Opera Won't Open

[gp123]

gp123 last edited by

Problem seems solved (see other posts), but having invested about 4 hours on this and just about ready to switch back to Foxfire, I'm interested in knowing more:

What caused the problem?
Why did deleting 3 files fix the problem?
What assurance that this will not happen again?

Anyone know the answers???

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @ljfried last edited by

@ljfried You wanted to know how to find the profile directory, I pointed how to find the path to it.

[jquartana]

jquartana last edited by leocg

works!!! just copy and paste instructions in search bar and delete said files-Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @gp123 last edited by

@gp123 The problem didn't happen here, but usually when deleting a file solves a problem is because that file got corrupted somehow.

[ljfried]

ljfried @jquartana last edited by

@jquartana I know that I look like a total jerk but I don't see any "instructions in search bar" when I copied and pasted and...do you copy and paste all three things (Install, Profile, Cache) or just Cache?

[firewolfrl]

firewolfrl @ftfire last edited by

@ftfire Thank you, it worked

[jquartana]

jquartana @ljfried last edited by

@ljfried
C:\Users\name\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable

put this in search bar----

[alobpreis]

alobpreis @ljfried last edited by alobpreis

@ljfried said in Opera Won't Open:

@jquartana I know that I look like a total jerk but I don't see any "instructions in search bar" when I copied and pasted and...do you copy and paste all three things (Install, Profile, Cache) or just Cache?

You have to copy the profile path, open Windows Explorer (which you use to browse folders, or when you open the "Documents" icon, for example), paste the path in the address bar above, and then you can delete those files (if you don't mind losing such data). You can try renaming them to see if that works. Remember Opera must be closed before doing this.

[octex4]

octex4 @ftfire last edited by octex4

@ftfire said in Opera Won't Open:

This work for me. Go to your profile folder (My is for example here C:\Users\Ohaha\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable)

Delete files:
History
History Provider Cache
History-journal
Restart Opera.

Yes, that helps it seems, ty.
But again, such issue first time i see.

[robmiller]

robmiller last edited by

@leocg said in Opera Won't Open:

You wanted to know how to find the profile directory, I pointed how to find the path to it.

I am also facing this same issue how i can solve this i am using windows 10.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @robmiller last edited by

@robmiller While Opera is closed, hold down the Windows key and hit r to open the run dialog. Then, paste:

"%AppData%\Opera Software\Opera Stable"

in the dialog and hit enter. (Change to "Opera GX Stable" if using Opera GX.)

You'll now be in your Opera profile directory. Scroll down, select the 3 history files and delete them and try to start Opera to see if that helped.

[robmiller]

robmiller @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 oky got it sir thanks for your response