Browser notifications with autoupdate Opera

[kubalav]

kubalav last edited by

Hello everyone,

I’m trying to achieve the following on Windows with Opera:

• Automatic Opera updates must work (no “Your Opera installation appears incomplete, please update manually”).
• Notifications should behave like browser notifications (the kind I get when installing with Opera_133.0.5932.60_Autoupdate.exe).
• I do not want Windows/system desktop notifications (the kind I get when doing a clean install with Opera_133.0.5932.60_Setup.exe).
• If I install via *_setup.exe, auto-updates work, but notifications are system-wide.
• If I install via *_autoupdate.exe, the notifications look correct, but automatic updates fail because the installation appears incomplete.

What I already observed

1. Opera_133.0.5932.60_Setup.exe
   • Clean install works
   • Auto-update works
   • System/desktop notifications appear (Windows-level toasts)
2. Opera_133.0.5932.60_Autoupdate.exe
   • Notifications appear exactly as desired (browser-style)
   • Auto-update fails with:
     “Your Opera installation appears incomplete, please update manually”
3. Manual update using *_setup.exe
   • Auto-updates start working
   • But then notifications become system-level again

How can I repair/complete the auto-update installation (so Opera updates automatically), while keeping the notification behavior that currently only works with the autoupdate installer?

[Janijan]

Janijan @kubalav last edited by

@kubalav I hope there's a way to keep browser-style notifications while allowing automatic updates to work properly. It would be great if both features could work together without requiring a workaround.