How to restore Opera last open url list?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

How to restore Opera last open url list?

Opera just swiped off all my previously open web pages and now there remained a new single
start page only.

Might there be any previously opened url configuration file for restoration?
Some open URL's were not so easy to find.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@oberator Opened tabs are stored in the Sessions folder in Opera profile directory.

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg
I found Windows 7 :\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Sessions file name Tabs_13272742551362498 but is it possible to load with Opera browser?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@oberator One of those Tabs_xxxxxx files contains the current tabs and the other stores the tabs from the previous session.

Make a copy of those files and, then, rename them so that the older one has the name of the newest one. Restart Opera and see if it helps.

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg
There are 2 tabs file of same size 208 Kb but no old session file.
Combining Tab file with new doesn't work, since Opera "last" is always restored from session file.
With notepad I see that Tab file content is what needs to be restored.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@oberator You should not combine anything.

Did you try renaming the session_xxxxxx older file like I said you to do with the tab file?

[A Former User]

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@leocg
I think I tried all combinations.
Below is the list of files and tried use name of new session 07.08.2021 09:50 Session_13272742572809744 to Tabs file and session name.

Those with date 06.08.2021 are expected to be correct, Tabs files looking with notepad contain familiar URL's ...
Looks like this 06.08.2021 19:55 sessions file isn't linked to any tabs file.

06.08.2021 19:55 1,303 Session_13272742551560493
07.08.2021 09:50 1,406 Session_13272742572809744
06.08.2021 19:55 212,680 Tabs_13272742551362498
06.08.2021 19:56 212,680 Tabs_13272742572593433

05.10.2019 10:37 4,973 session_8ceb3838-2774-4cad-9809-00a5c09c01d2.raw~RF184ff91c.TMP

[A Former User]

A Former User @Guest last edited by A Former User

@oberator
PS. A follow up to my previous posting.
Looks like Sessions and tabs files in same folder are not directly linked with each other.
I saved old folder and started using Opera with several tabs opened.
Closing and reopening Opera restored today's tabs as expected.
For testing purposes I renamed sessions folder to sessions2 and copied old 06.08.21 content into sessions folder. When results were not what expected, I deleted sessions folder and renamed sessions2 folder back to sessions.
When reopening folder all today created/recovered tabs were again missing.