[Compilation]Data Loss After An Update/Upgrade
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csraby last edited by leocg
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. -
xb70 last edited by xb70
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. -
wheelbub last edited by leocg
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.
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xb70 last edited by xb70
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.
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william35453 last edited by
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.
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
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.
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dylann last edited by
ok, I already know.
You need to uninstall Opera keeping your settings and download version e.g. 95 or 101 and install
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tipsythekid last edited by
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.
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HeavyTires last edited by
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.
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xb70 last edited by
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?
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xb70 last edited by
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).
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xb70 last edited by
Okay, both computers' Opera was updated to version 103.0.4928.34 without migration corruption, so far.
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acamba last edited by
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?
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Alice999 last edited by
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.
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@alice999 Check above. Also check https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2023/08/resolving-profile-loss-issues-in-opera-version-102-0-4880-16/
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xb70 last edited by xb70
@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. -
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