Restore extension data from a backup.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

A few weeks ago I lost some extension data, I have used the extension for maybe a couple of years and this never happened before.

I have full disk backups but I haven't been able to find where the information is stored.

The extension is TabHamster. The lost data is a couple dozen tabs/urls, mostly from some gifts I want to order for family. I haven't been able to find most of them as they were all over the internet on different shops.
I don't use and haven't used opera sync for like 5 years maybe more (last time I tried it was on opera 12 or 11).

I looked into %appdata%\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Sync Extension Settings<extension path>\ and there were log files there, the log files contain tabs/urls from the extension, but sadly not the ones I need.

The extension has a script called js/storage.js, I guess the contents is relevant:
var storage = {
area: chrome.storage.sync,
default_options: {
date_format: 'eu', // or 'us'
pinned: 0, //do not add pinned tabs
cur_win: 1, // save tabs from current window only
active_tab: '#saved', //or '#sessions'
session_watcher: 1 //extension will watch sessions
}
};

Which files should I try to restore to get my extension data back from the backup?

Thanks

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

You may need to copy the extensions folders.

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg I have tried this before, but I tried again just to be sure:
I closed Opera and deleted my extension folders:
%appdata%\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Extension Rules
%appdata%\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Extension State
%appdata%\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Extensions
Then restore those folders from the backup, opened Opera, tabhamster extension is still showing me the urls I had saved earlier today, not the ones from the 2 weeks ago backup

[A Former User]

A Former User @Guest last edited by A Former User

So it turns out that %appdata%\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Sync Extension Settings<extension path>\000003.log was the right file, I was able to recover like half of my links, I just got bad timing on my backups, and that's why I wasn't able to recover everything.

Thanks.