Interrupted : Insufficient Permissions - unable to download email attachments in Gmail opened in Opera

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

On MAC OS High Sierra 10.13.4 I have the same issue when trying to download files from websites using Opera. It started with the upgrade to v53.x
53.0.2907.68 - Opera is up to date
When downloading any file within Opera
“Interupted: Insufficient permissions”
Is there a Preference which can impact downloading files (.pdf, .iso and .exe have all failed)
I'm back to

[A Former User]

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@iholloway2301 I am having the same issue in W7, even trying to re install Opera, also with trying to download flash player. Not sure what to do other than go back to Firefox...

[lotois]

lotois @Guest last edited by

@marveroluis God forbid. I have been using Opera since version 0 precisely because it has been largely bug free. I hope that our Norwegian friends have taken note that they have a problem that seems to be extensive and is considering the faithful to abandon ship.

[zalex108]

zalex108 last edited by

Try with a clean profile:

• Opera Help > Find solutions.
  | - And rename the profile folder -.

(Profile folders are hidden OS files)

More options at How to report problems in Opera steps.

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[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @lotois last edited by

@lotois said in Interrupted : Insufficient Permissions - unable to download email attachments in Gmail opened in Opera:

I am using the new Gmail, the problem concerns at least excel and pdf files

Tried with pdf attachments and viewing them and downloading them works fine. Tried new Gmail interface and the classic. Opera 53.0.2907.68 x64 on Windows 10.

[lotois]

lotois @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 Thank you for your feedback. This is yet another confirmation that this problem does not seem to concern Windows users.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Is there still no fix for this issue? If not I'm going to have to change to another browser permanently.

[avl]

avl Opera last edited by

Not everyone is having this issue, so there is some situation on your system or perhaps a specific configuration of Opera that triggers it.

Could you try running Opera with a temporary profile to see if you still have the problem then? You can do that by entering this in a Terminal.app instance:

open /Applications/Opera.app --args --user-data-dir=$HOME/.opera-throwaway

Now try logging into gmail and downloading your documents again. If the problem occurs again in the same way, we know that it's not your Opera configuration causing it. If the problem is fixed, we can start seeing what in your profile is triggering this behavior.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

@avl said in Interrupted : Insufficient Permissions - unable to download email attachments in Gmail opened in Opera:

entering this in a Terminal.app instance

I don't use Gmail. And I don't understand your instructions. Please clarify.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

This topic is about an issue with Gmail. If you don't use it, then you have a different problem that should be discussed in another topic.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

Check out https://forums.opera.com/post/156115 just in case it helps.