OK To Disable Opera Auto Update In Task Scheduler ?

[mike88]

mike88 last edited by

The Opera Auto update mechanism has a mind of its own appearing in task manager when it feels like it, but doing nothing. It manages to do about 3 updates on its own in a year ! So as Opera doesn't offer a button to disable the Auto Update feature and it can be argued why not. Can i just disable it in task scheduler and continue to update manually either through the about opera page or downloading complete package files which is what I normally do ?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @mike88 last edited by

You can, just remember that not only the browser itself uses it to update.

[donq]

donq last edited by

You can of course, but most likely it re-enables itself after any (manual or automatic) update.

[mike88]

mike88 @leocg last edited by

So if I disable the auto update, this would stop updates for the adblocker etc, is this right ? The thing about manually checking for updates is that there is normally an error message showing starting with "an error occurred checking for updates" If I persist in my attempts to update by this method it will eventually update.(It works first time 1 in 10 times) Why after all this time is it so difficult for Opera servers to recognise a computers request for an update. This problem happens on all my Windows 7 machines and with Opera rumoured to be developing a new type of browser they should get their current browser working ok before developing new stuff.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @mike88 last edited by

Yes, blocking the autoupdate may prevent Opera from updating adblocker lists, among other things.

Did you try running the installer to update Opera? It usually fixes issues with autoupdate.

[mike88]

mike88 last edited by

You say "Did you try running the installer to update Opera?". Am I missing something here. Is this the installer on Operas website that downloads files individually , in which case I wouldn't do that because they couldn't be run through Virustotal at the same time. Also I presume by using this method Opera might not instal to the same directory as the original etc and then I would have two Operas etc, hassle. Am I correct in how I have interpreted your comments ? Incidentally I did an update via check for updates today. I got lucky it worked at first attempt, my one success out of ten today. only another nine attempts to go before I succeed again.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @mike88 last edited by

You can use the offline installer if the online one doesn't work with your antivirus, although I think this one should be changed in this case.

And unless you manually change something, it will just update your Opera, so the installation will remain in the same place.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @mike88 last edited by

If the online installer doesn't work with Virustotal then it's probably the cause of your issues with auto-update.

[operafanuk]

operafanuk @leocg last edited by operafanuk

OS Win7 Pro 32-bit, Opr dev 60.0.3248.0 (no problem with download in this update - thanks).

Auto-update I would agree is a pain on all update streams. For example, when trying to delete the previous update version folder, it wont allow complete deletion (on all streams).

Reason: auto-update prevents completion of delete action.
Resolution:

1. Right click Taskbar and "Start Task Manager";
2. Click auto-update then click "End Process".
3. Click "Try Again" and deletion is completed.

I realise this suggestion is in the wrong place, but it's relevant to the subject here.
In "Settings", I would like to see an ON/OFF switch for auto-update so users can decide for themselves.