Extension upgrade requires additional permissions...

[perdigao1]

perdigao1 @shampoo last edited by

@shampoo Hi, if I remember well, you need to start the opera with the flag --show-component-extension-options.

If you have a shortcut on the desktop, it is probably better to create a copy of it, then right-click and choose properties, choose tab called 'shortcut', and in the field target add to the end the flag. I think this is the way to get it working and remove the annoying extension.

Good luck

[LIAMRADA]

LIAMRADA @albertop last edited by

@albertop there's no "switch" to read

[crispypotato]

crispypotato @rplaye last edited by

@rplaye I can't seem to update that. There's no update button

[Cyber-Gypsy14]

Cyber-Gypsy14 @shampoo last edited by

@shampoo I've got the same doubt. Somebody please guide us.

[crispypotato]

crispypotato last edited by leocg

Found the problem!

Hey! I've had this problem for god knows how long, and I found the solution, For me at least. Go to your extension list, as it always begs you to do, and find Anything that has an update button by it. For me, it was Google Docs. It needed an update. Click the update button next to it, and you're all done. For safe measures, after you click that update button, go to the top of the page and click that update button.

[mryeezy001]

mryeezy001 last edited by

When upgrading an extension, additional permissions may be required to ensure optimal performance. This could include permissions to access certain files or folders, create and delete files, or make changes to the registry. It is important to ensure that any permissions required are granted before proceeding with the extension upgrade. Failure to do so could result in the extension not being able to run properly or at all. It is also important to note that some permissions may need to be revoked after the upgrade has been completed. It is possible to check which permissions are required for any extension prior to upgrading it, and this should be done to ensure that the upgrade process goes smoothly.

[Norby123]

Norby123 last edited by leocg

[Possible Solution] I have Opera One( developer v. 101.0.4829.0) and I just got this notification a few days ago, and no matter how many times I went to the extensions, there was nothing to update, nothing to give extra permission to.

I added --show-component-extension-options to the shortcut of Opera, opened it with that, and then when I went to my extension, there was a new component on top, Aria. I updated it, - it required permission to access browsing history (jeeesus...), - and after restart, it seems to be fine now.

You can delete the --show-component-extension-options part from the shortcut once you are done, but I'm gonna keep it there just in case.

[ShaeClark]

ShaeClark @Norby123 last edited by leocg

@norby123 Thank you so much for this!!
That's what worked for me & now finally that stupid warning is gone!

[redochka]

redochka @Norby123 last edited by

@norby123 it worked too.

To avoid creating a shortcut, on mac, make sure to quit opera (no other instance running) then in the terminal:

open /Applications/Opera\ Developer.app  --args --show-component-extension-options

[tmark]

tmark @Norby123 last edited by

@norby123 That was precisely my problem as well. The solution helped.

[water-exalted]

water-exalted @misterdk last edited by

@misterdk thank you, you just helped me breathe easier

[elBigBoss]

elBigBoss @misterdk last edited by

@misterdk Actually I can confirm, by the moment, this solved it for me. It also applies for the new Opera One.

[PriorityPrime16]

PriorityPrime16 @Norby123 last edited by leocg

@norby123 how do i add this to the shortcut i desperately need this popup gone

[PriorityPrime16]

PriorityPrime16 @PriorityPrime16 last edited by

@priorityprime16 never mind i figured it out

[HenryMay]

HenryMay last edited by

if opera icon is on your taskbar right click on it a box will open right click on opera and select properties.
another box will open - where it says
Target: and then list where opera is located.
At the end of that line paste this --show-component-extension-options
then click Apply and ok then start opera
you will be taken to your extensions with more options look for one that needs updated and update it...

That's all Folks................................

[morgainebrigid]

morgainebrigid last edited by

Just to let people know, this is happening in Opera Developer in 2023. Will try the workaround, but it would be great if it would just be fixed after 3 years.

[thedole]

thedole @morgainebrigid last edited by

@morgainebrigid I never had the problem before recently in Opera developer. The offending hidden extension was the Aria extension for me. I thought it was just a developer version bug that would sort itself with an update until I got sick of it and finally has it resolved now.

[morgainebrigid]

morgainebrigid @thedole last edited by

@thedole Good to know. Thank you.

