'opera autoupdate' folder keeps showing up in Downloads folder

burnout426

burnout426 Volunteer

New instances of this issue are being tracked in DNA-85007. Might take some time to be analyzed and fixed, but watch the changelogs at https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/ for it.

animals4life

animals4life

This folder is in Downloads and is called Autoupdate.

Never noticed it was needed before?

Also why is this autoupdate running approx. every fifteen minutes and being blocked by the firewall as it adds a number to it's name is therefore constantly asking for permission to get out on the internet.

It's driving me insane and I don't understand why this is suddenly happening.

I understand update, but how many times a day do you need to autocheck for heavens sakes?

I'm seriously thinking about going back to Firefox.

lesapix

lesapix

I am having the same problem since a few weeks.

animals4life

animals4life @burnout426

@burnout426 said in 'opera autoupdate' folder keeps showing up in Downloads folder:

@parpaluck said in 'opera autoupdate' folder keeps showing up in Downloads folder:

I have the same headache.

Did you check the Windows Task Scheduler to make sure you only have one Opera scheduled task? If you have more than one for a single release channel of Opera, that's your problem and you need to delete one. Or, delete both and then reinstall Opera.

Automatic update is an idiotic idea. I can disable such feature in just about every app — but NOT in Opera.

Close down Opera and make sure no Opera autoupdate process is shown in the Windows Task Manager. Then, in Opera's program files folder in the latest version folder, delete opera_autoupdate.exe. You can also delete the Opera scheduled task after that if you want too (not necessary though).

Repeat after any time you manually update Opera.

Once you have the autoupdate disabled, clear the autoupdate folder in the downloads folder and it won't come back. But, just for good measure, also delete all files and folders in "C:\Windows\temp" and "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\temp" to get rid of any old, Opera installer files and folders.

Not the best solution, but it'll solve the problem for you.

I can't actually find Opera in either program files folder on my 64bit Windows 10 machine. Where is it hiding?

animals4life

animals4life @burnout426

@burnout426 said in 'opera autoupdate' folder keeps showing up in Downloads folder:

New instances of this issue are being tracked in DNA-85007. Might take some time to be analyzed and fixed, but watch the changelogs at https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/ for it.

What exactly is DNA-85007?

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @animals4life

@animals4life Menu > Help > About Opera will show you where Opera is installed.

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @animals4life

@animals4life A bug ID in Opera's bug tracking system.

burnout426

burnout426 Volunteer

Who here is using Kaspersky?

animals4life

animals4life @leocg

@leocg said in 'opera autoupdate' folder keeps showing up in Downloads folder:

@animals4life Menu > Help > About Opera will show you where Opera is installed.

Paths
Install: C:\Users\mypc\AppData\Local\Programs\Opera

Profile: C:\Users\mypc\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable

Cache: C:\Users\mypc\AppData\Local\Opera Software\Opera Stable

Is what it says on that page, I have changed the name of my pc, it isn't really called mypc.

I can't find any updater.exe files in any of those places.

However in Local/Programs/Opera I've got one folder called 67.0.3575.79 and one folder called 67.0.3575.97 dated four days apart. Should these both be there?

animals4life

animals4life @burnout426

@burnout426 said in 'opera autoupdate' folder keeps showing up in Downloads folder:

Who here is using Kaspersky?

Not me.

Windows Defender and Windows Firewall with Windows 10 Firewall control.

andrew84

andrew84 @burnout426

@burnout426 said in 'opera autoupdate' folder keeps showing up in Downloads folder:

Who here is using Kaspersky?

I'm using.

animals4life

animals4life

Out of curiosity how on earth do I stop getting emails every time someone replies? I thought I'd switched everything off but alas ...

And when I click on unsubscribe from the email it just takes me to the page which says I'm not watching threads etc.

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @animals4life

@animals4life Yes

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @animals4life

@animals4life Go to your profile and disable it

mertovski

mertovski

any fix for that?

animals4life

animals4life

I seem to have got rid of the autoupdate folder but sadly not of the constant renaming of Opera and the consequent asking for rights through the firewall every 20 minutes.

It's completely insane - no program needs to check for updates like this.

I've uninstalled Opera and gone back to Firefox which I'm quite sad about, but enough is enough. I don't need multiple firewall pop ups all the time asking for firewall permission when I already GAVE the program permission about 200 times.

archimede

archimede

I read and reread all the discussions about it if the problem had already been solved, but nothing...and what I find strange is that Opera Stable (even if I do not know that it is stable) every week makes a new version, but it does not solve this problem now known by all and old ...
what I find strange the problem is only on Win 10 because on Win 7 nothing happens ...
I do not know how many times I deleted and installed following the steps taken in the forum but without any result, after a day I review the folder...
my win 10 64bit system is only Windows Defender and Windows Firewall with Windows 10 Firewall control.

burnout426

burnout426 Volunteer @archimede

@archimede

What version of Opera?

