<![CDATA[[Compilation]Data Loss After An Update/Upgrade]]>[Compilation]Data Loss After An Update/Upgrade

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/66810/compilation-data-loss-after-an-update-upgradeRSS for NodeMon, 13 Apr 2026 03:18:51 GMTThu, 05 Oct 2023 21:46:55 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to [Compilation]Data Loss After An Update/Upgrade on Tue, 21 May 2024 07:34:56 GMT]]>Just same thing happened to me too. I didn't update the app, I was going to, later, I has 2 windows open and one incognito window, total of 40 or 50 tabs, I opened an incognito tab again and suddenly windows showed the option to end process, I didn't click end but it automatically closed. When I reopened, it opened as if it was a fresh install but Ctrl+shift+t opened tabs from a day ago, since then I had opened and closed a lot of tabs but it was all gone, and it had completely cleared the other window. Even the key combination didn't bring them back, though they were open from days back. I expected the incognito tabs to be vanished but not a normal window.
This is the 2nd time it has happened, first time when I was new to opera and had no idea how to get the tabs back. This is so annoying and terrible because opera was known for being lighter and more stable than others, but this is unbearable. I need the tabs back. Or I might just shift to firefox

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/351139https://forums.opera.com/post/351139Tue, 21 May 2024 07:34:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Compilation]Data Loss After An Update/Upgrade on Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:03:58 GMT]]>That says it all. Both times, I have had to manually re-create all my saved passwords, shortcuts, etc., etc. It is starting to tick me off. And it won't save my wallpaper. Windows 11 Home 23H2.

It's an update problem. WTH????

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/333965https://forums.opera.com/post/333965Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:03:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Compilation]Data Loss After An Update/Upgrade on Sun, 22 Oct 2023 12:34:14 GMT]]>Hello,
I was all fired up to post and complain about a problem, but now I'm telling people how I fixed it.

My opera updated from version 63.something to 103.something and my speed dial, history and open tabs all vanished. I was bewildered and livid. I stopped using Opera for a couple weeks while trying to sort it out. I don't use any extensions, it wasn't an issue with my antivirus, and my computer didn't crash. I also don't have Sync set up and still don't because I am perhaps a little paranoid about what it would sync and such. Anyway, what I did (when I couldn't find an answer from Google, and that's part of why I'm writing this) was some of the steps here. Specifically this.

In case those links ever change, I went to opera://about and confirmed both

The Profile folder:
(C:\Users{your user name}\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Default)

And the Cache folder:
(C:\Users{your user name}\AppData\Local\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Default).

you can go to command prompt and type the following separately to open each folder:
%AppData%\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Default
%AppData%\Local\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Default

From there I renamed both "Default" folders to "Default.old1" because for some reason one of them already had a Default.old. I opened Opera and I had all of my unorganized crap (30+ open tabs), back, some of my history (not super important) and my speed dial.

Let's just ignore that I don't remember what I was doing with most of the tabs.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/330967https://forums.opera.com/post/330967Sun, 22 Oct 2023 12:34:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Compilation]Data Loss After An Update/Upgrade on Fri, 20 Oct 2023 23:19:31 GMT]]>@leocg Thank you!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/330806https://forums.opera.com/post/330806Fri, 20 Oct 2023 23:19:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Compilation]Data Loss After An Update/Upgrade on Fri, 20 Oct 2023 21:37:29 GMT]]>@xb70 Yes, it's correct.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/330791https://forums.opera.com/post/330791Fri, 20 Oct 2023 21:37:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Compilation]Data Loss After An Update/Upgrade on Fri, 20 Oct 2023 20:28:31 GMT]]>@leocg Can you advise if this Reddit post is correct?
https://www.reddit.com/r/operabrowser/wiki/opera/new_profile_layout/ about the proper layout file structure for Opera/chromium now? There is a reference to it in the thread which you suggested, in which Opera actually responds to this issue.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/330760https://forums.opera.com/post/330760Fri, 20 Oct 2023 20:28:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Compilation]Data Loss After An Update/Upgrade on Wed, 18 Oct 2023 22:18:03 GMT]]>@alice999 Check above. Also check https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2023/08/resolving-profile-loss-issues-in-opera-version-102-0-4880-16/

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/330518https://forums.opera.com/post/330518Wed, 18 Oct 2023 22:18:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Compilation]Data Loss After An Update/Upgrade on Wed, 18 Oct 2023 13:40:10 GMT]]>After a 3-week vacation, I returned and started up my PC, and my Opera browser had been completely replaced with a brand-new and totally sterile version that has none of my bookmarks, passwords, history, etc. A system restore to an earlier date did not change the new Opera back to "my" version. I want my old version back with all my personalizations.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/330498https://forums.opera.com/post/330498Wed, 18 Oct 2023 13:40:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Compilation]Data Loss After An Update/Upgrade on Tue, 17 Oct 2023 13:07:45 GMT]]>Hello everyone and thanks for reading.
I use Opera as my primary browser because I enjoy its features but today... I have the habit, which I should stop, of keeping 20 tab. Each time I reboot, I may recover the tabs but today I have restarted the computer Opera has been updated to a very large color with something called Aria... But yes, the tabs, sesions, paswords, history... all disappeared. Can I do anything to get it back?
Thank you

