Opera GX Not Opening

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

Try this. Download my zip file (it's a standalone installation of Opera GX to test with), right-click the zip file, choose "extract all" and point to your desktop to extract the folder in it onto your desktop. Then, open the readme.txt, following directions and then launch its launcher.exe.

If that Opera GX runs no problem, it probably means that something really important isn't finishing for you when you run the installer. If that Opera GX doesn't run for you, we know it's something on your system as it runs fine for me.

[MichaelK123]

MichaelK123 @burnout426 last edited by leocg

@burnout426 It Worked!!!! Ok so how do I make sure this good thing doesn't get ruined in the future?

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @MichaelK123 last edited by

@michaelk123 Hmm, not sure about that yet. I'm guessing when that standalone installation tries to update on your system, updating is either going to fail completely or succeed enough to break the installation.

Can you look at the install folder for your regular Opera GX that doesn't run right and see if any files are missing compared to my standalone installation that works?

There's still the issue with the installer not finishing correctly on your system, which sounds like in the main cause of everything since my zip file works fine.

[MichaelK123]

MichaelK123 @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 Sure, I'll take a look and get back to you here when I do

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

Does the 85.0.4341.65 installer get stuck at 99% too?

[MichaelK123]

MichaelK123 @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426

Here is what the 2 files look like side by side. All seems to be in order.

[MichaelK123]

MichaelK123 @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 No but it crashed after white-screening

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @MichaelK123 last edited by

@michaelk123 The installer crashed or Opera crashed?

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @MichaelK123 last edited by

@michaelk123 Do you see the same files/folders in the version folder between mine and yours too?

Note: You can click "View" in Windows Explorer (File Explorer), goto "Show", and turn on the showing of file extensions and hidden items. That will help in general with troubleshooting stuff in the future.)

[MichaelK123]

MichaelK123 @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 Opera

[MichaelK123]

MichaelK123 @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 Yup. All the files the folders contain are the same with the exception of the file itself being named "85.0.4341.51" and mine being named "85.0.4341.65"

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

Just in case the --disable-gpu switch isn't working right, and even though my standalone installation loads fine, try this with your regular Opera GX.

Open up the "Local State" file in the profile folder with JSONedit in tree mode. It should be located in "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera GX Stable".

Right-click on "root" and choose "add child". A new child will appear at the bottom under root.

Make sure the new child is selected. In the right-hand pane, set the new child's type to object and set its name to hardware_acceleration_mode.

Then, right-click on the hardware_acceleration_mode opject and choose "add child".

Make sure the new child is selected. In the right-hand pane, set the new child's type to boolean, set its name to enabled, and set its value to false.

Then, save your changes.

That will disable hardware acceleration like you would on opera://settings/system in the UI.

[lefeonnnn]

lefeonnnn last edited by

My opera gx wouldnt open and i deleated however when i tried reinstalling it the installer closes last second and it dosnt finish the dowload