That was it. Thanks!

This is my default new tab:

[img]http://www.upl.co/uploads/13732920011470319966.png[/img]

And flags:

[img]http://www.upl.co/uploads/10205790021470319964.png[/img]

I must be missing something... but what?
Using 40.0.2308.3 on a portable (USB) installation.

Like this request - http://forums.opera.com/topic/3744/force-new-window-into-new-tab - or this - http://forums.opera.com/post/43857

Is there STILL no way to do it??