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  • leocg
    Moderator

    Seems this is a bug in the network installer?

    The online installer was supposed to detect your OS architecture and download the correspondent version (32 or 64 bits) of Opera.
    However, due to a issue when updating to a x64 version from a x86 one, they stopped offering the x64 build through the online installer.

    And the installer offered only "C:\Program Files (x86)\Opera" (which I accepted), not "C:\Program Files\Opera"

    'Program Files' and 'Program Files(x86)' are more for user's reference as there are no difference if you install a 64 bits program in 'Program Files(x86)' or a 32 bits one in 'Program Files'.

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  • christian444

    Thank you, I took the 64-bit installer from the archive page and now everything works fine 🙂

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  • kmielczarczyk
    Opera

    Opera developer i beta installers are both able to detect what version of operating system you're using. Currently we've got some problem with Opera Stable and you need to get offline installer to have 64bit version installed. It should be fixed soon and available as soon as the next Stable update.

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  • burnout426

    'Program Files' and 'Program Files(x86)' are more for user's reference as there are no difference if you install a 64 bits program in 'Program Files(x86)' or a 32 bits one in 'Program Files'.

    In the specific case of "Program Files (x86)", *if*\ (I don't remember and didn't check) the installer doesn't move the installation files to "Program Files" on upgrade to 64-bit, it should. For one, it's the correct and expected place for the 64-bit version to be. For two, it can mess with file path redirection in the registry and environment variables. If I use "%ProgramFiles%\Opera Developer" in a 64-bit program to launch Opera, I expect it to work. If I use the same in a 32-bit program, I expect it to load the 32-bit version of Opera (via file path redirection) and not a 64-bit version that's there. There also was an issue with this in presto 64-bit Opera and the flash plug-in with a path in the registry. Not saying you'd *normally* get an issue currently, I just think it should go where it's supposed to go. I'd also just be confused if 64-bit Opera was running from "Program Files (x86) or if the installer said it was going to upgrade to 64-bit and suggested "Program Files (x86)" as the path to install to. There's also the case of wanting to have both versions installed.

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  • sgunhouse
    Moderator

    There's also the case of wanting to have both versions installed.

    No particular issue as long as you don't try to install to the same path, and you don't run both at the same time. As both versions default to the same profile location (except in the case of a portable install), trying to run both at once should result in one failing to launch as the profile files are already in use. Should. But if they failed to prevent that, then you could really mess up your profile.

    Anyway ... just check the install path to make sure it didn't default to the previous install and you should be fine - auto-update will always install the same version to the same path so updates are no problem.

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  • burnout426

    No particular issue as long as you don't try to install to the same path

    Yeah, I just meant that if you want both versions installed after an upgrade, you wouldn't want the 64-bit version in the x86 folder as that's where the 32-bit version goes.

    Anyway ... just check the install path to make sure it didn't default to the previous install and you should be fine - auto-update will always install the same version to the same path so updates are no problem.

    Yeah, just don't think it's right for an auto-upgrade to 64-bit to put (by default/suggested default) the 64-bit files in the same x86 folder, even if there's no functional problem in doing so.

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  • aa-che

    Hello everybody

    Question regarding ftp archive:

    What is the difference between this: Opera_42.0.2393.94_Setup_x64.exe

    and that: Opera_42.0.2393.94_Autoupdate_x64.exe ??

    autoupdate from what to what? presumably not from 32 to 64 bit or am I wrong?

    I installed 64 bit version using the first link and everything works great. So just wondering what the autoupdate link is for.

    Thanks...

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  • sgunhouse
    Moderator

    That is the file the auto-update would download. As it is designed to run with minimal interaction you can't choose an install path with it, etc.

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  • leocg
    Moderator

    autoupdate from what to what?

    From the previous installed version to the new one.

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  • aa-che

    That is the file the auto-update would download. As it is designed to run with minimal interaction you can't choose an install path with it, etc.

    Thanks....

    My question is thereby answered

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