<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Unable to properly restore user profile from backup]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Hello,<br />
So, recently I was having some problems with Opera (<a href="https://forums.opera.com/topic/44775/search-bar-won-t-let-me-enter-grays-out-text-randomly">this issue</a>) and thought that restoring Opera from backup could solve my problems.<br />
So I've deleted my profile folder and restored it from the backup (full directory intact, not some files/folders). But, completely unexpected for me, when I opened the browser, I discovered that all my extension settings were gone.<br />
This is what happens on first launch after restore in one of the directories (%APPDATA%\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Local Extension Settings):<br />
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/4x4mEQU.gif" alt="GIF showing big ldb files disappearing and tiny files taking their place" class=" img-responsive img-markdown" /></p>
<p dir="auto">I tried to limit the restore to folders/files described in <a href="https://help.opera.com/en/latest/crashes-and-issues/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">this article</a>, but it only resulted in all of my extensions disappearing completely + some of my browser preferences to also get lost.</p>
<p dir="auto">Just for the record: sidebar, cookies, history and bookmarks all has been restored successfully.</p>
<p dir="auto">I really don't get it... Did some kind of checksum or signature get corrupted? If so, why I don't get any messages about anything going wrong with Opera just silently rewriting all of my files?</p>
<p dir="auto">And, most importantly, are there any steps to restore my backup?</p>
<p dir="auto">Opera version for backup: 72.0.3815.186 (presumably)<br />
Opera vesrion current: 72.0.3815.207<br />
Windows 10 Pro</p>
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