Opera update destroys Junction
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orplid last edited by
Hi,
for years (decades) I'm encountering the following problem:
On Windows 7 64 and Windows 10 64 I'm using a standalone installation of Opera 64 located in D:\Opera. I'm accessing this installation through a junction "E:\Opera" pointing to D:\Opera.
Whenever I try to update Opera using the Update&Recovery windows when running it through "E:\Opera\launcher.exe" the update process Deletes the junction "E:\Opera" and replaces it by a folder "E:\Opera" containing nothing but a rudimentary "profile" folder, i.e. the installation is no more accessible through E:\Opera.Is there a chance that this bug may finally be removed?
Regards
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
So, launch the Opera installer, click "options", set "install path" to "D:\Opera", set "install for" to "standalone installation", and install?
Then, open a command prompt and run:
mklink /j "E:\Opera" "D:\Opera"?
Then, open Opera via "E:\Opera\launcher.exe", goto the URL
opera://aboutoropera://update, check for updates, let it update and watch the update process booger things up and overwrite the junction etc.? -
orplid last edited by
This is exactly what happened. As far as I remember you asked a similar question when I made a similar posting about 2 years ago, isn't it? You said that this is worth a bug report - but nothing happened. I just opened a bug report on the Opera portal. Thank you for your reply.
Kind regards
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@orplid said in Opera update destroys Junction:
As far as I remember you asked a similar question when I made a similar posting about 2 years ago,
Must be talking about https://forums.opera.com/topic/43560/symbolic-links-and-junctions. I'm not sure why that one got locked.
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
I can confirm this by the way. I'll file a bug report for good measure.
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