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    [Solved]Deleted desktop icon back on every update

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    • yoaman
      yoaman @burnout426 last edited by

      @burnout426 I simply deleted the file (installation_status.json), and it works.

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      • rseiler
        rseiler last edited by

        65.0.3425.0 did for me on Win10.

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        • peakona
          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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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer @peakona last edited by This post is deleted!
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            • icehawk
              icehawk last edited by

              Opera 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 😞
              Bugreport written. Again.

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer @icehawk last edited by leocg

                @icehawk Why report a bug that was already fixed? Just want for the fix to reach stable channel.

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                • icehawk
                  icehawk last edited by

                  Because some not very useful beta things have reached the stable, but not this...

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                  • rseiler
                    rseiler @leocg 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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                    • leocg
                      leocg Moderator Volunteer @rseiler last edited by

                      @rseiler Doesn't happen for me. Did you try a reinstall?

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                      • rseiler
                        rseiler @leocg last edited by

                        @leocg No, it's not worth nuking everything just for this. Clearly, though, there's some aspect of the bug that did exist before that can carry over to the present.

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                        • burnout426
                          burnout426 Volunteer @rseiler last edited by

                          @rseiler

                          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
                            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
                              rseiler @burnout426 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?

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                              • burnout426
                                burnout426 Volunteer @rseiler last edited by

                                @rseiler The updater is a separate thing that fetches the installer files and updates with the parameters that were used before. I think it might look in installation_status.json for some things. And, I'm guessing the fix for the updater doesn't fix things messed up in installation_status.json. Not 100% sure, where the issue is at, but deleting the program files and reinstalling might help. If it doesn't and trying with just a new profile fixes it, then it's probably in one of the profile files. Doesn't seem to be though.

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                                • icehawk
                                  icehawk last edited by

                                  Mmmh. Update Stable from .66 to .71: No desktop-icon. 🙂

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                                  • A Former User
                                    A Former User @icehawk last edited by

                                    @icehawk There are still a few dozen bugs to fix, as well as return functionality from Presto, and you can think about returning to Opera, as the default browser! But, I think, with their current policies, this we will never wait. Therefore, Opera is now only a secondary browser.

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                                    • icehawk
                                      icehawk last edited by

                                      @temkem For me, Opera is still the best browser. Opera does everything I want and need.
                                      I have tried to change to Vivaldi, but its developer-console is a mess and for me not useable.

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