<![CDATA[Opera 26 updated to 27 even when about page said update checker is disabled.]]>I downgraded from Opera 27 to 26 due to the high cpu usage issues. I disabled the update checker by putting in a environment variable and checked in the help -> about to make sure it would not update, but today after closing and re-opening it has updated. I will lose my entire user profile and settings now when going back to v26 because they are not compatible with each other.

Some requests:

Proper disabling of updates. I use a limited 3G connection at home and don't want automatic updates.
Please fix the CPU usage issue when opening new tabs, it makes the browser really slow.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/8111/opera-26-updated-to-27-even-when-about-page-said-update-checker-is-disabledRSS for NodeSat, 11 Apr 2026 08:15:18 GMTTue, 10 Feb 2015 15:25:04 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Opera 26 updated to 27 even when about page said update checker is disabled. on Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:57:07 GMT]]>I confirm OPERA_AUTOUPDATE_DISABLED can't stop auto-updates from happening by itself anymore.

If you really want to stop the auto-updates try this:

  • Set the OPERA_AUTOUPDATE_DISABLED environment variable, you still need it to prevent Opera attempt to auto-update when you run it.
  • Search for the Windows' task scheduler, it's a Control panel item.
  • You should see a list where one of the items is "Opera scheduled Autoupdate (...)", right-click it and select disable.

But please don't do that if you aren't dependent on a feature that has been changed or removed in the latest versions. If you absolutely must do this, don't forget to check info about new versions once in a while, they contain security updates and will give the best compatibility with websites, the system, etc.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/66922https://forums.opera.com/post/66922Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:57:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera 26 updated to 27 even when about page said update checker is disabled. on Wed, 11 Feb 2015 19:10:17 GMT]]>A little more detail on cr2004's comment. Just now going to try it on my PC.

http://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2014/03/opera-developer-22/#comment-1316232376

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/66835https://forums.opera.com/post/66835Wed, 11 Feb 2015 19:10:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera 26 updated to 27 even when about page said update checker is disabled. on Wed, 11 Feb 2015 07:39:49 GMT]]>I have gone the extreme route and deleted the Opera updater program from my pc.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/66802https://forums.opera.com/post/66802Wed, 11 Feb 2015 07:39:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera 26 updated to 27 even when about page said update checker is disabled. on Tue, 24 Oct 2017 09:30:46 GMT]]>From rafaelluik (April 2014)

Link: [https://forums.opera.com/topic/2301/disabling-auto-updates-saving-certificates-displaying-full-url-and-grouping-tabs/38]

"Go to Windows's System / Advanced System Settings, in the Advanced tab click the button to manage the Environment Variables and add one called "OPERA_AUTOUPDATE_DISABLED". Done."

It helped me 🙂

C

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