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    • Gold-Experience-Requiem
      Gold-Experience-Requiem last edited by

      I dont know how to let sites use flash can you help?

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @Gold-Experience-Requiem last edited by

        @gold-experience-requiem Flash stopped being supported by majority of browsers and also from its own maker about an year ago.

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        • chrisisbd
          chrisisbd last edited by

          I'm a new user (of Opera) so I may be missing the obvious.

          However, I can't see any way to change the search box on the start page. It can be turned on and off in the Advanced settings but it seems that only Google is possible.

          I have changed my default search engine (to DuckDuckGo) but this doesn't seem t affect the start page box.

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer @chrisisbd last edited by

            @chrisisbd It's not possible to change start page/speed dial search.

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            • Seraph2
              Seraph2 last edited by

              Hi if I try to open Opera I get no response its just gone
              completely dead I double click on the shortcut and I tried
              to double click on the exe and nothing happens its just dead
              so I thought I probably just need to reinstall it but I can't
              open it to backup my bookmarks is there a manual way to back
              up my bookmarks without having to open Opera pleeezz I
              don't want to lose those, thanks in advance.

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer @Seraph2 last edited by

                @seraph2 See https://help.opera.com/en/latest/crashes-and-issues/#backup

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                • Seraph2
                  Seraph2 @leocg last edited by Seraph2

                  Hi @leocg thanks for the reply I'll give that a try and let you know if it worked.

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                  • rh99
                    rh99 last edited by leocg

                    Iplocation.net says the VPN is in Singapore. The search engine says Sweden. Why the discrepancy?

                    And why does Opera give you options for different areas but they all are actually from Sweden?

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                    • leocg
                      leocg Moderator Volunteer @rh99 last edited by

                      @rh99 The site is guessing your location wrongly.

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                      • Seraph2
                        Seraph2 @leocg last edited by

                        Hi @leocg it turned out that what was actually causing the
                        problem was a virus which caused Opera to crash but I cleared
                        the virus with anti virus software and I followed the instructions from the link that you gave me and everything is back up and
                        running again and I got all my bookmarks back thank goodness,
                        anyway thanks again for the help.

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                        • Rob-B
                          Rob-B last edited by

                          Is it possible to import-copy bookmarks from synced speed dials. All my speed dial book marks have gone though I have them listed in the bookmarks page for when they were last synced. Do I have to add them back one by one?

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                          • leocg
                            leocg Moderator Volunteer @Rob-B last edited by

                            @rob-b Nope, you can select them all and copy/move into the Speed Dial folder.

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                            • Rob-B
                              Rob-B @leocg last edited by

                              @leocg Thank you

                              I opened full bookmarks view at the bottom of the side panel, which I hadn't seen before I don't think, and from there moved to the current speed dial.

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                              • Corystes
                                Corystes last edited by

                                Complex hardware failure meant new pc. Have a backup of essential files, but how can I find the ones that will give me my old Opera settings, favourites etc?

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                                • leocg
                                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @Corystes last edited by

                                  @corystes If you were using Sync, just login to Sync in the new installation. If you weren't using Sync, replace the content of the new profile directory with the one in your backup of the old profile directory.

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                                  • Nomad181
                                    Nomad181 last edited by leocg

                                    Why can I not make My chosen new search engine a default. You just give me lousy popular site search, search engines as default choices when I have a superior one that I added which actually finds things I am looking for, not just what is acceptable for the brainwashed sheeple. Back in the 1990's we could actually find something. Why can't you offer something like that and not these programming mind numbing ignorant choices???????
                                    Thanks

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                                    • leocg
                                      leocg Moderator Volunteer @Nomad181 last edited by

                                      @nomad181 As already said and discussed several times, it's to avoid search engines being hijacked by malwares.

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                                      • Tarantino14
                                        Tarantino14 last edited by

                                        I'm Over them hijacking my browser and updating without my consent. I spend time I don't have trying to fix whatever setting they change Every Single Time . I have very specific setups for work and I have to spend the whole day fix it, so nothing gets done. I Do Not want it updated. So the location for the files are going into the DNS deny table. It can't update if it can't see the files.

                                        Anyone know the domain name of the update server or download location? I tried opera.com but it didn't stop the update check. Thanks.

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                                        • leocg
                                          leocg Moderator Volunteer @Tarantino14 last edited by

                                          @tarantino14 Check the FAQ for how to disable Autoupdate.

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                                          • Tarantino14
                                            Tarantino14 @leocg last edited by Tarantino14

                                            @leocg Not asking how to change a file name. It's bunk and is not guaranteed to work or seems to respawn. Please read my request fully, you didn't answer my question.

                                            I'm asking for the server name that serves up the files.

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