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    • usaf6915thess
      usaf6915thess last edited by

      Hello, I am in the US and when I activate the VPN, it switches to Europe or Sweden and can't surf because things show up in another language.

      What's the deal??

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @usaf6915thess last edited by

        @usaf6915thess The sites are thinking that you are connecting from those places and, therefore, changing the language.

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        • usaf6915thess
          usaf6915thess @leocg last edited by

          @leocg Ok...is there a way to change that as I select America's and nothing changes.

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer @usaf6915thess last edited by

            @usaf6915thess Only the sites can fix that. What you can do for now is to disable the VPN or change the language on those sites.

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            • usaf6915thess
              usaf6915thess @leocg last edited by

              @leocg Ok thanks.

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              • Husenberg
                Husenberg last edited by

                Change windows default search(taskbar search) to opera with search engine of choice.
                I've set the PC default browser to opera, set the search in opera to duckduckgo, but when I go and use the searchbar it opens bing in microsoft edge. Chrome and Firefox have the feature to change it to their browser, but seems like not opera. Am I doing something wrong, or is it not a feature?

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                • leocg
                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @Husenberg last edited by

                  @Husenberg You can only set the pre-defined search engines as the default one.

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                  • wasabii
                    wasabii last edited by

                    About 10 times an hour in my taskbar the gx icon turns red? and I can't figure out how to make it stop 😣 it is completely up to date.
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                    • leocg
                      leocg Moderator Volunteer @wasabii last edited by

                      @wasabii Usually it means that you have a broken download in the downloads list.

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                      • craziiace
                        craziiace last edited by

                        Why can you not set custom search engines as default? Every other major browser has this functionality! You can't even get an extension to change it, like you can on Firefox or Chrome. Opera and Chrome are both based of Chromium, so why can't you add that feature?

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                        • leocg
                          leocg Moderator Volunteer @craziiace last edited by

                          @craziiace Officially it's to protect search engines from being hijacked by malwares.

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                          • Adrian43
                            Adrian43 last edited by

                            I would like to change the search engine to Ecosia. However, in the configuration, it only lets me change the search engine between the ones it has by default. He does not let me select any position on my own. What I can do?

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                            • leocg
                              leocg Moderator Volunteer @Adrian43 last edited by

                              @Adrian43 Nothing. As you have noticed, only pre-configured search engines can be set as default.

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                              • davallden
                                davallden last edited by

                                I was wondering how to remove the google search bar. I have selected duckduckgo as default but it still shows google over speed dials.

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                                • leocg
                                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @davallden last edited by

                                  @davallden Check the FAQ

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                                  • kriz24
                                    kriz24 last edited by

                                    My PC has been going really slow lately, and when I check in Task Manager there is like 9 instances of Opera running, but I only ever have one Browser open at a time... is this normal?? Seems like they are using a lot of my PC's Memory too, which might be slowing down my PC... help??

                                    OS: Windows 10
                                    Version: Regular Opera for Widows with latest Update

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                                    • leocg
                                      leocg Moderator Volunteer @kriz24 last edited by

                                      @kriz24 Yes, that's normal. That is how Chromium based browsers work.

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                                      • kriz24
                                        kriz24 @leocg last edited by

                                        @leocg Ok, but they are still there when I'm not on Opera and they are using a LOT of my Memory... I mean, it fluctuates, but still pretty high even when it's lower.

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                                        • leocg
                                          leocg Moderator Volunteer @kriz24 last edited by

                                          @kriz24 If they are still running ater Opera has been closed, then probably had issues closing those processes. Just end them.

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                                          • pivou
                                            pivou last edited by

                                            I can change the search-engine in opera-settings, but google remains on the quickstart page. Also, is the no way to delete searchengines ? I like to get rid of some.

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