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    Opera 12:16 losing my Master password?

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    • A Former User
      A Former User last edited by

      While logging on to a site I use regularly, Opera didn't prompt me for my Master password but instead requested a new Password - without asking for my current one.

      I recycled Opera (and, eventually, Windows), but whenever I tried to log on to any site for which I had saved login details, I got the same dialogue.

      I then tried "Set Master Password" in "Preferences". It gave me the same dialogue, i.e. no box for entering my current password. I set the new password to my actual one. The wand then worked as usual - except that it didn't sent passwords, just the user-ids.

      Fortunately my backups were current, so I restored some Opera files from 24 hours previously and everything now seems OK. So, a couple of questions, please...

      (1) How do I avoid Opera "forgetting" my Master password?

      (2) If this happens again, which file(s) should I restore? I actually used the following but I'm sure that that was overkill...
      opcert6.dat
      oprand.dat
      opssl6.dat
      spdysett.dat
      operaprefs.ini

      I'm using Windows 7. The only recent change I remember making to Opera was to install the Tab Vault 2.5.6 extension and to re-enable Ghostery.

      Thanks,
      Brian.

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