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    • The-Gridion
      The-Gridion last edited by

      I had the same problem, I was trying to upload a custom wallpaper I made in Canva and it wasn't working as a PNG. So I turned it into an SVG and all of a sudden it worked.

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      • slikkkkk
        slikkkkk @Eduardoop last edited by

        @eduardoop i tried everything and it still doesent work

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        • JAPANkAZEE
          JAPANkAZEE last edited by

          Looks like I have the exact same problem, I removed every extensions and also restarted the browser but it doesn't fix...

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          • Pharque
            Pharque last edited by

            I'm still having the same issue where my wallpaper is just a black/grey screen even after trying everything but if it helps I noticed that if you go into easy set-up top right the wallpapers that don't work look like they are cut in half in the use custom wallpaper

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            • Belleiscool
              Belleiscool @regelepuma last edited by

              @regelepuma yes i have the same problem as yourself

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              • LoverBoy6288
                LoverBoy6288 last edited by

                you have to do alt + p seacrh enable wallpaper and turn it off and on and then close opera gx and then re-open it and it should work

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                • bffbkj
                  bffbkj @naheed last edited by

                  @naheed i disabled all extensions but still there is no wallpaper

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                  • apa
                    apa last edited by

                    I found a solution and it works for me perfectly. You need after installation of the live wallpaper to put it on the first (top) place in the mods (opera mods settings)

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                    • Pharque
                      Pharque @apa last edited by

                      @apa I tried that and it didn't work

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                      • burnout426
                        burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

                        If you haven't tried yet, goto the URL opera://about, take note of the "profile" path, close Opera and delete the "Themes" folder in the profile folder. Then, start Opera, add some wallpapers and see if they work.

                        Also, for local images that you add as wallpaper, beware of this filename bug.

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                        • chillie17
                          chillie17 last edited by

                          I downloaded a wallpaper from opera and everytime I close opera it switches to that wallpaper and even if I turn off wallpapers it turns it back on and switches to that wallpaper

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                          • sgunhouse
                            sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer @chillie17 last edited by

                            @chillie17 Are you sure that's not a mod? Make sure no mod has a wallpaper enabled and then a regular wallpaper should work.

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                            • burnout426
                              burnout426 Volunteer @chillie17 last edited by burnout426

                              @chillie17 Was it a live wallpaper from https://store.gx.me/mods/?tagAlias=live-wallpaper or a regular wallpaper from https://store.gx.me/mods/?tagAlias=wallpaper? If so, as said, those come from mods that override Opera's default wallpaper settings. To see installed mods and remove them, goto the URL opera://mods. There's also an icon in the sidebar to load that page.

                              Also note that if you just want regular wallpapers that are not from mods, you can get them at https://addons.opera.com/en/wallpapers/?gx. Those ones can easily be uninstalled by click the X for them like normal wallpapers you add.

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                              • MYSTERYGUUY
                                MYSTERYGUUY last edited by

                                Do a test and see if it works with hardware accelerated turned off at the URL opera://settings/system (restart of Opera required).

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                                • chillie17
                                  chillie17 @MYSTERYGUUY last edited by chillie17

                                  @mysteryguuy I figured it out a while ago I went into my files and I couldn't find it under wallpaper file so I deleted everything in the file and it got rid of it

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                                  • Belleiscool
                                    Belleiscool @LoverBoy6288 last edited by

                                    @loverboy6288 tysm for this advice, it does work but at this point every time i start up opera gx i just cba to go through all that so at this point i dont want to have to waste time going through all those steps. ty for ur help!!!!!!!!

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                                    • johncove
                                      johncove @Guest last edited by

                                      @localmeatblob This works but just disable the wallpaper option, close Opera, and reopen, reenable the wallpaper option and you can select wallpapers now 🙂

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                                      • AshenPetrichor
                                        AshenPetrichor last edited by

                                        I could use some help here. I've tried several of the suggested fixes for my issue, but mine seems to be different. I find that with my mods, Opera GX refuses to change to the modded wallpaper automatically. This is the case with only one mod active, and I have to manually change the wallpaper every time. Anyone got a fix?

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                                        • OhMyJosh
                                          OhMyJosh @antoinequint9 last edited by

                                          @antoinequint9 I have the same problem, my wallpapers are activated, yet it just comes up with a normal search bar. Please fix this problem, moderators.

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                                          • burnout426
                                            burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

                                            To clear up wallpaper issues, you can these steps.

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