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    • iamfran
      iamfran @obelia last edited by

      @obelia same here

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @obelia last edited by

        @obelia And you can't download because....?

        See https://forums.opera.com/topic/23068/instructions-on-posting-about-problems-in-opera-for-computers

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        • iamfran
          iamfran @leocg last edited by

          @leocg
          When you click Download in the folder view it doesn't do anything. Didn't change my settings recently, either

          Also woks fine in other browsers

          SO: OSX Catalina 10.15.6
          Opera v: just updated to 71.0.3770.148

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          • burnout426
            burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

            Goto the URL opera://settings/content/automaticDownloads and make sure there are no sites in the block list (or the allow list). Then, try the download again and approve multiple downloads if asked.

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            • obelia
              obelia @burnout426 last edited by obelia

              @burnout426 Thanks for your suggestions. Sadly, it didn´t help to solve the problem. There was no site in the block list.
              In my case, when you click the download button for individual files, you can see "Scanning for viruses..." and "Waiting for drive.google.com" messages and then nothing else happens.
              And when I try to download the whole folder as a zip file, it works fine, but i need to download also individual files from a folder.

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              • obelia
                obelia last edited by

                An Update: It seems I could solve the problem. I performed an Opera recovery, but keeping my data. So after a few changes to restore my previous settings, I tried to download a file from Google Drive and it succeeded. Hope that this may help others and the problem wont show up again.
                Thanks for everyone who replied to this post. Best regards

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                • gidici61
                  gidici61 last edited by

                  @leocg: thanks for your hint. I did the following (in my Debian 10 OS): I renamed my "$HOME/.config/opera" directory to "$HOME/.config/opera.bk" then I started Opera. A new clean "$HOME/.config/opera" directory was created and now I can download files and directories. from Google Drive. I'll check later what was wrong in my previous settings (maybe an extension?).

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                  • gidici61
                    gidici61 last edited by

                    Sorry, just now I see that I'm posting in the wrong section: Opera for Windows and not Opera for Linux. Forgive me.

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                    • iamfran
                      iamfran @obelia last edited by

                      @obelia said in Cannot download files from Google Drive:

                      Opera recovery

                      This worked for me!

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                      • gidici61
                        gidici61 last edited by

                        Hi, I'm back. I noticed that enabling third-party cookies I can download from Google Drive! Hope it helps.

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                        • kateruh
                          kateruh last edited by

                          annoying problem! pls fix it.
                          win 10. google drive not blocked

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                          • enriquemz05
                            enriquemz05 last edited by

                            i have the same proble in Opera GX

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                            • kateruh
                              kateruh @enriquemz05 last edited by

                              @enriquemz05 try Restore settings to their original defaults. works for me

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                              • A Former User
                                A Former User last edited by

                                hello,
                                even enabling third party cookies, google drive comes up with error message that it has no allowance for downloading several files. (google zip them).
                                download a single file works fine.
                                whats wrong?
                                [*.]drive.google.com is added in the cookies exemption settings
                                sincerely tom

                                PS: i have opera 74.0.3911.218 and windows 10 adblocker switched off

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                                • leocg
                                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                                  @tango13 What about the other solutions?

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                                  • A Former User
                                    A Former User @leocg last edited by A Former User

                                    @leocg i had not tried them.
                                    even when 1 file works fine with download, why a zipped one does not work?? from the same directory and url, thats not logically
                                    without changed cookie settings??

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                                    • leocg
                                      leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                                      @tango13 Then you have to try them. In fact you should have done that before posting.

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                                      • A Former User
                                        A Former User last edited by

                                        @leocg i checked this here opera://settings/content/automaticDownloads
                                        nothing in the list
                                        in microsoft edge it works fine

                                        opera tracker blocking disabled

                                        i see no other relevant things in the thread, because they refernce linux

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                                        • leocg
                                          leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                                          @tango13 Happens with any kind of file? Adblocker turned off too?

                                          Here I can download from Google Drive.

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                                          • A Former User
                                            A Former User @leocg last edited by

                                            @leocg Yes i tried pdf and png and jpeg files.
                                            a single file download works , a multiple file download as zip file does not.
                                            "Ublock origin" switched off and second try switched on
                                            really strange
                                            i will reset whole opera, hope my extensions will not be lost
                                            cross fingers

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