[MaggieMalady]

MaggieMalady @albertop last edited by leocg

@albertop No. it is not that simple because everyone who is talkign about this still does click that button but the Extenstion Manager does not show any extensions needing permission. Some people are pretty dense when they use apps and prorgrams but maybe reading the thread more closely will show you that your "simple" answer is not working. And it is no less irritating to have people making comments like yours as though everybody is IT illiterate.

[albertop]

albertop @MaggieMalady last edited by albertop

@maggiemalady I am very sorry but this forum system won't let me delete or edit any comment after the first few minutes I made it, left out for the older comments.

Solutions for this problem may vary, depending from the single user's browser situation.

That problem message could be caused from both:

• simple situation, that could easily be solved going the standard extensions update way: go to extension manager (click the "cube" icon) and look for the upper right Update button, or if not there, for (usually topping) any extension requiring user intervention, say update or option/permission change - if you can solve the problem at this level, you have no need to go further;

• or more complicated situation, which involves:

• changing the way you launch the Opera browser (just for this time only, or, preparing a new shortcut for it, or, permanently). That is, adding an additional option to the command that launches Opera. This will enable you to view something different in extenson manager, and hopefully, solve the problem.

• to easy your way, have a text editor ready open, as notepad or textpad or whatever (not office or word). This lets you prepare the command beforehand, the copy it away for execution in one of the available ways.

• begin with, copying to the editor the current actual execution path of Opera.
  You can get it from Opera itself in About page; or, you can get it from current Opera execution shortcut properties (usually right-click or long press context menu, properties).

• now in editor, you have to add, to the end of command, a single space (required), then this additional option (as said in many above posts):

--show-component-extension-options

• as a sample only, for instance, this is the result for Windows, if Opera installed in local profile:

C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\Programs\Opera\launcher.exe --show-component-extension-options

NOTE: here <USERNAME> means your current local path username.

• having the command ready in the editor, we can proceed.

• before all, be sure to be closing / killing all the Opera browser instances running, and wait for it all to end completely (totally: after closing Opera, go to task manager of your system and wait for it all to end, better way - if short on memory or too many tabs, you will have to wait some more time - , or eventually kill them if totally hung - caution, there's some risk doing it this way).
  Wait also for the Opera autoupdate stuff to end totally if running (still look for it in task manager).

• how to proceed to execute the command: you can either do it different ways, depending on what actually you want to do:

• only once, say:

• via command line execution / command prompt, or whatever named in your system;

• or, by direct command execution box (Alt-R in Windows)

• or more steady:

• by expressly making a new Opera shortcut for it, with the above command inside (also execution path field is required to be set, to point to the exe container folder position), and saving it by naming something different from the main usual shortcut (note: this is the preferred way, because this problem is somewhat recurring from time to time, and having a solution ready to go is more straightful);

• or finally, by modifying the standard Opera shortcut, to add that option permanently to your Opera runs (this will left in permanence the hidden extensions unhidden, which could be nice or not, depending from your thoughts).

You have to understand that this stuff is because some Opera browser's components are actually implemented by using the browser extensions infrastructure (it is more easily updateable) but are kept as totally hidden from user's eyes (this could leverage some privacy concerns, read forth).

• So proceed with one of the above solutions, restarting the browser with that additional -- option
• this will make all the hidden extensions visible in the extensions manager (the cube icon), enabling you to do the required update from there:
• after restart with -- option, go to extension manager - the cube -
• you will see many unknown "before hidden" extensions; one or more of them is probably requiring the permission update or some other intervention kind.

The hidden extension are there, and cannot actually be removed or disabled. For some of them, this is not posing any question, for others, it is doubt what they are for and what data they can eventually carry out or in.

Seems that (see other posts in thread), more privacy concerned Chromium derived browsers, like for instance Vivaldi or Brave, have far less of them, but some hidden extensions are still required to have some browser's additional functionality actually work.

This comment is an effort to try to do a reasonable general-purpouse resume of the above posts, but you can read further above for more details, or something I've eventually left out.
You can read all the posts in that thread for more details, many users have posted additional useful infos and screens.

This problem has been "solved" many times by Opera developers, but it is recurring sometimes, and the "--" option procedure is sometimes required to shout off the persisting message and/or the red dot by the cube in the left bar.

So, it seems this could be a good practice to have saved an Opera shortcut with this option ready somewhere.