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    • rif
      rif last edited by

      I have a usb install of Opera that's sitting on my e: drive. I want to associate that with the http/https protocols but its not listed.

      I know I can install opera with the default and it would be listed but I don't want to do that. I've done a whole bunch of web searches on how to add a program but haven't found a good resource yet.

      Its also not listed in Set your default programs.

      I tried to update Opera over itself but that didn't help.
      Will try anything! lol

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      • christoph142
        christoph142 last edited by

        Well, you know, that's the sense of a USB install:
        It's portable, located in one single folder and doesn't register itself anywhere in your system.

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        • rif
          rif last edited by

          Well, you know, that's the sense of a USB install:
          It's portable, located in one single folder and doesn't register itself anywhere in your system.

          Grin. No, that's me wanting everything on one drive and one dir tree. I guess I'm a holdover from DOS 3! I did a single dir install of Opera 12.17 and all its predecessors. Did that manually.

          Anyone have any ideas on even how to search for an answer, not getting any good results.

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          • deld1ablo
            deld1ablo last edited by admin

            Well, I had a thread on it:
            https://forums.opera.com/post/46424

            Essentially, you need to create a .reg file and add

            Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ; Infamous capabilities:

            [HKEYLOCALMACHINE\SOFTWARE\Opera\Capabilities] "ApplicationDescription"="Opera, Internet Browser" "ApplicationIcon"="C:\App\Opera\opera.exe.exe,0" "ApplicationName"="Opera"

            [HKEYLOCALMACHINE\SOFTWARE\Opera\Capabilities\FileAssociations] ".htm"="OperaURL" ".html"="OperaURL" ".shtml"="OperaURL" ".xht"="OperaURL" ".xhtml"="OperaURL"

            [HKEYLOCALMACHINE\SOFTWARE\Opera\Capabilities\URLAssociations] "ftp"="OperaURL" "http"="OperaURL" "https"="OperaURL"

            ; Register to Default Programs

            [HKEYLOCALMACHINE\SOFTWARE\RegisteredApplications] "Opera"="Software\Opera\Capabilities"

            ; OperaURL HANDLER:

            [HKEYLOCALMACHINE\Software\Classes\OperaURL] @="Opera Document" "FriendlyTypeName"="Opera Document"

            [HKEYLOCALMACHINE\Software\Classes\OperaURL\shell]

            [HKEYLOCALMACHINE\Software\Classes\OperaURL\shell\open]

            [HKEYLOCALMACHINE\Software\Classes\OperaURL\shell\open\command] @=""C:\App\Opera\opera.exe""

            Replace C:\App\Opera\Opera.exe with where its actually located. Notepad has a replace function.

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            • rif
              rif last edited by admin

              Well, I had a thread on it:
              https://forums.opera.com/post/46424
              Essentially, you need to create a .reg file and add

              Sorry, should have said I was on Win 8. That hack is for Win 7. Thanks though.

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              • A Former User
                A Former User last edited by

                Opera 24 shouldn't be run using opera.exe anyway, it should be launcher.exe.
                Have you tried the registry file on Windows 8? Even if it was originally designed for Windows 7 it may well still work.
                🙂

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                • deld1ablo
                  deld1ablo last edited by admin

                  Well, I had a thread on it:
                  https://forums.opera.com/post/46424
                  Essentially, you need to create a .reg file and add

                  Sorry, should have said I was on Win 8. That hack is for Win 7. Thanks though.

                  So it doesn't work? Please clarify.

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                  • rif
                    rif last edited by

                    So it doesn't work? Please clarify.

                    I used the reg file provided above and changed it to reflect my Opera installation and ran the reg file. When checking the registry afterwards none of my stuff is added.

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                    • deld1ablo
                      deld1ablo last edited by

                      Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

                      ; Infamous capabilities:
                      Needs to be a part of it. The reg is invalid without it for some reason.

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                      • rif
                        rif last edited by

                        I did have that deld1ablo. 😞

                        I've just learned to live with it.

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                        • deld1ablo
                          deld1ablo last edited by

                          That sucks. I don't know why they even bothered changing it.

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