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/330395https://forums.opera.com/post/330395Tue, 17 Oct 2023 13:07:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Compilation]Data Loss After An Update/Upgrade on Tue, 17 Oct 2023 09:16:28 GMT]]>Okay, both computers' Opera was updated to version 103.0.4928.34 without migration corruption, so far.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/330329https://forums.opera.com/post/330329Tue, 17 Oct 2023 09:16:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Compilation]Data Loss After An Update/Upgrade on Tue, 17 Oct 2023 08:31:32 GMT]]>Okay, I tried 103.0.4928.34 on one computer (Win 10/64) and it seemed to work okay, so far. I will report back, after installing it on the other one computer (also Win 10/64, FWIW, but different machine).

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/330324https://forums.opera.com/post/330324Tue, 17 Oct 2023 08:31:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Compilation]Data Loss After An Update/Upgrade on Mon, 16 Oct 2023 23:16:39 GMT]]>Opera's latest version is: 103.0.4928.34--has anyone tried it yet? Is it safe with respect to (wrt) migration data loss, or not?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/330311https://forums.opera.com/post/330311Mon, 16 Oct 2023 23:16:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Compilation]Data Loss After An Update/Upgrade on Sat, 14 Oct 2023 19:13:32 GMT]]>This situation just got bizarre.
I had given up on trying to restore opera. I just started fresh. Started adding bookmarks, extensions, etc.
Everything was working fine. Then today I was browsing and when a new tab tried to open I received a message that opera was out of memory. I don't know if this was legit or not. I closed the tab and then exited. Then I ran ccleaner.
When I reopened opera it did not go back to what it had been today. Instead it reverted to where it was prior to everything being reset.
All of the tabs that had been open, all bookmarks, all extensions. And all history was there ending at the time and date that the problem occurred. None of the history between then and now was present. It's as though I closed opera that day and never reopened it until now. And like between then and now had been using an entirely different browser that is now gone from my computer.
Also, when the new old browser appeared the open tab showing that opera had been updated to version 103.0.4928.26.
WTF?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/330150https://forums.opera.com/post/330150Sat, 14 Oct 2023 19:13:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Compilation]Data Loss After An Update/Upgrade on Tue, 10 Oct 2023 14:18:40 GMT]]>Greetings,
I sat down to my PC yesterday morning to find Opera had completely reset. All of my preferences, bookmarks, plug-ins, etc. were gone. I tried to log into my opera account. I wasn't able. I tried to reset my password. I was sent to an invalid link. I submitted a bug report and checked the forums. I decided to give it time. This morning, I was able to reset my password. I log in intending to synch. I checked that my data was available. It was. I tried to synch. My synch data disappeared. Years... years of data. Bookmarks collected and organized over the course of years.

This was a simple browser. I chose it for its unobtrusive UI. That's become more intrusive over the years. Recently, there have been numerous issues I've encountered. From this colossal pain in my bum to the annoying splash screen playing every time I open Opera (resolved after only a week). At any rate, I'm sure there's someone out there, or maybe there's already a thread, explaining why this happened and how to remedy it. I'm not terribly interested. I want to read the news, check certain accounts, and go on with my day. I'm tired of the bugs. I'm not willing to troubleshoot this issue when starting over entirely can be done on any browser that doesn't seem to be sinking into a frenzy of sweeping changes that don't enhance my experience. Arc wasn't even on my radar until Opera seemed to start making moves in order to directly compete. I was here for simple and easy to use. That's no longer what this browser offers.

I sat down to ask for help but realized my time with Opera is done after the 1st paragraph. Best of luck. I hope everyone else is able to avoid the loss of their synch data after Opera decides to reset without warning or any user input.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/329753https://forums.opera.com/post/329753Tue, 10 Oct 2023 14:18:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Compilation]Data Loss After An Update/Upgrade on Mon, 09 Oct 2023 13:11:42 GMT]]>@xb70 try Vivaldi

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/329603https://forums.opera.com/post/329603Mon, 09 Oct 2023 13:11:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Compilation]Data Loss After An Update/Upgrade on Mon, 09 Oct 2023 13:11:35 GMT]]>ok, I already know.

