<![CDATA[After updating to Version 40.0.2308.62 (latest) i got this issue]]>so i always type Y in the url to go directly to youtube... but now it directs me to yahoo because Y now is set as a shortcut to yahoo search and i can't remove it which is fucking annoying ! fix this please don't force your shit on us thank you very much

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/17196/after-updating-to-version-40-0-2308-62-latest-i-got-this-issueRSS for NodeSat, 13 Jun 2026 07:52:16 GMTThu, 22 Sep 2016 20:23:25 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to After updating to Version 40.0.2308.62 (latest) i got this issue on Sun, 25 Sep 2016 13:42:18 GMT]]>

Crap. It worked like a charm...
After restarting my browser 2x it just comes back again. Even though stuff was set to read only 😨

Oh, that's true. After a few reboots the workaround stopped working for me as well. Great...

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/107397https://forums.opera.com/post/107397Sun, 25 Sep 2016 13:42:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After updating to Version 40.0.2308.62 (latest) i got this issue on Sun, 25 Sep 2016 12:15:43 GMT]]>Crap. It worked like a charm...
After restarting my browser 2x it just comes back again. Even though stuff was set to read only 😨

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/107389https://forums.opera.com/post/107389Sun, 25 Sep 2016 12:15:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After updating to Version 40.0.2308.62 (latest) i got this issue on Sun, 25 Sep 2016 10:39:45 GMT]]>

There is a way to change the letter assignments but its a pain in the butt. Give this a shot:

  1. Go to opera://about to learn your paths
  2. Close the browser
  3. Copy siteprefs.json from %installation-root%\profile to %installation-root%%opera-version%\resources
  4. In %installation-root% remove default_partner_content.json then rename siteprefs.json* to **default_partner_content.json and set read-only access on it
  5. Remove default_partner_content.json from %installation-root%\profile
    This will blow out all of the built-in search engines except Google, which is a hardcoded fallback. You can now use any of the previously used letters for custom search engines. You can't make any of them your default search engines, though.

Thank you but I'm unable to find the "profile" folder in my installation directory. There are only two folders with different Opera version, and also "Assets" and "old_status".

EDIT: Nvm, it wasn't in %installation-root%, it was in a profile path (for the first and last path in these instructions). Now it works, thank you! A lot of work to turn off such a silly feature 🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/107378https://forums.opera.com/post/107378Sun, 25 Sep 2016 10:39:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After updating to Version 40.0.2308.62 (latest) i got this issue on Sun, 25 Sep 2016 09:57:08 GMT]]>Yes! works like a charm. Good thing it was such an easy fix.
Thanks.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/107375https://forums.opera.com/post/107375Sun, 25 Sep 2016 09:57:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After updating to Version 40.0.2308.62 (latest) i got this issue on Sun, 25 Sep 2016 00:31:15 GMT]]>There is a way to change the letter assignments but its a pain in the butt. Give this a shot:

  1. Go to opera://about to learn your paths
  2. Close the browser
  3. Copy siteprefs.json from %installation-root%\profile to %installation-root%%opera-version%\resources
  4. In %installation-root% remove default_partner_content.json then rename *siteprefs.json to default_partner_content.json and set read-only access on it
  5. Remove default_partner_content.json from %installation-root%\profile

This will blow out all of the built-in search engines except Google, which is a hardcoded fallback. You can now use any of the previously used letters for custom search engines. You can't make any of them your default search engines, though.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/107364https://forums.opera.com/post/107364Sun, 25 Sep 2016 00:31:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After updating to Version 40.0.2308.62 (latest) i got this issue on Sat, 24 Sep 2016 22:46:35 GMT]]>This has to change. It's horrible. I've been enjoying opera, but this seemingly minor annoyance is pushing me very hard to move on to vivaldi. It's straight up hijacking my internet behaviour for the sake of a sponsor, I ain't havin' that.
I understand won't get patched immediately, but I really hope the team doesn't let this carry on longer than necessary.

