<![CDATA[Lost all my browser tabs after forced update and reboot.]]>Not happy. Lost a significant amount of trust in Opera after this. I lost a lot of things I was working on and didn't have time to save. I do not appove of automatic updates. Something always breaks. You have to give us an opportunity to save our work.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/89096/lost-all-my-browser-tabs-after-forced-update-and-rebootRSS for NodeMon, 14 Sep 2026 21:59:04 GMTWed, 15 Jul 2026 12:52:42 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Lost all my browser tabs after forced update and reboot. on Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:21:11 GMT]]>@t-bone-tone There is a way to prevent automatic updates, but as time rolls on if you want to update, you can do it on your own. I have manually been doing my own updates for a couple years, at MY sense of when to do it.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/407559https://forums.opera.com/post/407559Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:21:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lost all my browser tabs after forced update and reboot. on Sat, 08 Aug 2026 18:30:03 GMT]]>@burnout426 Apols for late reply.

Yes, I tried that. Opera doggedly completely ignored the restored seesion and tabs files and rewrote them with shiny new empty ones.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/407447https://forums.opera.com/post/407447Sat, 08 Aug 2026 18:30:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lost all my browser tabs after forced update and reboot. on Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:24:04 GMT]]>@burnout426 Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. This is on my work computer (didn't happen on my home computer after the update) and been so tied up during the work day that I had put this on the back burner.
To answer your Q, When I came into my office, the browser was rebooted after some update, probably a windows update. Then Opera had landed on the "You're upgraded to Opera One" page and all my tabs were gone. Opera has always been the one browser that reliably saves tabs which is one of the reasons why I use it but also one of the reasons I leave a lot of tabs open and don't back them up.
Opera One(version: 133.0.5932.85)
Install: C:\Users\Tomart\AppData\Local\Programs\Opera

Profile: C:\Users\Tomart\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Default

Cache: C:\Users\Tomart\AppData\Local\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Default

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/407193https://forums.opera.com/post/407193Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:24:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lost all my browser tabs after forced update and reboot. on Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:17:58 GMT]]>@burnout426 thanks I did not do that yet. As this was only on my work computer, I haven't time to get back to this during the work day but I will look for those folders and see if I can get anywhere with that.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/407191https://forums.opera.com/post/407191Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:17:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lost all my browser tabs after forced update and reboot. on Mon, 03 Aug 2026 02:46:31 GMT]]>@t-bone-tone While Opera is closed, you need to delete everything in the "Sessions" folder and then copy both the older Session_xxx file and the older Tabs_xxx file that you found/retrieved to the now-empty "Sessions" folder. Did you do exactly that?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/407116https://forums.opera.com/post/407116Mon, 03 Aug 2026 02:46:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lost all my browser tabs after forced update and reboot. on Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:05:47 GMT]]>Same thing just happened to me. Opera did an automatic update. I clicked to restart opera and when it started up I got message after message stating that it could not open my profile. Had to keep closing the messages before Opera finally opened. Everything is gone. My active tabs, settings, and speed dials. Not happy!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/407082https://forums.opera.com/post/407082Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:05:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lost all my browser tabs after forced update and reboot. on Sat, 01 Aug 2026 17:23:44 GMT]]>@opeepo10 Same here. Approx 48 tabs gone and 8 workspaces. Opera had updated automatically many many times before with no issues, settings had save tabs set, etc, so I assumed this would always be the case.
Worse, I managed to use ShadowExpress to find what looks like my tabs file from just prior to the catastrophe on the 23 July, but despite trying all the usual tricks, renaming, etc, deleting the newer files for tabs and sessions, Opera happily overwrites and doesn't open the old tabs file.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/407065https://forums.opera.com/post/407065Sat, 01 Aug 2026 17:23:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lost all my browser tabs after forced update and reboot. on Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:13:00 GMT]]>In your case, did you just start Opera normally where you noticed that Opera had updated because the https://www.opera.com/client/upgraded tab opened or did you goto the URL opera://about to check for updates and click "Relaunch" after the update was ready? Sounds like the former from the title, but please clarify.

Also, look in Opera's install folder (path at the URL opera://about). What specific version folders are shown there? Curious to see if you were on the previous build before Opera updated or a build older than that (which would tell whether it was a small, patched update or a full download update).

Also, on your on Windows and if so, is your user account on Windows a limited/normal user account or an admin account?

Also, where is Opera installed? Is it in "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Programs\Opera" or "C:\Program Files\Opera"?

Also, what install type does it show at the URL opera://about?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/406306https://forums.opera.com/post/406306Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:13:00 GMT