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    Reinstalling Opera without losing Speed Dial

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    • leocg
      leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

      Use Sync or backup the 'bookmarks' file found in Opera's profile folder.

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        A Former User @leocg last edited by

        @leocg Sync does not backup the Speed Dial screen. Found that out the hardway.

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        • browzer1
          browzer1 last edited by

          leo, in the Profile folder for Opera, what is the bookmarks folder name? I have nothing that refers to bookmarks. (WIN 7).

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          • browzer1
            browzer1 last edited by

            leo, found it. It's in widevine.

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              A Former User @browzer1 last edited by

              @browzer1 How do you get to or enable widevine? I can't play Amazon videos.

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer @browzer1 last edited by

                @browzer1 Widevine has nothing to do with bookmarks or speed dial.

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                • leocg
                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @browzer1 last edited by

                  @browzer1 it's a file like I said.

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                  • genegold
                    genegold last edited by

                    Reinstalling the whole profile defeats the purpose of a clean program reinstall.

                    The problem I had, which led to this post, is that either copying the backed up bookmarks file back in, or the one exported before the clean install, didn't do anything. There's more to it and I haven't quite figured it out yet (was a whole lot easier with Presta).

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                    • leocg
                      leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                      @abricru Please read the forum rules and do not hijack topics.

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                      • leocg
                        leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                        @ici-o Yes, it does backup Speed Dial.

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                        • leocg
                          leocg Moderator Volunteer @genegold last edited by

                          @genegold Did you look at 'other speed dials' ?

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                            genegold @leocg last edited by

                            @leocg - other speed dials? What's that?

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                            • leocg
                              leocg Moderator Volunteer @genegold last edited by

                              @genegold It's where you find Speed Dials from other Opera's installations when using Sync or when copying the bookmarks file.

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                              • browzer1
                                browzer1 @leocg last edited by

                                @leocg ... My apologies. You are correct. Sorry about that. I'm a Senior with less than 20:20 vision.

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