Is it the 64-bit version of Opera or the 32-bit?

What build of Windows 10? (see "OS" field in chrome://version in Chrome)

Is it the 64-bit version of Windows 10?

Goto the URL opera://settings/downloads. What's the "Location" set to? If you change it, does the folder appear in the new downloads location or does it always use "%userprofile%\downloads"?

Where is Opera installed and where is its profile and cache folders? See the URL opera://about for the locations.

What type of Opera install is this? Is Opera installed for the current user only (install location will usually be "%LocalAppData%\Programs\Opera") or for all users (install location will usually be "%ProgramFiles%\Opera") or a standalone/portable installation? If a standalone/portable installation of Opera, was it installed via the "standalone installation" option in Opera's installer options or is it an Opera PortableApps package?

Are you running Opera as an administrator or a standard user?

Does the folder get created when you goto opera://about, check for updates and update Opera (when there's an update available)? Or, is the folder only created when Opera autoupdates on its own (via the update check in the Windows Task Scheduler)?

In the Windows Task Scheduler, what entries do you have for Opera? I have:

Opera scheduled autoupdate xxxxxxxxx

C:\Program Files\Opera\launcher.exe --scheduledautoupdate $(Arg0)

Opera scheduled assistant autoupdate xxxxxxxxxx

C:\Program Files\Opera\launcher.exe --scheduledautoupdate --component --component-name=assistant --component-path="C:\Program Files\Opera\assistant" $(Arg0)

(You should only have those 2 if just using Opera Stable. If using Beta and Developer, you'll have 2 more for each of those. And, for Opera GX, you should just have one.)

If you disable the assistant update task, does the problem go away? Or, do you have to disable just the other task? That could help narrow it down.

I think it's just an Opera updater/installer bug, but the reason I ask all those questions is I'm on Windows 10 and don't get the problem folder in my downloads folder.

archimede

archimede @burnout426

@burnout426 said in 'opera autoupdate' folder keeps showing up in Downloads folder:

@archimede

What version of Opera?
Version:67.0.3575.137

Is it the 64-bit version of Opera or the 32-bit?
64Bit

What build of Windows 10? (see "OS" field in chrome://version in Chrome)
(18363.720)

Is it the 64-bit version of Windows 10?
Yes

Goto the URL opera://settings/downloads. What's the "Location" set to? If you change it, does the folder appear in the new downloads location or does it always use "%userprofile%\downloads"?

Where is Opera installed and where is its profile and cache folders? See the URL opera://about for the locations.

What type of Opera install is this? Is Opera installed for the current user only (install location will usually be "%LocalAppData%\Programs\Opera") or for all users (install location will usually be "%ProgramFiles%\Opera") or a standalone/portable installation? If a standalone/portable installation of Opera, was it installed via the "standalone installation" option in Opera's installer options or is it an Opera PortableApps package?

Are you running Opera as an administrator or a standard user?

Does the folder get created when you goto opera://about, check for updates and update Opera (when there's an update available)? Or, is the folder only created when Opera autoupdates on its own (via the update check in the Windows Task Scheduler)?

In the Windows Task Scheduler, what entries do you have for Opera? I have:
Opera scheduled autoupdate xxxxxxxxx

C:\Program Files\Opera\launcher.exe --scheduledautoupdate $(Arg0)

Opera scheduled assistant autoupdate xxxxxxxxxx

C:\Program Files\Opera\launcher.exe --scheduledautoupdate --component --component-name=assistant --component-path="C:\Program Files\Opera\assistant" $(Arg0)
(You should only have those 2 if just using Opera Stable. If using Beta and Developer, you'll have 2 more for each of those. And, for Opera GX, you should just have one.)

If you disable the assistant update task, does the problem go away? Or, do you have to disable just the other task? That could help narrow it down.

I think it's just an Opera updater/installer bug, but the reason I ask all those questions is I'm on Windows 10 and don't get the problem folder in my downloads folder.

thanks for your answer
but this is NOT my problem, but it's a lot of people's problem...
and as I tell you again I've been using opera for several years (already with the win XP) and I've never had problems.
but the problems have been found since I have the Win10
and all the questions you asked me
then I have win 10 64 bit (built 18363,720)
Opera Stable Version:67.0.3575.137 use of 64bit
I running Opera standard
I Do Not use Windows Task Scheduler

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thank you again and wish you Happy Easter

burnout426

burnout426 Volunteer @archimede

@archimede said in 'opera autoupdate' folder keeps showing up in Downloads folder:

I DO NOT use Windows Task Scheduler

Opera does itself. It adds those entries to the task scheduler so it can do updates. Are you saying you removed the entries?

but this is NOT my problem, but it's a lot of people's problem

Understand. Asking all the questions so I can try and duplicate the setup to see if I can reproduce the problem myself.