20.0.1387.91.
I uploaded the file on mediafire so that you can download it easily.the 32-bit windows imaging component (wic) (1.7 MB)
https://www.mediafire.com/?pdhswoonci991r6Of course this is fore woindows 32-bit, if your system is 64-bit then you have to for it. Hope this will work for you. Good Luck
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devilstrings last edited by
Hi
That's me again, and Eureka
I found the solution. I was looking in some sites trying to find a solution for this problem. In a site they mentioned (wic), then I remembered that I have this component among the sotftware programs I save here. So I intalled it and it worked wonderfully. I could install Opera 20.0.1387.91.
I uploaded the file on mediafire so that you can download it easily.
the 32-bit windows imaging component (wic) (1.7 MB)
https://www.mediafire.com/?pdhswoonci991r6
Of course this is fore woindows 32-bit, if your system is 64-bit then you have to for it. Hope this will work for you. Good LuckThank you, visitorx... I will download and install this "patch" and see if this works. Does it need admin access to run this exec file?
