<![CDATA[How do I download an Opera 68 installer to get rid of the horizontal tab cycler?]]>With the forced switch to the horizontal tab cycler, which takes an appreciable time to appear when I hit the key and only shows six tabs, Opera has become completely unusable for my workflow. This is an extremely user-hostile move.

I am either going to have to install an old version (maybe 68?) and disable updates, or find another web browser.

Is there any way to download an Opera 68 offline installer?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/42494/how-do-i-download-an-opera-68-installer-to-get-rid-of-the-horizontal-tab-cyclerRSS for NodeSat, 13 Jun 2026 07:48:07 GMTWed, 29 Jul 2020 21:44:31 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to How do I download an Opera 68 installer to get rid of the horizontal tab cycler? on Sun, 16 Aug 2020 08:16:27 GMT]]>@leocg Yes, but I said nothing about the online installer.
*If I don't mistake, the files with 'Autoupdate.exe' on ftp give older versions too, but still need Internet connection. I meant the fully offline installers (Setup_x64) that don't need Internet access.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/221319https://forums.opera.com/post/221319Sun, 16 Aug 2020 08:16:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do I download an Opera 68 installer to get rid of the horizontal tab cycler? on Sun, 16 Aug 2020 02:52:47 GMT]]>@atomicthumbs Basically the same thing that's already been suggested, but see https://www.reddit.com/r/operabrowser/wiki/opera/rollback_version just in case it helps.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/221309https://forums.opera.com/post/221309Sun, 16 Aug 2020 02:52:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do I download an Opera 68 installer to get rid of the horizontal tab cycler? on Sat, 15 Aug 2020 22:07:21 GMT]]>@andrew84 Yes, I am aware of this and using the offline installer with disabled internet access.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/221284https://forums.opera.com/post/221284Sat, 15 Aug 2020 22:07:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do I download an Opera 68 installer to get rid of the horizontal tab cycler? on Sat, 15 Aug 2020 21:57:12 GMT]]>@andrew84 You can only install an old version using the offline installer. The online one will always download the latest version.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/221283https://forums.opera.com/post/221283Sat, 15 Aug 2020 21:57:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do I download an Opera 68 installer to get rid of the horizontal tab cycler? on Sat, 15 Aug 2020 21:46:59 GMT]]>@atomicthumbs Maybe you need to download the offline installer and then disable Internet access. After that install Opera and repeat the 2 steps above and enable Internet again.
*I noticed that recently Opera started to update immidiatelly after being installed, it simply doesn't give enough time for disabling the updates.
I had the same problem, after Opera is installed and auto runs after the installation I see update notification almost immidiatelly (after 2-3 seconds passed)

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/221281https://forums.opera.com/post/221281Sat, 15 Aug 2020 21:46:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do I download an Opera 68 installer to get rid of the horizontal tab cycler? on Sat, 15 Aug 2020 20:26:31 GMT]]>@andrew84 I did both of these things, and it still updated, though it took a bit. I suspect that these Task Scheduler entries are at fault. They're set to run once a day and at system startup:

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]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/221269https://forums.opera.com/post/221269Sat, 15 Aug 2020 20:26:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do I download an Opera 68 installer to get rid of the horizontal tab cycler? on Sat, 15 Aug 2020 15:18:51 GMT]]>@atomicthumbs add --disable-update switch in shortcut's properties (target field)
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*Additionally you can also remove 'opera_autoupdate.exe' (or better rename it into opera_autoupdateDisabled.exe for example )

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/221241https://forums.opera.com/post/221241Sat, 15 Aug 2020 15:18:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do I download an Opera 68 installer to get rid of the horizontal tab cycler? on Fri, 14 Aug 2020 21:00:54 GMT]]>Unfortunately, those techniques don't prevent it from updating to the newer versions with the inferior, slower tab cycler. Is there something I'm missing here?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/221195https://forums.opera.com/post/221195Fri, 14 Aug 2020 21:00:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do I download an Opera 68 installer to get rid of the horizontal tab cycler? on Wed, 29 Jul 2020 21:58:26 GMT]]>@atomicthumbs Download it from the several times mentioned FTP

Don't forget to be offline during the installation and to disable auto-update before going online again.

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