Opera freeze when startup
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MageGrayWolf last edited by
@Gravity667
I was having this exact same problem starting just last night. It would freeze after a few seconds after opening. I followed the suggestion of opening Opera GX through the command prompt and it worked.
"C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Programs\Opera\opera.exe" --disable-gpu --disable-extensions --no-experimentsI then went to Menu > Update & Recovery and checked for updates. The browser updated and I restarted the browser. I then closed the browser and opened it normally and it worked.
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Kangur007 last edited by
Hello @burnout426,
I don't think it's something on @Gravity667 's end.I have exactly the same issue- I can use Opera GX for around 5-10s and then it is unusable.
If you check this video, you can notice that many users have exactly the same issue as described in this thread:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1bt1cHvj4k&t=41s&ab_channel=AnswerLabThe same story with people on Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/OperaGX/comments/1fcyc2g/opera_gx_freezing_on_launch/The solution, that helped me it so go to C:\Users<username>\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera GX Stable and delete History file.
@Gravity667 let us know if it helps
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Gravity667 last edited by
Yeah, deleting the history file worked for me, thanks!
it's frustrating to lose your history for such a small bug, I hope the developers will fix it soon
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FabioB74 last edited by
Had exactly the same issue at the same moment and tried to update and also uninstall and re-install without success.
But finally this solution suggested in the tread so far has worked fine for me:
goto the URL opera://flags and reset your flags.
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Blenderdude last edited by
@burnout426 Hey i just did this and while my Opera managed to finally open , a minute later i can't open it anymore because it says "this PC can't run" the app anymore, i think it's something to do with windows being paranoid and messing up my access, , how can i revert whatever i did back to original ? i had many tabs and many passwords saved there i gotta open it back
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@Blenderdude said in Opera freeze when startup:
how can i revert whatever i did back to original ?
If you're talking about this:
If you want to start over fresh, you can rename the "Opera GX Stable" folders in both "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software" and "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Opera Software".
, then you would delete the the new "Opera GX Stable" folders and change the ones you renamed back to "Opera GX Stable".
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Michlee last edited by
@burnout426 Hello my Opera (One) freezes on launch too and I tried everything you have said to try and the only thing that works and lets me actually use the browser is disabling the extensions with the command prompt to open Opera. But the problem with that obviously is that I cant use any extensions
. And I cant view any extensions while in that mode so I cant disable certain ones if they are the problem. Any help with this would greatly appreciated. -
burnout426 Volunteer last edited by burnout426
@Michlee Make a test standalone installation of Opera to a folder named "Opera Test" on your desktop. Does that test Opera freeze and do you have to use:
"C:\Users\yourusername\Desktop\Opera Test\opera.exe" --disable-extensionsto get it to work?
If so, it's probably one of Opera's built-in extensions that's freezing for you. If not, goto "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Extensions". Then, go inside the version folder in each folder there and open manifest.json in a text editor and look at the name of the extension. Ignore ones by Opera. That should tell you what extensions you installed yourself if you can't remember.
Then, in that test Opera, install each of those extensions from addons.opera.com or chromewebstore.google.com (wherever you got each one) and see which one causes the test Opera to then freeze. Once you figure that out, you can delete the extension's folder in "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Extensions" to get rid of that problem extension.
Another way you can do things is to delete an extension folder in "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Extensions" and test your regular Opera installation to see if you still have the issue. If so, close Opera and delete the next extension folder. Or, you can just delete all folders in the "Extensions" folder and reinstall the extensions you want.
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Michlee last edited by
@burnout426 Thank you for responding. I tried the standalone opera and it worked just fine, so I went into the extensions folder for Opera Stable and there was only 3 folders which I take it means there is only 3 extensions because when I look in each of those they all say nothing familiar (as to my extension)/they all say author is opera for each of them, but thats not right because I at least have 5 different active ones. So I dont know if that means it doesnt recognize any of my extensions or something but im so lost now should I delete all three of those extensions or something?
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@Michlee Strange, but yes, you can delete all 3 of those extensions if you want. You can back up the whole "Opera Stable" folder (while Opera is closed) first if you want.
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Michlee last edited by
@burnout426 Ok yeah I deleted all 3 of the folders then tried to start opera again and still it froze after a couple seconds
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Michlee last edited by
@burnout426 is there a better way to communicate, this opera forum keeps taking way to long with the post queues. I respond within 30 mins but then its taking well above 2 hours (as of now) to just go through even though its a couple of words and an emoji
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Michlee last edited by
@burnout426 ok so I figured out that my actual extensions are in the folder "default" in the Opera stable folder. I deleted those and now Opera opens up fine and works but there is one problem and that is whenever I click on something clickable for example, a new tab or the extensions button or the settings cog, it lags for a couple seconds and I'm now stuck with that.
I've tried like the flags with GPU rasterization and graphics backend and stuff with no results any knowledge would be appreciated.
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@Michlee said in Opera freeze when startup:
ok so I figured out that my actual extensions are in the folder "default" in the Opera stable folder. I deleted those and now Opera opens up fine and works
Nice! Were you have to figure out what specific extension was causing the issue?
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@Michlee said in Opera freeze when startup:
I click on something clickable for example, a new tab or the extensions button or the settings cog, it lags for a couple seconds and I'm now stuck with that.
Does the lag happen in a test standalone installation too or no?
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@Michlee said in Opera freeze when startup:
s there a better way to communicate, this opera forum keeps taking way to long with the post queues
Probably just being slow at the moment. I usually don't have any issues.
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Michlee last edited by
@burnout426 Oh ya it was a little weird cuz most of my messages took years but the most recent one sent right away strange
but yes I have tried the standalone and there is no lag at all its super smooth and to answer your other question I didnt find the specific one because it was weird, I would like delete the extensions and then when I launch opera it would reinstall some of them cuz I guess some residual files and what not yk how stuff is sometimes.
so I had to settle for completely removing them in the files and in the browser itself and thats where im at where it lags for ~3 seconds when I click something.
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by burnout426
@Michlee Sometimes history can cause lags. You can goto the URL
opera://settings/clearBrowserData, switch to advanced and clear "Browsing history" and "Download history" for all time. Then, you can goto the URLopera://about, take note of the "profile" path, close Opera and delete the "History" file in the profile folder.Having thousands and thousands of bookmarks can cause lags in the UI too. You can copy the "Bookmarks" and "BookmarksExtras" files from your Opera profile to the profile for an Opera standalone installation (replace the current ones there) to see if that makes the standalone Opera lag. If so, you know it's your bookmarks.
Sometimes Sync can cause lags. You can run with Sync disabled for a bit to see if that makes a difference.
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Michlee last edited by
@burnout426 I just could never understand, could it really just stop working randomly cuz of my bookmarks (I have a ton) because it was literally perfect before.
Also ya I was thinkin of that history file stuff but I was just concerned with it erasing some of my current tabs, it wont do that right?
I will try the sync thing too cuz I also heard that one.
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@Michlee said in Opera freeze when startup:
Also ya I was thinkin of that history file stuff but I was just concerned with it erasing some of my current tabs
It shouldn't. Opened tabs are stored separately in the "Sessions" folder in the profile folder. But, you can back up the folder first if you want. You can also right-click on a tab, goto "Save" and choose "all tabs to a speed dial folder" (and repeat for each extra workspace and window if you have any) to back up your open tabs. To restore if ever needed, right-click a speed dial folder and choose "open all".
