How to use profile
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Primmmy last edited by
I uninstalled and reinstalled opera and I see my old profile on the manage profiles section.
I clicked restore icon and nothing happened.
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Called2Assist last edited by
@leocg Is this just something we're going to have to wait on an update for? I have work-related profiles I need access to.
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@Called2Assist You can try to manually create them: https://www.reddit.com/r/operabrowser/wiki/opera/new_profile
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
To create a desktop shortcut for a profile:
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Right-click on your desktop, goto "New" and choose "Shortcut".
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Browse to opera.exe in Opera GX's install folder. For example, "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Programs\Opera GX\opera.exe".
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Click Next.
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Name the shortcut "Opera GX - NameYouWant"
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Click Finish.
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Right-click on the shortcut, goto "Properties" and switch to the "Shorcut" tab.
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Change the opera.exe command in the target field to load the specific profile you want.
For example:
"C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Programs\Opera GX\opera.exe" --side-profile-name=31303036305F31343630343333333230 --with-feature:side-profiles --no-default-browser-check --disable-usage-statistics-questionwhere the side-profile-name is the name of the profile's folder in "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera GX Stable\_side_profiles". You can look in the profile folder and look at its icon and or open its xxxxxxxx_sideprofile.json file to see its name to know if you have the right profile.
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Click "Change icon" and browse to the "On the side.ico" file in the profile's folder.
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Then, click apply and OK out.
To create a pinned taskbar icon for a profile, you have to do things a specfiic way:
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If your main Opera GX profile is not pinned to the taskbar, open it, right-click it and pin it. Then, close it and all other Operas.
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Go into "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar", right-click on the "Opera GX Browser" shortcut, goto "Properties" and switch to the "General" tab.
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Change the target field's command to load the specific profile just like you did with the desktop shortcut.
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Change the icon just like you did with the desktop shortcut.
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Switch to the "General" tab and change its name to "Opera GX - NameYouWant".
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Apply and OK out.
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Open up the Windows Task Manager, select "Windows Explorer" on the "Processes" tab and click "Restart task" at the top of the task manager.
You should then see the pinned taskbar icon with the right color for that particular profile and clicking it should load the specific profile.
You can then open up your main Opera GX profile, right-click its taskbar button and pin it.
Doing things that way should prevent Opera from creating an extra, non-colored, non-pinned taskbar icon when you launch from the profile's pinned taskbar icon and should also prevent that profile's windows from showing up under your main profile's taskbar icon. But, no guarantees.
Then, just repeat all of the above for each of the other profiles you have.
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Called2Assist last edited by
It works as far as creating a second taskbar shortcut, but they seem to have some crossover. After following all the steps very carefully twice, the intended effect of which shortcut goes to which profile appears to depend on which I select first.
The default profile when opened opens my regular profile, but if the 2nd one is already open it opens that one. However if the default is open first and the 2nd is opened second, there is no problem. Is there a way to fix that so I can fix that?
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by burnout426
@Called2Assist If the above way doesn't avoid that, not sure what will. When Opera pins the taskbar icon for a profile (when it works), it does it programmatically using the Windows API or something in a way that avoids the mixing. Haven't figured out how Opera does it or how to avoid it when pinning manually. Doing the directions I posted avoided it for me, but I guess I just got lucky.
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
What if you drag the shortcuts that you create on your desktop to the taskbar (and keep the desktop shortcuts there)? Does that make the taskbar buttons behave as expected?
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