Opera on Win'10 doesn't update to latest version

rameshi1

rameshi1

I have been facing this peculiar problem with Opera web browser on my Windows 10 PC at home. Last few version updates haven't been happening smoothly. The browser shows there's a new update, and proceeds to update, but even though it shows the new version on top of "Relaunch Now" button, it remains on same old version even after Opera browser relaunches. Last week had to uninstall Opera completely and reinstall afresh. But now new version 109.0.5097.35 doesn't update to 109.0.5097.38

Has anyone faced this issue ? What is the solution ?

sierragarcia

sierragarcia

I've encountered a similar issue with the Opera browser on my Windows 10 PC. Despite the browser indicating that there's a new update available and attempting to update, it seems to get stuck on the old version even after relaunching. I've also tried uninstalling and reinstalling Opera from scratch, but it still doesn't update to the latest version. It's quite frustrating! Has anyone else experienced this problem, and if so, do you have any solutions?

andrew84

andrew84 @sierragarcia

@sierragarcia said in Opera on Win'10 doesn't update to latest version:

Has anyone else experienced this problem

Yes

@sierragarcia said in Opera on Win'10 doesn't update to latest version:

do you have any solutions?

Just download latest version from ftp https://ftp.opera.com/ftp/pub/opera/desktop/

burnout426

burnout426 Volunteer @sierragarcia

@sierragarcia said in Opera on Win'10 doesn't update to latest version:

I've also tried uninstalling and reinstalling Opera from scratch, but it still doesn't update to the latest version.

After uninstalling, delete the install folder (path shown at the URL opera://about), delete everything in "C:\Windows\temp" and everything in "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\temp". Then, download the latest 64-bit Windows offline installer from https://ftp.opera.com/ftp/pub/opera/desktop/ (as Andrew said) and install. Just make sure to always click "options" in the installer to review the install settings.

When you do things that way, it's not possible to get an older version.

rameshi1

rameshi1 @sierragarcia

@sierragarcia I had reported this as a Bug Report to Opera team but got no response. Tried what @andrew84 and @burnout426 suggested but no luck. Alas, will probably uninstall the browser, if no response from Opera team by weekend.

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @rameshi1

@rameshi1 As said in the confirmation message that you should have gotten when you reported the bug, they will only reply to you if they need more information to fix the issue.

burnout426

burnout426 Volunteer

In addition to what I said above, after you uninstall Opera and before you reinstall, open up the Windows Task Scheduler and look in the Task Scheduler library for any Opera-related task that are left behind. There could be some old ones stuck in there that interfere with modern ones.

Also, you should confirm that you can reach the update servers at autoupdate.geo.opera.com, us-autoupdate.opera.com and autoupdate.opera.com. You can use the ping command in a command prompt to do that.

You might want to check your firewall settings to make sure that Opera's opera_autoupdate.exe has access to the net and isn't blocked.

The reason I say all of this is that unless it's a simple fix on the update server where the fix will work for older builds, there's probably nothing Opera can do. Also, Opera is updating fine on Windows 11 23H2 for me no problem. Unless there's a bug specific to Windows 10, there's probably just something messed up on your system.

With that said, do a thorough uninstall and reinstall again and see how things go.

rameshi1

rameshi1 @burnout426

@burnout426 Thanks for your detailed response. However, I have not seen any task or process in Windows Task Manager (in the Processes tab) and the "Opera Assistant" earlier showing in Startup tab wasn't showing after I fully uninstalled Opera and restarted the PC.
BTW, the browser wasn't getting uninstalled from Windows ->Settings-> Apps process and was giving some error, so had to use Revo Uninstaller to fully cleanup Opera from my PC. Yet, after restart and reinstalling Opera afresh, I see the same issue, i.e. Opera shows one version older while Windows->Settings-> Opera version is 109.0.5097.38 which was the latest last weekend. Also, the browser keeps showing in main menu a message to restart browser to update to latest version, yet it never does after restarting the browser. Happens in loop. Didn't find any Opera browser removal tool online (Opera should provide one) so have uninstalled yet again with Revo Uninstaller.
I have a licensed Windows 10 Home PC setup and a licensed security s/w too. The PC never shutdown abnormally either, so don't know what's causing this only with Opera browser. All other browsers - Edge, FF, Chrome, Brave, & Vivaldi work and update just fine.