Opera 12.17. Browser "freezes" for a few seconds every few seocnds
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blackbird71 last edited byBoth cache and sessions data are capable of either becoming corrupted or carrying currently incompatible information about sites or sessions. When/if that happens, the information within the relevant files can cause problems for Opera in attempting to access anew a particular site or in attempting to resume a previous session. The ways this can show up are numerous, leading to a lot of otherwise unexplainable strange and persistent behavior symptoms.
The cache can be cleared from within Opera by Ctrl+F12 > Advanced > History > at Disk cache: click the Empty Now button > OK.
Previously viewed web history can be cleared from within Opera using the very same recipe, except at History > at Addresses: click on the Clear button > OK. However, I doubt these addresses are causing your problem, simply because they are only used to aid in searching for previously-visited sites, whereas your problem seems to involve sites you're currently already at.
Clearing sessions information involves using Windows Explorer to access your profile folder and deleting the appropriate sessions files with Opera turned off. The name of that profile folder depends on how Opera was installed into which version of operating system and into how many user accounts. If installed as a standalone (also known as a USB) installation, it will simply be called the profile folder, located beneath the regular Opera installation folder. If installed as a full Windows application, it will be found beneath the App Data or Applications Data folder for the particular user account(s) for which it was installed. In Win7, that would be something like useraccountname/AppData/Roaming/Opera/Opera. In that folder, you would delete the vlink4.dat file. Next, in the /sessions sub-folder beneath that folder, delete the autosave.win file. These two files will both also exist in corresponding places under each other user account into which Opera was installed. After clearing sessions, simply restart Opera. This whole process will, of course, remove all traces of the previously stored session, so you will lose any particular or special combination of sites/tabs that could otherwise automatically be loaded together. Hence, you will have to recreate that manually by re-saving a correctly set up session so that it can be reused thereafter.
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Bansheedragon last edited by
I did as you suggested above, deleting the files you mentioned.
Instead of saving a session I bookmarked the various tabs I the order I had them open.
That way I could recreate the sites/tabs in the order I had them without using any of the saved sessions that might be corrupted.After opening about half of the sites, the problem came back again.
I have done this thing with copying sessions many times before, and never encountered this particular problem.
So I'm starting to suspect that maybe is not just Opera, but something involving a combination of Opera, my OS and hardware. -
blackbird71 last edited by
That all raises a question of whether there is something content-wise in the tabs that is impacting this system and Opera differently than in the old system. Are the sites in the tabs flash or animation-rich? Have you explored opening the tabs in the reverse or some other order to see if it impacts approximately where the problem recurs? There may be something going on with background updating or caching of tab content that is either set differently in Opera or acting differently in the new system compared with the old. For Opera to freeze or hesitate, either it's being ignored by the system or busy doing something of its own during those times. Have you tried re-installing the same Opera version yet on the new system?
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Bansheedragon last edited by
Not sure what you mean with your last question here, but to explain what I did.
I downloaded and installed the browser from the net after starting up the computer the first time, then copy/pasted the sessions folder into the appropriate folder.Opera is installed as a full Windows Application
Of the sites I have open only a few have any kinds of animations, 3 or 4 at most, and its very little animation at that, most the sites are either text based forums or text based sites with some static static images.
I did originally install a 64 bit version of Opera, but wanted the 32 bit one instead.
Thought I have since uninstalled it and deleted the "user" data, could there be some lingering stuff from it that could cause interference?I have not tried reinstalling the browser beyond that, but I can uninstall and then reinstall it again to see if it helps
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Bansheedragon last edited by
Using a 3rd party application for uninstallation, Revo uninstaller Pro, I found a significant amount of registry keys and folders that was associated with either the 32 or 64 bit version of the browser.
I had them all deleted to make sure the system was clean, then reinstalled Opera.Looking at the task manager it seems to have stabilized now.
Closing and opening the browser a few times just to make sure it was not just a fluke.
Its now swinging at 7-8%(07-08) and holding steady there.
So it must have been some lingering effects from the old registry keys and folders that cause the trouble.Thank you for the help, I can now use the browser again.
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blackbird71 last edited by
You're welcome, I'm glad it seems to be working now. One of the things I was heading towards, you've already figured out and done. My last question was whether you had ever tried re-installing Opera on the system. Sometimes an installation gets messed up, even when done initially, and a reinstall fixes it. Other times, it's even more possible to get messed up if it's a reinstall after uninstalling a different version of the program - especially a 32 vs 64-bit situation. Leftover registry keys can be a cause of really strange things, usually because some unexpected ones interfere with the new installer having a clean, level field for installing.
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blackbird71 last edited by
no, v18 not v12
If you're truly using 'version 18', you're using a Blink Opera version that is several years out of date (it's currently at stable-version 35). I would imagine that after 17 version updates, a number of stability-related things will have changed - significantly.
