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    • mizgranny
      mizgranny last edited by

      Even though Help says "delete your profile data" for a problem I am having I cannot fine it! It doesn't tell me the name of the file or indicate the location or even where to start looking.
      Where is my profile data file located?

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      • sgunhouse
        sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer @mizgranny last edited by

        @mizgranny See Help > About Opera for the location of your profile.

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        • AnwarJutt68
          AnwarJutt68 @sgunhouse last edited by

          @sgunhouse can we get cookies files there or not?

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer @AnwarJutt68 last edited by

            @anwarjutt68 Yes, the Cookies file is there.

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            • mizgranny
              mizgranny last edited by

              @sgunhouse I have done that but my base problem is that I cannot start Opera. So if Help contains more useful information when accessed through the browser that might explain why when I look at Help in my alternate browser it does not tell me anything. I see a "home page" kind of thing.
              I'm on Windows 10, up to date. I'm on a Lenovo laptop.
              Recently my ISP service was interrupted due to a cut cable. Since service was restored I haven't been able to start Opera. The error says "The application was unable to be started correctly. Click OK to close the application. 0xc0000022"
              One solution that was recommended was to uninstall, delete the profile file (and other files I can't remember right now) and then re-install. I tried just uninstalling without deleting the profile and reinstalling but that did not correct the error.
              Can someone please give me ideas where to look for the profile file? At least give me the name of the profile file?
              Please and thank you!
              Melissa

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer @mizgranny last edited by

                @mizgranny There isn't a profile file but a profile folder/directory. Rename it so Opera will create a new one

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                • leocg
                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @leocg last edited by

                  To find its location, check the paths section of opera://about.

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                  • burnout426
                    burnout426 Volunteer @mizgranny last edited by

                    @mizgranny said in Where is my Profile file?:

                    0xc0000022

                    Sometimes, this post can help with that error.

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                    • sgunhouse
                      sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer @burnout426 last edited by

                      In most cases, the profile is in your %APPDATA% folder, specifically %APPDATA%\Opera Software\Opera Stable \profile (where %APPDATA% is actually a system variable that will expand to a path under C:\Users[username]\AppData\roaming). Just type it into the location bar in the file manager. Unless you changed something in the installer options, that is where I'd look.

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                      • mizgranny
                        mizgranny last edited by

                        When the computer does some incomprehensible thing, don't you always wish it would just fix itself?
                        That is the only explanation I can give for what just happened.
                        I reinstalled opera after a number of days when it was not present. No error. It just came up like it's supposed to!
                        I'll take it. I don't care what happened! I'm done. It's fixed.
                        Thank you everyone who replied and offered your help.

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