Extension upgrade requires additional permissions...

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @trippin42 last edited by

@trippin42 Did you check the extensions manager page?

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @trippin42 last edited by

@trippin42 said in Extension upgrade requires additional permissions...:

Start Opera with --show-component-extension-options I havent a clue as to what this means so how can it help

While Opera is closed, open up a command prompt and type:

"path to Opera's launcher.exe" --show-component-extension-options

and press enter.

To find the the path that launcher.exe is in, in Opera, goto the URL opera://about and look at the "install" path.

Then, when Opera starts, goto the URL opera://extensions and click the notification next to the extension that wants you to confirm the update of the extension.

[trippin42]

trippin42 last edited by

I did exactly what you said i closed Opera then pulled up command prompt i typed exactly what you wrote ..."path to Opera's launcher.exe "--show-component-extension-options
and it said ' "path to Opera's launcher.exe" ' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @trippin42 last edited by

@trippin42 You don't literally put "path to Opera's launcher.exe", you put:

"C:\Program Files\Opera\launcher.exe" --show-component-extension-options

or

"C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Programs\Opera\launch.exe" --show-component-extension-options

(Where you replace "yourusername" with your actual username on Windows.)

Or, you can try:

"%ProgramFiles%\Opera\launcher.exe" --show-component-extension-options

or:

"%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Opera\launcher.exe" --show-component-extension-options

Again, if you goto the URL opera://about and it says the install path is C:\Users\Bob\AppData\Local\Programs\Opera, then you'd use:

"C:\Users\Bob\AppData\Local\Programs\Opera\launcher.exe" --show-component-extension-options

[trippin42]

trippin42 last edited by

@burnout426 said in Extension upgrade requires additional permissions...:

opera://about

ok i want understand this ... (for dummies like me Lol) working with command prompt is tricky it has to be exact, at least i think it does. so when it says ."path to Opera's launcher.exe " ( i was thinking it usually doesnt have spaces between words like that and the " " were also significant) .ok this is what i put in .EXACTLY "C:\Users\attil\AppData\Local\Programs\Opera\Launcher.exe" --show component-extension-options

it opened up Opera in a new window (the message is still there

Cache: C:\Users\attil\AppData\Local\Opera Software\Opera Stable

[trippin42]

trippin42 last edited by leocg

i started thinking maybe the quotation marks arent supposed to be there, I did it again, this time without the quotation marks ( i do Exactly what it says ) and it opened a new Opera window Without that annoying message tada you did it you learned me something ......ie quotation marks mean a variable is inside and dont copy them in the command \

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @trippin42 last edited by

@trippin42 The command line will not make the message go away but will allow you to see the hidden extensions and check if one of them is triggering the message.

[trippin42]

trippin42 last edited by

Install: C:\Users\attil\AppData\Local\Programs\Opera

Profile: C:\Users\attil\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable

Cache: C:\Users\attil\AppData\Local\Opera Software\Opera Stable

this is what i see at Opera://about

So i typed in C:\Users\attil\AppData\Local\Programs\Opera\Launcher.exe --show-component-extension-options and hit enter it opens a Opera window (cause it was closed) but there is NO info in the cmd box

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @trippin42 last edited by

@trippin42 There won't be. After open Opera using the command line, go to the extensions manager page and see if one of them is asking for an update.

[trippin42]

trippin42 @pkudla last edited by

@pkudla This is not fixed i still have this message i need it removed i need the view space make my screen too small I only have 3 extensions until i see all these hidden ones that i cant turn off

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @trippin42 last edited by

@trippin42 What extension is requiring the update? Here the warning doesn't show up.

[cratte]

cratte @Keepskite last edited by leocg

@Keepskite Hidden Extensions, Addons ! o_O
I found you cause i realized the unknown addon "Rich Hints Agent" in the Opera Browser Task-Manager.

The hidden Opera Addon "Rich Hints Agent" vanished as i disabled the addon Copyfish.
In the Opera Task Manager (Shift+Esc) the Addon "Rich Hints Agent" seemed to be coupled with the addon
Copyfish Free OCR Software.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/copyfish--free-ocr-soft/eenjdnjldapjajjofmldgmkjaienebbj

Clue: You have to look clearly at your Opera Task Manager which addons have some "hidden riders"!

Perhaps now i can explain why there were suspicious URL calls which i watched in the logger of the best Addon "uBlock Origin" (uBO), where I couldnt detect the source of them.
I blocked them in uBO by these rules:
||api.yaunel.com^
||videout.ru^
www.yaunel.com: "Data & Advertising Solutions. Successful Retargeting with Yaunel."

I will watch the Opera Task Manager and uBO logger for further fishy activities.
I seems uBO can not detect addon activities

[cratte]

cratte @cratte last edited by

@cratte Screenshots:

[chakakhan]

chakakhan @duncanm last edited by

@duncanm opera is a com-mun-ist chi-na ran company, and this is one of the many tools they use to track you

[bunniyo]

bunniyo last edited by

I am too getting this, hope it will fix soon

[xxkernljrxx]

xxkernljrxx @Guest last edited by

@johnd78 How exactly do i do this i am new to opera and i am having the same issue

[A Former User]

A Former User @xxkernljrxx last edited by

@xxkernljrxx
Hi! This is strange because the developers have fixed this problem long ago. There are some concrete examples in this thread for launching a browser with the --show-component-extension-options switch.

[xxkernljrxx]

xxkernljrxx @Guest last edited by

@johnd78 yes i know but i am trying to do this with opera gx but everything i try is not working so if you could please walk me through it that would be great.

[albertop]

albertop @nrpardee last edited by

@nrpardee Right of message, button "go to the extension". It's not that difficult.

[albertop]

albertop @NickyT last edited by

@nickyt
To go to the extension, button on the right of message "go to the extension". So you click it and the extension needing permission do opens in extension handler. You will then find the permission request in the extension box, trigger it and done.
About disabling, I suppose disabling but not uninstalling would not solve the permission needed message.