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    • wuj
      wuj last edited by

      When I visit a web page such "https://www.analog.com/media/cn/technical-documentation/data-sheets/ada4099-1_cn.pdf" in the old version such as 85.0.4341.18. All things OK. But the newer version such as 87.0.4390.45 fails to display the corrent cotents of the pdf file, instead it dispaly something like "%PDF-1.4% ....Creator (Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0" which is the txt character of the file. When I drag a local pdf file to opera, it still cannot show the correct cotent.

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      • wuj
        wuj @wuj last edited by

        @wuj said in opera can't open pdf in new version:

        When I visit a web page such "https://www.analog.com/media/cn/technical-documentation/data-sheets/ada4099-1_cn.pdf" in the old version such as 85.0.4341.18. All things OK. But the newer version such as 87.0.4390.45 fails to display the corrent cotents of the pdf file, instead it dispaly something like "%PDF-1.4% ....Creator (Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0" which is the txt character of the file. When I drag a local pdf file to opera, it still cannot show the correct cotent.

        The attachment is the screenshot of using 87.0.4390.45 to open a pdf web link.
        1.jpeg

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        • leocg
          leocg Moderator Volunteer @wuj last edited by

          @wuj No problems opening that PDF here.

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          • wuj
            wuj @leocg last edited by

            @leocg So what maybe the reason to cause the problerm? I tried to uninstall the new version of opera, and install the old version , it works fine. But when I reinstalled the newer version, the problerm comes back again. Also what I found is that the 85.0.4341.18 is the last version which works well for me, any newer version can not show pdf correcttly.

            But today the old version opera insists to notice me to "Get the latest security update", and I can not stop it. If there are some methods to stop this warning, so I can use the old version continuely? I have deleted the file "opera_autoupdate.exe"

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            • leocg
              leocg Moderator Volunteer @wuj last edited by

              @wuj Did you do all the steps at https://forums.opera.com/topic/43601/instructions-on-posting-about-problems-in-opera-for-windows/1?

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              • wuj
                wuj @leocg last edited by

                @leocg Yes, I did all the things like in the "https://forums.opera.com/topic/43601/instructions-on-posting-about-problems-in-opera-for-windows/2", but it still can not show pdf file correcttly.
                My OS is windows 10 21H2 64 bit, the ver of opera is 87.0.4390.45.
                The problerm web page link is "https://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/data-sheets/adl5580.pdf".
                The screen-shot of the problerm is 1.jpg
                BTW, when I drop a local pdf file to opera, it also can not show it's content correcttly.
                But as I mentioned before, when I install the old ver 85.0.4341.18 of opera, it did well all about those pdf files.

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                • wuj
                  wuj @wuj last edited by

                  @wuj said in opera can't open pdf in new version:

                  @leocg Yes, I did all the things like in the "https://forums.opera.com/topic/43601/instructions-on-posting-about-problems-in-opera-for-windows/2", but it still can not show pdf file correcttly.
                  My OS is windows 10 21H2 64 bit, the ver of opera is 87.0.4390.45.
                  The problerm web page link is "https://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/data-sheets/adl5580.pdf".
                  The screen-shot of the problerm is 1.jpg
                  BTW, when I drop a local pdf file to opera, it also can not show it's content correcttly.
                  But as I mentioned before, when I install the old ver 85.0.4341.18 of opera, it did well all about those pdf files.

                  I tried to install opera 87.0.4390.45 on a Win7 in a virtual machine, and it shows the same problerm. On the virtual machine the opera is the first time to be installed, so it should be a clean installtion.

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                  • 888larson
                    888larson @wuj last edited by

                    @wuj Have you tried opening the pdf with another browser? Have you tried opening a different web-hosted pdf with Opera?

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                    • wuj
                      wuj @888larson last edited by

                      @888larson Yes, edge can open the pdf correctly, and I tried different web site with pdf files, also with local computer pdf files, opera fails all.

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                      • leocg
                        leocg Moderator Volunteer @wuj last edited by

                        @wuj Go to https://www.opera.com/computer/portable, download Opera Portable and run it without any changes. Then, check if you can open PDFs with it.

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                        • 888larson
                          888larson @wuj last edited by 888larson

                          @wuj Long shot. as this should affect all browsers... are you subject to Group Policy Objects? We've encountered odd behaviors with pdf files and GPOs via VPN. If so, find the GPO .xml file and delete it. Reboot and try again. The .xml file may even be a legacy file from a previous VPN connection.

                          The GPO file may include something like this:

                          <Association Identifier=".pdf" ProgId="AcroExch.Document.DC" ApplicationName="Adobe Acrobat Reader DC" />
                          

                          Do you have a pdf reader installed?

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                          • wuj
                            wuj @leocg last edited by

                            @leocg Sorry, the download link in https://www.opera.com/computer/portable is not a portable version, it needs to install before running. I compared the download file, it is same as the version from https://download.opera.com/download/get/?partner=www&opsys=Windows&arch=x64.

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                            • wuj
                              wuj @888larson last edited by

                              @888larson I did not use VPN to visit the web, but directly. As you mentioned if the reason is due to the VPN, then all browsers should be affected, but the edge is OK as the attachment.
                              I have acrobat installed in my computer to read the pdf files, and it works fine.

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                              • wuj
                                wuj @leocg last edited by

                                @leocg I find a portable version of opera here "https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/opera_portable", and get the same problerm of pdf files.
                                The screen shot of pdf file:
                                1.jpg
                                The about page of opera:
                                2.jpg

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                                • leocg
                                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @wuj last edited by

                                  @wuj Portable doesn't mean that you don't need to install,it means that both installation and data files are put together.

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                                  • leocg
                                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @wuj last edited by

                                    @wuj Those are not official versions and may not work for the testing.

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                                    • wuj
                                      wuj last edited by

                                      @leocg OK, I tried to download the version from https://www.opera.com/computer/portable, and the screen shot of the installation is just like this.
                                      1.jpg
                                      Are you sure this is the portable version? The Help->about opera menu screen shot is:
                                      2.jpg
                                      And it still fails to open the pdf file, the screen shot is:
                                      3.jpg

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                                      • leocg
                                        leocg Moderator Volunteer @wuj last edited by

                                        @wuj Yes, it is. In fact it's just the regular installer set up for standalone installation mode.

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                                          leocg Moderator Volunteer @wuj last edited by

                                          @wuj Strange, your Opera://about screen shot shows that it isn't a portable installation. Did you download the portable installer and ran it without any changes?

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                                          • wuj
                                            wuj last edited by wuj

                                            @leocg I downloaded opera just from https://www.opera.com/computer/portable, and ran it without any changes. But I do not think that web address give me a portable version opera, maybe that is another bug of the website. Leocg, I think you can try to download from https://www.opera.com/computer/portable to tell that. If it was possible, will you please give me a directly URL to download the portable version opera. My OS is Win 10.

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