Twitch Sidebar Disappeared

[iohxn]

iohxn last edited by

After updating to Windows 11, the twitch icon doesn't show up. Is there a way I can enable it or do I need to install something to get it to show again. The twitch icon was there before I updated to Windows 11

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @iohxn last edited by

@iohxn Maybe you have disabled it? Check in settings page.

[fr0sths]

fr0sths @leocg last edited by

@leocg same for me.. i tried reinstalling 3 times its just missing cant find a turn on button in settings nothing...

[Knopfi]

Knopfi last edited by

Hey!
I had this problem a few months ago and managed to fix it.

For some unknown reason there is a chance that the Twitch sidebar setting just isn't there. I don't know why, but for some reason it works if you create a GX profile.

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Go to your settings and create a new GX profile , start the new profile and activate the Twitch sidebar extention (under the GX settings) there.

Now you can go to %Appdata%\Opera Software\Opera GX Stable\_side_profiles and to the newly created profile.
I can't guarantee 100% that these are the right files (either way nothing bad should happen other than your browser settings being reset), but you have to copy

• Preferences
• Preferences.backup
• Secure Preferences
• Secure Preferences.backup

and paste them into %Appdata%\Opera Software\Opera GX Stable and overwrite the existing ones.

If everything worked you should now have the sidebar extention enabled!

[Tempyst]

Tempyst @Knopfi last edited by

@knopfi Hello!

You're the first person I've found that actually has a potential solution on this issue! My only issue is that when I created a new profile, the setting didn't appear. do you potentially know how I could fix that as well? The only setting even relating to the Twitch Sidebar Icon was located in the "Welcome to Opera GX Set-up/Tutorial" screen that appears on initial launch, and I couldn't interact with the slider at all, it was just completely non-responsive. Pictured below.

The Sidebar settings in my GX Profile browser look like this. On my friends' browsers, the Twitch setting is usually located between the "GX Control," and "GX Cleaner," but as you can see it's just not there for me.

[Knopfi]

Knopfi @Tempyst last edited by

@tempyst Hi!

I will try to find out more about it when I have time (in a few hours).

For me the setting appeared below the "Use GX messenger icons" setting:
https://imgur.com/a/puyrhfe

Let me know if you manage to fix it!

[Knopfi]

Knopfi @Tempyst last edited by

@tempyst Hi again!
So what I've found is that the Twitch integration is technically an extention.
You are, however, not able to install it like a normal extention.
If you would just copy the extentions folder into the "Extentions" folder, some thing would recognize it and just delete it after starting OperaGx.
Plus you would have to edit the "Preferences" file to actually show the extention in the sidebar.

You can, however, use the "Developer Mode" to import extentions from their folder!
I quickly created a github repository so everyone can download the folder of the Twitch extention!

I hope that this works for you!
: D

[Knopfi]

Knopfi @Tempyst last edited by

@tempyst Here's the link: https://github.com/Knopfi02/OperaGX-Twitch-Integration-fix

[scratcheds]

scratcheds @Knopfi last edited by

@knopfi This actually works. I had this problem for months. Yo're the first person to gave a real solution, even when the Opera staff just ignore the issue.

[Knopfi]

Knopfi @scratcheds last edited by

@scratcheds glad that I was able to help : D