<![CDATA[.opera folder in download folder]]>Lately after an opera update I find a .opera folder in my download folder. Inside that there is an empty folder with an alphanumeric title.

Any significance to this? Never happened until about a a week ago.

O-87.0.4390.45, W10x64

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/56091/opera-folder-in-download-folderRSS for NodeTue, 16 Jun 2026 20:05:36 GMTSat, 04 Jun 2022 15:42:02 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to .opera folder in download folder on Thu, 08 Sep 2022 13:40:17 GMT]]>@burnout426
A reinstall to C://Program Files/Opera seems to have done the trick. Anyway I am clean so far.
Thanks

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/289170https://forums.opera.com/post/289170Thu, 08 Sep 2022 13:40:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to .opera folder in download folder on Wed, 07 Sep 2022 18:44:35 GMT]]>In addition to clear the 2 temp folders as mentioned earlier, you can uninstall Opera (don't choose to delete your data when uninstalling), delete the install folder if it remains (might have old versions in there), and reinstall Opera.

Another thing you can do is check the Windows Task Scheduler to make sure there's only 1 autoupdate task for reach Opera and only 1 Opera assistant update task for each Opera. If you have double of 1 of those, if both tasks run at the same time, it can cause issues. Easiest way to check is to check after you uninstalling Opera to make sure there are zero Opera tasks. Then reinstall.

Also, sometimes, because of the shorter path, it's better to install Opera for all users to "C:\Program Files\Opera" instead of for just the current user at "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Programs\Opera". When you launch the installer, you can click "options" to control that.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/289129https://forums.opera.com/post/289129Wed, 07 Sep 2022 18:44:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to .opera folder in download folder on Wed, 07 Sep 2022 18:24:02 GMT]]>Hah! Spoke too soon. .opera in /download is back.
I'll keep working on it.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/289127https://forums.opera.com/post/289127Wed, 07 Sep 2022 18:24:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to .opera folder in download folder on Wed, 07 Sep 2022 18:20:26 GMT]]>@burnout426 So far, so good. Thanks

It seems to have been a Gigabyte APP center (mb utilitites) problem. It leaves an APC folder, not deletable, in /appdata/Local/temp
Once I uninstalled APP center and was able to delete the APC folder the .opera problem went away.
Thanks again

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/289126https://forums.opera.com/post/289126Wed, 07 Sep 2022 18:20:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to .opera folder in download folder on Tue, 06 Sep 2022 04:24:09 GMT]]>Close down Opera. Then, open the Windows Task Manager to make sure there are no Opera processes still running.

Then, in Windows Explorer (file explorer), select and delete everything in the "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\temp" folder. Then, do the same thing in "C:\Windows\temp". Then, delete the .opera folder in your downloads folder again. Then, it shouldn't come back.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/288992https://forums.opera.com/post/288992Tue, 06 Sep 2022 04:24:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to .opera folder in download folder on Fri, 02 Sep 2022 19:27:20 GMT]]>Re: .opera folder in download folder

Still getting this .opera folder in my download folder from time to time. No explanation? Seems to be a duplicate of the .opera folder in /appdata/Programs/Opera/ Appears after an update but not every time.

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