Installing and Configuring Opera via GPO
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Pomiculteur last edited by
Hello,
I am attempting to deploy Opera across multiple computers at my workplace using a .bat file, executed via Group Policy Object (GPO). My goal is to perform a silent installation of the browser and configure several settings during startup, including, but not limited to:
- Disabling Opera from opening at startup
- Disabling the sidebar
- Preventing prompts to set Opera as the default browser
- Disabling user accounts and synchronization
I would like to know if Opera provides extensive documentation on enterprise deployment and configuration, similar to what Mozilla offers for Firefox (https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/browser/installer/windows/installer/FullConfig.html).
Additionally, is it possible to manage Opera settings through Policies or registry keys? I have been searching for official resources on these topics but have not found relevant information so far.
Thank you for your assistance!
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
Opera doesn't support policies at all. But, the installer does support some configuration via command-line switches. You can pass --help to the installer in a command prompt and see https://reddit.com/r/operabrowser/wiki/opera/installer_commands/ for more info.
As for certain preferences like turning the sidebar off, you could edit the "Preferences" file in each user's Opera profile folder (after Opera has run once and closed via the user) and set root/ui/browser/sidebar/visible to false, but you can't prevent them from turning it back on. There is a "pref_default_overrides" file in the install folder that you can try to make use of, but never tried it and not sure if it works and not sure what the setting names are in that case.
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