Uninstall Opera makes Microsoft Excel 2013 not working Properly

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@burnout426 said in Uninstall Opera makes Microsoft Excel 2013 not working Properly:

"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\OperaStable\Capabilities\UrlAssociations"

I checked this registry and nothing change. As i said in one of my answer, I'm currently doing snapshot of the regedit table.

[energylite]

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So, I did my reg snapshot and this is what changed in the registry tab when I installed Opera.
Part 1

Part 2

I think the reg keys from the line 37 to line 46 could change something in the functioning of Excel.
Furthermore, the lines 48/49/50 and 83/84/85 are really strange.

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".oex" is the file extension for Opera's extensions, while .htm, .html and related extensions are obviously HTML files and should open with a web browser. The ddeexec stuff is how another program can open Opera Mind you, I don't know if anyone still uses DDE (Direct Data Exchange), but I guess Opera still supports it.

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@sgunhouse said in Uninstall Opera makes Microsoft Excel 2013 not working Properly:

".oex" is the file extension for Opera's extensions, while .htm, .html and related extensions are obviously HTML files and should open with a web browser. The ddeexec stuff is how another program can open Opera Mind you, I don't know if anyone still uses DDE (Direct Data Exchange), but I guess Opera still supports it.

Yeah, thanks for the infos. This is the first time that I've no idea of what the problem could be and what could i do to resolve it. It's the same as swimming in the darkness for real
I think I'll transfer the Reg table from an other computer that's working well

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@energylite said in Uninstall Opera makes Microsoft Excel 2013 not working Properly:

So, I did my reg snapshot and this is what changed in the registry tab when I installed Opera.

I don't see anything in there that would interfere with Excel.

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In practice it isn't Excel, but whatever their other software is doing. But there seems to be no way to find out that ...

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You can record registry differences with https://sourceforge.net/projects/regshot/, it allows to create registry change scripts too. Much easier to compare than export files.

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@donq

FWIW: RegistryChangesView allows also to take and compare Windows registry snapshots.

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@energylite:

Without knowing anything about your "internal software":

• Please check HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.html\(Standard).
  The value of that string must be htmlfile.
• Another method: Reset your Internet Explorer settings.

Suggestion for further reading: This Operation has been canceled due to restrictions in effect on this computer, Please contact your administrator

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@yanta said in Uninstall Opera makes Microsoft Excel 2013 not working Properly:

@energylite:

Without knowing anything about your "internal software":

• Please check HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.html\(Standard).
  The value of that string must be htmlfile.
• Another method: Reset your Internet Explorer settings.

Suggestion for further reading: This Operation has been canceled due to restrictions in effect on this computer, Please contact your administrator

Yeah, i saw something changed in those registry key. After "reseting" those key (I put back the value htmlfile) nothing changed. When i loaded the program I've the same error messages. I will explore further yanta's link.

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For testing, you could delete Opera-related keys/strings one by one while testing after each delete to see if you can narrow it down. I'd start with the StartMenuInternet ones.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Opera Software
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Opera Software
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\OperaStable
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Clients\StartMenuInternet\OperaStable
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Opera 54.0.2952.60
Opera Stable string in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\RegisteredApplications"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Opera Software
Opera Stable string (if it's there) in "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RegisteredApplications"
Opera Stable key (if it's there) in "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet"
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\OperaStable
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\OperaStable
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\OperaStable

(There could be multiple keys that when deleted trigger a fix (because the deletion breaks an association), but it's worth a try.)

I'd also look at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" and check the extension keys for any extension that might be handled by Excel/Office (like .xls/.doc etc.) and check their OpenWithProgram IDs or Persistent handler IDs to see if Opera (or its ID (do a search for the id)) is listed there. I'd also look for excel-related keeys in "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT".

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@burnout426 said in Uninstall Opera makes Microsoft Excel 2013 not working Properly:

For testing, you could delete Opera-related keys/strings one by one while testing after each delete to see if you can narrow it down. I'd start with the StartMenuInternet ones.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Opera Software
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Opera Software
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\OperaStable
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Clients\StartMenuInternet\OperaStable
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Opera 54.0.2952.60
Opera Stable string in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\RegisteredApplications"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Opera Software
Opera Stable string (if it's there) in "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RegisteredApplications"
Opera Stable key (if it's there) in "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet"
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\OperaStable
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\OperaStable
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\OperaStable

(There could be multiple keys that when deleted trigger a fix (because the deletion breaks an association), but it's worth a try.)

I'd also look at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" and check the extension keys for any extension that might be handled by Excel/Office (like .xls/.doc etc.) and check their OpenWithProgram IDs or Persistent handler IDs to see if Opera (or its ID (do a search for the id)) is listed there. I'd also look for excel-related keeys in "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT".

It will take a while to test, but i think it's worth the try. I will keep you in touch of the progress