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    • leocg
      leocg Moderator Volunteer @teuropa last edited by

      @teuropa Already tried Win + D, Win + Space, Alt + Space as said?

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      • teuropa
        teuropa @leocg last edited by teuropa

        @leocg

        Hi,

        wow, Win + D worked. Alt + Tab did not, for example.

        What is this shortcut generally for?

        Thank you
        Teuropa

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        • tgsplano
          tgsplano last edited by

          I tried solutions I saw in this post and none resolved the issue. The issue began when I was extending my display to an external monitor. When I disconnected the display, the icon in task bar wouldn't launch Opera. After reboot, Opera behaved properly upon reboot but when I removed display, problem recurs.
          What seems to have fixed my issue is connecting to an external monitor again - where Opera would launch successfully still. On the removed the Opera Sidebar, What's App was enabled - I right-clicked and managed messengers. Since removing What's App, I have not seen the issue.
          I believe that what's app is trying to pop up when I change the monitor configuration. I don't understand what is preventing it from doing so, but that specific messenger integration seems to be the source of my issue.
          Good Luck!

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          • FixitOpera
            FixitOpera @jiafoongwee last edited by

            @jiafoongwee Did not work for me. Like others have mentioned, I too use a Dock and multi screens when docked but then when I am away from the Dock all the other apps organize onto one screen and continue to work. In My case I was not docked when I opened opera and all was fine. I then started working on XL for a bit. the Screen saver did not kick in nor did I close the lid. When I went back to opera I can see it open (the Screen sort of does an animation of some sort) and I see it opening off to the left of the screen. Pressed Win + D to display the desktop. Right clicked on a blank space and hit display settings. I run my screen at 1920 X 1080 and 100 %.. Changed it to 125% and opera pops back into view. Went back and set it to 100 % and so far it works. Hoping if some one from the opera team is reading this maybe it might help them get this fixed. Just glad google opened this page when I did a search and save me some time. Created this account so I can contribute to this issue and help the community as I do Like the opera browser.

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            • drymlad
              drymlad last edited by

              Opening Opera browser not showing, its opening in my second monitor, i think, but i already disconnected my second monitor,

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer @drymlad last edited by

                @drymlad Check above

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                • Chriswm
                  Chriswm @zeej last edited by

                  @zeej Thank you for the solution. It is now 6 months later (Nov '21) and it just happened with me with the latest latest release - clearly the problem is not resolved, but thank you for your workaround!

                  In my case, if you hover over the taskbar icon, it shows is a small preview window with all the screen detail of the actual Opera session window (it is not blank), but it will simply not display on either my screen or HDMI Monitor. The screen is therefore generated, but not displayed.

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                  • edjpereira
                    edjpereira @jiafoongwee last edited by

                    @jiafoongwee Win+D worked perfectly. Thanks!

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                    • NAV13
                      NAV13 last edited by NAV13

                      Hello!
                      Opera starts, but the program window does not open!
                      How to get Opera to work?
                      What to do?

                      v.81.0.4196.54
                      Win 10 x64

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                      • leocg
                        leocg Moderator Volunteer @NAV13 last edited by

                        @nav13 Check above

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                        • Mikui
                          Mikui last edited by

                          Hey, I have the same issue. The window wouldn’t show, but I could see that opera was opened. I could also see the tabs when my mouse hovered over it. I’ve tried the possible solutions above, but none seem to work.

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                          • kayabay
                            kayabay @jiafoongwee last edited by

                            @jiafoongwee This also worked for me. Opera is back again on the main screen. Thanks.

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                            • linux3ys
                              linux3ys last edited by

                              This solved my problem.

                              Has numbers of tabs in incognito mode for two weeks suddenly they stopped working. Used windows+d multiple times and then clicked on opera minimum window and it got maximized

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                              • ismailazmeeadnan
                                ismailazmeeadnan @jiafoongwee last edited by

                                @jiafoongwee This fixed it for me 2021 december

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                                • valquor
                                  valquor @jiafoongwee last edited by

                                  @jiafoongwee This worked for me. Thank you so much

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                                  • DanozeDanozeDanozeDanozeDanoze
                                    DanozeDanozeDanozeDanozeDanoze @jiafoongwee last edited by

                                    @jiafoongwee Thanks man, that worked a treat

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                                    • jiafoongwee
                                      jiafoongwee @FixitOpera last edited by

                                      @fixitopera
                                      Nice workaround! I speculate that it might be a windows scaling issue with the Opera Window. Sometimes pressing the "Windows Key" + "arrow left/arrow right/arrow up/arrow down" to snap the Opera window might work. I figure trying any sort of keyboard command to manipulate the Opera window might fix it.

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                                      • Imperialasd
                                        Imperialasd last edited by

                                        Re: Opera shows only on taskbar
                                        when i try to open opera it has the same issue as the above thread and i have tried all the methods that were suggested i tried win + d, alt + space, Win + space and none of them seemed to work! i have restarted my computer a multitude of times and reinstalled it twice and nothing is working any tips?

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                                        • jookieapc
                                          jookieapc last edited by jookieapc

                                          Re: Opera shows only on taskbar

                                          I've had this occur to me multiple times but several months apart and I can't recall the previous solution that worked. I'm running Windows 10 on a laptop with a dock, the laptop screen, and 2 LCD monitors. The topic referenced above suggests windows + D but this does not work for me.

                                          When I hover over the Opera icon in the task bar it shows the windows are active but hidden. When I try windows + D it applies to the current window open but I can't get the Opera window to open in order for the key presses to apply to that program.

                                          Help?

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                                            leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by This post is deleted!
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