Meanwhile, anyone got a solution available?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/107349https://forums.opera.com/post/107349Sat, 24 Sep 2016 22:46:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After updating to Version 40.0.2308.62 (latest) i got this issue on Sat, 24 Sep 2016 19:48:57 GMT]]>Oh, and search suggestions disappeared from the search bar (not the address bar!).
Well, long time since I tried Vivaldi, got to switch to it again I guess 😉

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/107334https://forums.opera.com/post/107334Sat, 24 Sep 2016 19:48:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After updating to Version 40.0.2308.62 (latest) i got this issue on Sat, 24 Sep 2016 14:41:09 GMT]]>

Here's how it works like for me: https://gfycat.com/ScalyInfiniteIbis

OK, I've re-checked here and indeed if you press a letter associated with a search engine the auto-complete will not do anything.

I don't know a way to change it and also don't know if it's a bug or something changed by design.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/107310https://forums.opera.com/post/107310Sat, 24 Sep 2016 14:41:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After updating to Version 40.0.2308.62 (latest) i got this issue on Sat, 24 Sep 2016 09:45:35 GMT]]>Here's how it works like for me: https://gfycat.com/ScalyInfiniteIbis

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/107298https://forums.opera.com/post/107298Sat, 24 Sep 2016 09:45:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After updating to Version 40.0.2308.62 (latest) i got this issue on Sat, 24 Sep 2016 01:59:27 GMT]]>OK, it seems that I misunderstood the problem here.

Well, if I just type y in the address bar, Opera autocompletes it with www.youtube.com.

And this has been the behaviour since quite a while.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/107275https://forums.opera.com/post/107275Sat, 24 Sep 2016 01:59:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After updating to Version 40.0.2308.62 (latest) i got this issue on Sat, 24 Sep 2016 01:27:38 GMT]]>

how is that not related to this topic? that's the whole point of this topic

This topic is about search engines keywords and not about search suggestions.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/107269https://forums.opera.com/post/107269Sat, 24 Sep 2016 01:27:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After updating to Version 40.0.2308.62 (latest) i got this issue on Fri, 23 Sep 2016 19:46:37 GMT]]>

Please tell me it can be disabled somewhere... I can't find it anywhere in settings, maybe I'm looking wrong.

It seems to be something unrelated to this topic.

how is that not related to this topic? that's the whole point of this topic

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/107248https://forums.opera.com/post/107248Fri, 23 Sep 2016 19:46:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After updating to Version 40.0.2308.62 (latest) i got this issue on Fri, 23 Sep 2016 17:37:00 GMT]]>

Please tell me it can be disabled somewhere... I can't find it anywhere in settings, maybe I'm looking wrong.

It seems to be something unrelated to this topic.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/107239https://forums.opera.com/post/107239Fri, 23 Sep 2016 17:37:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After updating to Version 40.0.2308.62 (latest) i got this issue on Fri, 23 Sep 2016 17:34:59 GMT]]>

are they planning on changing that?

I don't think so. No public comments on this at least.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/107238https://forums.opera.com/post/107238Fri, 23 Sep 2016 17:34:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After updating to Version 40.0.2308.62 (latest) i got this issue on Fri, 23 Sep 2016 11:07:42 GMT]]>are they planning on changing that? cuz if not then me and opera had a long nice run but it will be over

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/107209https://forums.opera.com/post/107209Fri, 23 Sep 2016 11:07:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After updating to Version 40.0.2308.62 (latest) i got this issue on Fri, 23 Sep 2016 11:06:47 GMT]]>i have opera on auto update... and i use opera daily buy yesterday i got a notification to restart opera to apply the update and then that started happening

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/107208https://forums.opera.com/post/107208Fri, 23 Sep 2016 11:06:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After updating to Version 40.0.2308.62 (latest) i got this issue on Fri, 23 Sep 2016 06:53:03 GMT]]>Yes, I'm having the same exact issue after my browser updated to Opera 40! I'm used to regularily visiting same websites by typing their first letter in the address bar and pressing Enter. Now that Opera shows search engines first, for most websites (which just happen to start with b , d and g) I can no longer do that anymore.
Please tell me it can be disabled somewhere... I can't find it anywhere in settings, maybe I'm looking wrong.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/107200https://forums.opera.com/post/107200Fri, 23 Sep 2016 06:53:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After updating to Version 40.0.2308.62 (latest) i got this issue on Fri, 23 Sep 2016 03:32:11 GMT]]>When had been the last time you updated Opera? Yahoo has been one of the default search engines since a long time.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/107192https://forums.opera.com/post/107192Fri, 23 Sep 2016 03:32:11 GMT