• Login
    • Search
    • Categories
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Users
    • Groups
    • Rules
    • Help

    Do more on the web, with a fast and secure browser!

    Download Opera browser with:

    • built-in ad blocker
    • battery saver
    • free VPN
    Download Opera

    Problem with auto hide of windows 7 and import bookmars from other browser

    Opera for Windows
    4
    14
    5022
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • A Former User
      A Former User last edited by

      That flag should be enabled by default, but you will probably have to uninstall and reinstall Opera for it to operate, as it's only intended to work once, the first time Opera runs after installation.
      🙂

      Reply Quote 0
        1 Reply Last reply
      • lem729
        lem729 last edited by

        So you uninstall, and reinstall Opera 23, then you have to go type Opera://flags in the address bar, and enable the import feature (because the default is not enabled). And then what? It's still a bit confusing. Will it automatically then, let's say, find bookmarks in Firefox and/or another browser and import them?

        You have to enable it "after" installation. Is the idea that if you enable it immeidately after installation, it will work? It's starting disabled . . .

        Reply Quote 0
          1 Reply Last reply
        • A Former User
          A Former User last edited by

          The import option in the flags should be enabled by default, so if you completely uninstall and reinstall Opera it should then automatically import the bookmarks from your default browser, even if it's not running, the first time that Opera is run.
          I'm afraid I don't know which browsers are supported, but I would assume at least IE, Google Chrome, and Firefox.
          🙂

          Reply Quote 0
            1 Reply Last reply
          • lem729
            lem729 last edited by

            On my Opera 23, I looked at the feature, and believe the feature was disabled. Maybe that's because I've been running Opera 23 a few days, and it (Opera 23) is my default browser.

            If it starts enabled, then I guess, people don't have to go to Opera://flags, as the import will happen automatically?

            Reply Quote 0
              1 Reply Last reply
            • A Former User
              A Former User last edited by

              That's my understanding, yes.
              It may have run when your Opera updated to version 23, but didn't do anything because your default browser was already Opera, and it then disabled itself because it's only designed to run once.
              It has stayed enabled on my Opera Developer 24 install, and Opera 12.17 is my default browser, but it has never attempted to import Opera 12.17's bookmarks. This may be because my install is a USB install not a standard install.
              We need someone to come on here who has just installed Opera from scratch to see if their default browser bookmarks were imported!
              🙂

              Reply Quote 0
                1 Reply Last reply
              • lem729
                lem729 last edited by

                We need someone to come on here who has just installed Opera from scratch to see if their default browser bookmarks were imported!
                🙂

                Exactly!

                Reply Quote 0
                  1 Reply Last reply
                • A Former User
                  A Former User last edited by

                  The flag is disabled by default in 23, but it's enabled by default in 24. Mkay?

                  Reply Quote 0
                    1 Reply Last reply
                  • lem729
                    lem729 last edited by

                    If it's disabled by default in Opera 23, and davehawley seems to say it only works the first time your run Opera, how do you make it work in Opera 23. Do you immediately enable it, when Opera 23 is installed? You have to know something to do that. And then what are you supposed to do something afterwards, if anything? Does it operate automatically? Do you have to click on Opera Menu, More Tools, Bookmarks Importer to make it Opera?

                    I just wish that when Opera added features -- even if only experimental -- they provided some guidance on the features. Here we have an update to Opera 23 that was so silent that many users didn't even know the update had occurred.

                    Reply Quote 0
                      1 Reply Last reply
                    • A Former User
                      A Former User last edited by

                      The flag is disabled by default in 23, but it's enabled by default in 24. Mkay?

                      Thanks yet again @rafaelluik for correcting my faulty memory!
                      You're right @lem729 it is rather hard to imagine how it would have worked in version 23 if it's not enabled when Opera is first run, but I guess it was an experimental feature at that stage, and won't actually properly do what it was intended to do until Opera 24 goes final.
                      🙂

                      Reply Quote 0
                        1 Reply Last reply
                      • dariomargarito
                        dariomargarito last edited by

                        Thanks to all for the answers, but I don't succeeded to import the bookmarks enabling the flag, and uninstalling and installing opera(the default browser is firefox).
                        Is there another way?

                        Another question, can you enable the auto hide for the windows 7 taskbar so to check if it correctly work?
                        Again thank you

                        Reply Quote 0
                          1 Reply Last reply
                        • A Former User
                          A Former User last edited by admin

                          There's a thread about the Windows 7 taskbar problem here -
                          https://forums.opera.com/topic/4097/opera-always-in-foreground

                          Would you like to try the latest Developer build of Opera?
                          That should do the bookmarks import from Firefox when it's first installed.
                          I'd be very interested to know the results!
                          The off-line download is here.

                          🙂

                          Reply Quote 0
                            1 Reply Last reply
                          • dariomargarito
                            dariomargarito last edited by

                            Thank you davehawley, I hope that with the future realeses these problems will be solved.

                            Reply Quote 0
                              1 Reply Last reply
                            • First post
                              Last post

                            Computer browsers

                            • Opera for Windows
                            • Opera for Mac
                            • Opera for Linux
                            • Opera beta version
                            • Opera USB

                            Mobile browsers

                            • Opera for Android
                            • Opera Mini
                            • Opera Touch
                            • Opera for basic phones

                            • Add-ons
                            • Opera account
                            • Wallpapers
                            • Opera Ads

                            • Help & support
                            • Opera blogs
                            • Opera forums
                            • Dev.Opera

                            • Security
                            • Privacy
                            • Cookies Policy
                            • EULA
                            • Terms of Service

                            • About Opera
                            • Press info
                            • Jobs
                            • Investors
                            • Become a partner
                            • Contact us

                            Follow Opera

                            • Opera - Facebook
                            • Opera - Twitter
                            • Opera - YouTube
                            • Opera - LinkedIn
                            • Opera - Instagram

                            © Opera Software 1995-