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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?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Husenberg last edited by

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

[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.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @wasabii last edited by

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

[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 Moderator Volunteer @craziiace last edited by

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

[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?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Adrian43 last edited by

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

[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.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @davallden last edited by

@davallden Check the FAQ

[kriz24]

kriz24 Banned 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

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @kriz24 last edited by

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

[kriz24]

kriz24 Banned @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.

[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.

[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.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @pivou last edited by

@pivou Check the FAQ

And no, you can't remove the pre-defined search engines.

[Kyuur]

Kyuur last edited by

I had to manually create it as a search engine, but I can't seem to find a way to make it my default one for search bar. Any help would be appreciated

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Kyuur last edited by

@kyuur Only pre-defined search engines can be set as default.

[bowserb460]

bowserb460 last edited by

New tab--need to be able to specify search other than google. I know people keep asking. Also the start page button needs to open the home start page, not what it does, again with google.

I've searched and searched for fixes for this, saw a reference to FAQ but couldn't find it there (FAQ needs an index). As it is, much has I'd like to make Opera my default html reader, I can't. Back to Firefox for now. I'll try again in a couple months.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @bowserb460 last edited by

@bowserb460 if you really had done that, you would see that usually the reference to the FAQ has a link to the part that answers the question.