Ok will look into getting my virus program to trust Opera gx.

i'm putting this to bead now.

Thanks all.

mine a lone (360 Total security) may not be the only one that causes issues.

Opera can't do anything about it as there's nothing wrong with the file. It's the anti-virus program's heuristics (real-time protection that guesses base on what it think might be a virus by behavior) that are falsely detecting the file. Each anti-virus program that falsely detects a file needs to fix it. You only need to worry about your anti-virus. https://www.360totalsecurity.com/en/suspicion/false-positive/ is where you report it.

In the meantime, you can add launcher.exe and any other Opera files to the 360 Total Security Trust List settings. In addition to individual files, you can also add Opera's install directory to the trust list.

@jessadoom said in [Solved]No Desktop icon of Opera GX:

and hope the opera Dev's find a way so anti-virus programs wont block opera gx.

In this case, it needs to be reported to the maker of the anti-virus software. If you give info on what anti-virus software you're using, we can try to find the page for it where you report a false positive.

No i didn't report a false positive, i said anti-virus programs the word programs meant all anti-virus programs, mine a lone (360 Total security) may not be the only one that causes issues.

and hope the opera Dev's find a way so anti-virus programs wont block opera gx.

In this case, it needs to be reported to the maker of the anti-virus software. If you give info on what anti-virus software you're using, we can try to find the page for it where you report a false positive.

It seams that when the virus program do it weekly full check it wipes opera gx launcher.exe seeing it as a virus.

I now know what to do if opera gx stop working, and hope the opera Dev's find a way so anti-virus programs wont block opera gx.

If launcher.exe is in the install folder, you can right-click on it and choose to create a shortcut for it on the desktop. If launcher.exe is missing from the install folder, you should uninstall and reinstall Opera GX yet again and also check if your anti-virus is deleting it due to a false positive.

Thanks for reply will check anti-virus.

I tried looking for the launcher and like i said there is no launcher.exe in the programs folder, i cant launch opera at all.

At present i'm useing the old opera onwere as nice as GX