You need to uninstall Opera keeping your settings and download version e.g. 95 or 101 and install

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/329602https://forums.opera.com/post/329602Mon, 09 Oct 2023 13:11:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Compilation]Data Loss After An Update/Upgrade on Mon, 09 Oct 2023 02:16:42 GMT]]>Just added https://www.reddit.com/r/operabrowser/wiki/opera/new_profile_layout/ to show what files and folders go where for advanced users that want to do the profile layout migration themselves.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/329559https://forums.opera.com/post/329559Mon, 09 Oct 2023 02:16:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Compilation]Data Loss After An Update/Upgrade on Sun, 08 Oct 2023 23:55:49 GMT]]>Started PC windows 10 today, opened opera with around 30 tabs saved and they were also saved by session buddy extension. Everything was gone including tiles for speed dial and extensions. What went wrong and is there a way to recover anything? some links saved in session buddy were important to a book I'm writing.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/329568https://forums.opera.com/post/329568Sun, 08 Oct 2023 23:55:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Compilation]Data Loss After An Update/Upgrade on Sun, 08 Oct 2023 23:03:02 GMT]]>Upon my third attempt to install 103.0.4928.16 from 101.0.4853.58 it works. No idea why this time. No editing of the file structures needed. I had intended to edit them as suggested, but it wasn't necessary. My guess is that the corruption is workable, this time for some reason.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/329553https://forums.opera.com/post/329553Sun, 08 Oct 2023 23:03:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Compilation]Data Loss After An Update/Upgrade on Sun, 08 Oct 2023 20:52:43 GMT]]>@wheelbub

Thank you very much - you saved my life :))

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/329539https://forums.opera.com/post/329539Sun, 08 Oct 2023 20:52:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Compilation]Data Loss After An Update/Upgrade on Sun, 08 Oct 2023 02:11:27 GMT]]>Here is what I did that restored everything.
With Opera shut down, go to C:users/(name)/appdata/roaming/opera software/opera stable/default.

Rename Default something like Defaultx. If it doesn't work you can always come back and change it back.

Restart Opera. Everything was back like it used to be.

Hope this works for you.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/329463https://forums.opera.com/post/329463Sun, 08 Oct 2023 02:11:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Compilation]Data Loss After An Update/Upgrade on Sat, 07 Oct 2023 22:40:14 GMT]]>I run Opera on two different Windows 10 x64 computers. On this computer, I was able to get 103.0.4928.16 to work by uninstalling it, after it auto installed with a loss of all my personalization, then going back to and installing 101.0.4853.58, then going forward to 103....16 again after manually downloading and installing it--no idea if that had anything to do with it, but perhaps not. More than likely I just got lucky, as....
On the other computer, this process did not work for me, and I am still using 101.0.4853.58, The problem is that the file structure, as described in various places on this forum, in various ways, is corrupted supposedly. To fix it, one can read those suggestions, try to implement them, but they vary somewhat, fair warning, hopefully not to lose one's personalization forever--it is usually recommended to save a copy of the version structure wherein one's personalization works, even though it may also be corrupted.
There are also suggestions, numerous means, to turn off the auto updating of Opera; there is no simple toggle in the Opera settings, rather this is via Windows commands and settings; for example, one is by blocking the IP address of the Opera auto update server, and a bunch of others means of stopping the auto updating, in order not to be blind sided by it, if the version doesn't retain one's personalization. Ideally, one would refer to this forum or someplace to find out if installing a version is okay or not, before doing so, if the auto update is blocked.
I have no idea if Opera's programmers even read this forum, but if they do, apparently it is beyond their competence to fix, as yet, or perhaps if ever. If they do not, then we are left with trying to implement the well intended suggestions and fixes which have been offered on this forum in various threads, which should be collected together, the best of them, and put into a single thread, and carefully refined down to one definitive solution, or set of alternative solutions, if there are useful differences, if the proper tech party would be up to it.
Why stick with Opera at all, after all this continuing mess? In my case, I have a particular extension, which only Opera continues to allow, which doesn't work properly for me on say Firefox or Edge, and I haven't tried Chrome yet, but I should. That is my reason, so personalization keeps that extension going for me, else I might be long gone.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/329455https://forums.opera.com/post/329455Sat, 07 Oct 2023 22:40:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Compilation]Data Loss After An Update/Upgrade on Sat, 07 Oct 2023 21:46:51 GMT]]>I am assuming that an update to Opera had been performed automatically. I opened the browser for the first time today, and absolutely everything is missing.
I have no Bookmarks, my Speed Dial is all missing, there is not even any browsing history. The history goes back 20 minutes ago, when I opened the browser today.

I had tons of bookmarks...many to sites for paying my bills, accessing mortgage information, etc.
Please tell me that Opera performs a backup of those items prior to an update and that I don't have to try to rebuild all of the bookmarks and speed dial entries. I don't think I can do that and capture everything that is gone.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/329437https://forums.opera.com/post/329437Sat, 07 Oct 2023 21:46:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Compilation]Data Loss After An Update/Upgrade on Sat, 07 Oct 2023 09:01:20 GMT]]>I opened Opera and all of a sudden was asked to add a password but after multiple different tries I couldn't find my speed dials I uninstalled and reinstalled as well since it was recommended but nothing also my passwords on some websites I remember are gone as well and my add blockers have been removed also

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/329412https://forums.opera.com/post/329412Sat, 07 Oct 2023 09:01:20 GMT