[Solved]Deleted desktop icon back on every update
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A Former User last edited by A Former User
@burnout426 By default, Opera is installed in the system "For the current user".
Therefore, I find only this way:"SC_DEST_DESKTOP":"C:\\Users\\User_Name\\Desktop\\Браузер Opera.lnk" -
donq last edited by
@donq said in Deleted desktop icon back on every update:
@burnout426
Good idea. Edited that and waiting for next update.Like some other people, I also never enable/install desktop shortcuts and from some time ago Opera started putting it on my (or rather all users) desktop - I consider that a bug.
Update: Opera updated, icon is back, again on all users desktop. F-word here. I need to find another solution.
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A Former User last edited by
This is a very annoying and stupid functionality, please fix it asap. Not everyone use desktop shortcuts, not everyoune need Opera desktop shortcut.
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lloydgm last edited by
It's been a month. My bug report has been ignored. The problem remains. I will now abandon Opera after using it for over 20 years. I will not tolerate abide the dishonorable owners of this browser any longer.
To all who remain, g'luck. (You'll need it in spades.)
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@leocg said in Deleted desktop icon back on every update:
Last developer build didn't create a desktop shortcut here during the update.
I can confirm. The update to 64.0.3409.0 for Opera Developer didn't create a desktop icon on me where the previous build did. Might be fixed (at least in v64 builds) now.
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yoaman last edited by
@burnout426 I simply deleted the file (installation_status.json), and it works.
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peakona last edited by
Every time I open Opera (v. 63) a desktop shortcut appears. I do not need a shortcut, so I delete it each time. Then it reappears the next time I open the browser. If I do not delete, a second shortcut will sometimes appear, but not always. What can I do to prevent this happening? It started after a recent update. Using Windows 10 Home.
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icehawk last edited byOpera Developer 65.0.3425.0 -> Update, no icon on desktop
Opera Beta 63.03368.51 -> Update, no icon on desktop
Opera 63.0.3368.53 -> Update, icon on desktop
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icehawk last edited by
Because some not very useful beta things have reached the stable, but not this...
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rseiler last edited by
@leocg said in Deleted desktop icon back on every update:
@icehawk Why report a bug that was already fixed? Just want for the fix to reach stable channel.
Every time I run 65.0.3425.0, it puts its icon on the desktop (Win10). Fixed?
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
Uninstall Opera while choosing to keep your data (if you want).
Delete the Opera Developer program files folder.
Clear "C:\windows\temp" and "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\local\temp" (to get rid of some autoupdate stuff).
Make sure there are no Opera Developer Tasks in the Windows Task Manager.
Delete any Opera Developer shortcuts that are left over.
Reinstall Opera Developer.
You should be good to go from then on. I don't think the fix fixes existing installs very well (if at all).
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
My Opera Developer just updated to 65.0.3430.0. No icon was put back on my desktop.
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rseiler last edited by
@burnout426 Just for clarity, when a build upgrades, and it runs, it by definition has successfully upgraded, right? Especially if you've upgraded to multiple builds, successfully each time, eliminating the possibility of a fluke with one build in particular.
So, how would an uninstall/reinstall (while keeping the profile) be substantively different than an upgrade? Doesn't this problem feel much more like something amiss in the profile, a vestige of the earlier problem left behind for some?
