thanks this works and saved a big headache. kudos!

@mikeoshay What is something that should not be done. Posts should have its authors own words.

Fair enough, different forums have their own rules regarding this, not my place to barge in and start questioning yours.

@alobpreis said in Latest Opera Update breaks essential (Ctrl+Shift+Home/End) Windows shortcuts:

The quoted message was old and had already been answered, so to me that didn't make sense.

You're right, that specific question was more directly answered than I thought. It was late and I was still frustrated by this after months. It took me quite a while to figure out the issue was caused by Opera, there are people who had the problematic update installed and will never figure it out.

@alobpreis said in Latest Opera Update breaks essential (Ctrl+Shift+Home/End) Windows shortcuts:

teni422, your message is empty.

Their message isn't empty, they're quoting a question to bump this thread because Opera still breaks critical functionality throughout Windows while open.

The quoted message was old and had already been answered, so to me that didn't make sense.

teni422, your message is empty.

Their message isn't empty, they're quoting a question to bump this thread because Opera still breaks critical functionality throughout Windows while open.

teni422, your message is empty.

So if I uninstall Opera and reinstall it, it will be fixed? I don't really have the time to figure out editing the preferences file or whatever.

This is driving me nuts!

As of 63.0.3368.71, when you start Opera the standard Ctrl+Shift+Home & Ctrl+Shift+End Windows shortcuts (to select everything until the start or end of text) stop working everywhere in Windows while Opera is running. Just to be sure, I confirmed that once Opera has exited those 2 shortcuts work again. It took me a while to figure it out, so it may have started earlier than 63.0.3368.71 but it definitely happens with that version. It's like Opera takes over those 2 shortcuts but doesn't do anything with it. I tried looking for them in the Opera settings and didn't find anything either.

Tried to disable all my extensions, same result.

Hi!

Just to add information...

I am a linux user and I have the same problem.

My distro linux is Linux Mint 19.2 Cinnamon 64 bits and the Opera version is "65.0.3467.38".

After read this post, I decide to add this message and wait for the fix to this situation.

Thanks for your attention at this situation.

Just saying I appreciate the effort.

You are awesome. Where's the tip jar? Or Opera should be paying you at least. Thanks!

• In Opera, goto the URL opera://about and take note of the "Profile" path.

• Download http://tomeko.net/software/JSONedit/bin/JSONedit_0_9_33.zip.

• Once it's downloaded, click the folder icon in the download dialog to show the file in Windows Explorer.

• Right-click the file and choose "Extract all".

• In the dialog that pops up, leave things at default and just click "extract".

• You'll now have a window open showing JSONedit.exe. Close Opera and double-left-click JSONedit.exe.

• When, JSONedit loads, goto "File" and click "open".

• In the open dialog, browse to Opera's profile folder ("C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable" for example), change the "Files of type" drop-down to "All Files", select the "Preferences" file and click "open".

Now for the actual fixing:

• Now that the Preferences file is loaded in JSONEdit, expand the "Extensions" section under "root".

• Then, under the "Extensions" section, right-click on the "Commands" section and click "Delete selected node".

• Then, goto "File" and choose "save".

Then you're good to go. You can close JSONedit and the Windows Explorer windows and start Opera.

Optionally, if you first want to goto your Opera profile folder in Windows Explorer, you can right-click on the "Preferences" file and choose "copy". Then, you can right-click on your desktop or something and choose paste. That way, you have a backup copy of your preferences file. You won't need it though if you follow the steps correctly.

Opera must come with a full-fledged fix which modifies the preferences accordingly during an update

I would like that to happen too. But, since it hasn't, you'll need to fix it yourself.

It cannot be said that it was fixed, Opera must come with a full-fledged fix which modifies the preferences accordingly during an update, without requiring any user intervention. Please realise that most of the users don't know what is the cause of issues on their PC because the issue affects other programs, so they have no idea how to fix it.
If this issue is not going to be fixed, it is a very good reason to uninstall Opera to prevent further issues.

Yeah I tend to agree. "Fixing" something shouldn't require an average user with no interest or time to understand the underlying workings of Opera to start messing around with advanced settings.

I can imagine there is a significant number of very frustrated people out there who can't figure out why basic functionalities are broken across programs. This is a major issue that Opera has to address sooner rather than later.

It's a shame because Opera really was the best browser by far.

Opera fixed this a while ago. It no longer puts the troublesome entries in the Preferences file. But, if the entries are already there in the preferences file from a version of Opera that had the problem, you'll have to remove them yourself or the issue will never be fixed for you.

It cannot be said that it was fixed, Opera must come with a full-fledged fix which modifies the preferences accordingly during an update, without requiring any user intervention. Please realise that most of the users don't know what is the cause of issues on their PC because the issue affects other programs, so they have no idea how to fix it.
If this issue is not going to be fixed, it is a very good reason to uninstall Opera to prevent further issues.

Why not maybe just delete that Preferences file instead?

Deleting the Preference file instead of the whole profile folder will work just fine. Both ways will require you to reinstall your extensions. It's just a matter of choice on whether you want to start completely fresh or retain other things like bookmarks and passwords etc.

Only if you choose to not keep all your data when you uninstall. Instead, goto the URL opera://about, take note of the profile path, close down Opera and rename/delete the profile folder.

Why not maybe just delete that Preferences file instead?

Or, if needed maybe I'll try and write a program to do it for you automatically.

I don't have time to figure that out so I guess it is goodbye Opera until this actually gets fixed in a reasonable manner.

It's unfortunate that Opera has broken this functionality for everyone, or at least every Windows user. It's not really acceptable, especially since it is affecting programs globally.