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    • GoultySoul
      GoultySoul @leocg last edited by

      @leocg When I log in to sync, it syncs my new installation and it replaces the old one. I tried it and I lost all my opened tabs from before the reinstall. I want to retriev the old data not replace it.

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @GoultySoul last edited by

        @goultysoul I understood that you had no data in the new install.

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        • GoultySoul
          GoultySoul @leocg last edited by

          @leocg I can see my synced data when I log in, I just can't retriev it, just overwrite it.

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer @GoultySoul last edited by

            @goultysoul Can you see them when you click on the tabs icon in sidebar?

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            • GoultySoul
              GoultySoul @leocg last edited by

              @leocg No. I only see them when i log in to opera.com. and there is a menu for "See your syncronized data".

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer @GoultySoul last edited by

                @goultysoul Are you logged in to Sync in the new installation? Not the site but the service.

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                • GoultySoul
                  GoultySoul @leocg last edited by

                  @leocg Yes. I'm logged in in the browser itself.

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                  • Looking4Help
                    Looking4Help last edited by

                    I'm trying to add various search engines to use as a default search engine. I've added Dogpile, Swisscows, etc, but I cannot find a way to make that the default browser. All I see for options are the biased search engines I want to avoid - Google, Bing, etc. Is there some trick to getting Opera to set a default search engine I actually want to use?

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                    • leocg
                      leocg Moderator Volunteer @Looking4Help last edited by

                      @looking4help Only pre-defined search engines can be set as the default one.

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                      • wnlewis
                        wnlewis last edited by

                        This is one of those topics that may have to be approached "from both sides", i.e., from the Opera side and the Startpage side.

                        I am trying to make Startpage my default search engine. I add it to the list of search engines, but, the option to make it default is greyed out.

                        Any thoughts?

                        Latest version of Opera Version:84.0.4316.31 (x86_64).

                        Mac Pro running OS 10.14.6.

                        Thanks.

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                        • leocg
                          leocg Moderator Volunteer @wnlewis last edited by

                          @wnlewis As said, only pre-defined search engines can be set as the default one.

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                          • wnlewis
                            wnlewis last edited by

                            It looks like Opera is not going to be my go to browser. Thanks anyway. Best regards, wnlewis

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                            • A Former User
                              A Former User last edited by

                              For years now every so often I've noticed websites are somehow adding themselves to my speed dial. For instance, just 10 minutes ago I noticed that "Unicef: something, something ukraine" has been added to my speed dial; never visited it before or even googled Ukraine on this computer.

                              What gives? Is there an option somewhere to turn this stuff off? It's become irritating enough that if I can't stop this from happening I'll most likely find a new browser, as much as I enjoy Opera.

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                              • leocg
                                leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                                @zeitgeistxxi Those are promoted sites. There are some relate settings that you can turn oiff.

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                                • kerygma
                                  kerygma last edited by

                                  How do I make Ecosia my default search engine? I've tried adding it under Manage Search engines but it does not seem to want to move up to the suggested engines.

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                                  • leocg
                                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @kerygma last edited by

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

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                                    • kerygma
                                      kerygma @leocg last edited by

                                      @leocg Thanks. Well, that's very unfortunate. I guess I'll bookmark Ecosia and use it just as I would a popular bookmark. I don't understand why pre-defined engines should be limited but I guess it is what it is. Thanks for the information, Leo.

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                                      • lavanyadeepak 0
                                        lavanyadeepak 0 last edited by leocg

                                        Despite choosing the region as Americas in VPN connect dialog when checking the what is your IP page it shows as from #Turkey

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                                        • leocg
                                          leocg Moderator Volunteer @lavanyadeepak 0 last edited by

                                          @lavanyadeepak-0 The site is guessing your location wrongly.

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                                          • 7syntax-error
                                            7syntax-error last edited by 7syntax-error

                                            I added my own preferred search engine under "Other search engines" however the browser doesn't allow me to set it as the default search engine. The option to click to select the search engine as default is greyed out. I have posted three screenshots below of the browser search engine issue and a third with system information and browser information at the end of the post.

                                            Steps to reproduce:
                                            1.) Add a search engine that isn't included in Opera Browser by default.
                                            2.) Attempt to set as default. (Not possible.)

                                            Expected behavior:
                                            1.) I should be able to set any search engine I add as the default search engine so that when I type into the search box at the top-right of the browser or in the address bar box it will use the search engine I added and specified.

                                            Opera_Custom_Search.PNG

                                            Opera_Other_Search_Engine_Info.PNG

                                            Opera_Search_Engines.png

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                                            Opera version: 85.0.4341.60
                                            Browser identification
                                            Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/99.0.4844.84 Safari/537.36 OPR/85.0.4341.60
                                            Install: C:\Program Files\Opera
                                            Profile: C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable
                                            Cache: C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Opera Software\Opera Stable
                                            Installation type
                                            For all users on this computer

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