I'm so done with Opera at this point!
I have tried everything to block Opera from updating to Opera One.

No idea how or even WHY they secretly upgrade from "99.0.4788.88_0" to the latest 102.0.4880.56 without even a popup or something even saying its up dating .

I do know while your using your browser the latest will get installed , then your shortcut gets redirected to the "new" installed launcher pointing to the new folder! The only way I realize I've been updated again , is the Icon for the speed dial is missing from the bar.

I have renamed and then just deleted the opera_autoupdate.exe to stop the updates.
Used the switch in the launcher to stop looking for updates with --disable-update like Opera says to do to stop the updates. Going to the settings and checking the updates / version , sure enough it even says the updates ARE disabled!

Opera One(version: 102.0.4880.56)
Update checker is disabled

Even when I go check the properties of the "current" browser file which is a shortcut to 99.0.4788.88_0 version , and when you go to the 99.0.4788.88_0 folder and look at the version information , it still displays 99.0.4788.88_0 as the Opera.exe file version. But when you launch that application , its really 102.0.4880.56!

So I'm completely done fighting this application. Sucks as I really liked Opera and have been using it for a very long time.
I'll use my Avast browser for now until I can find another browser I like. No idea why they keep pulling this crap. I don't like or want Opera One.

Bob

Agree with you on the Opera One update. I have tried everything to stop the update, deleted the updater, created a shortcut with the --disable-update. Nothing seems to work permanently, after a week or so Opera sneaks in an update which then creates new launcher and my shortcut is missing the --disable-update switch. Opera was a great light weight browser that provided a great web experience. I've used it for years without many major issues or bugs.

Now It looks like they are driven by revenue or investors, but not the customers / users.

It really irritates me they not only force me to accept Opera One , but then even when I use the method they provide me with to disable the updates / upgrade, they bypass that too! I'll have to find another browser to replace Opera.

I really liked the quick book marks , but they broke that from 99.0.4788.9 to One 100.0.4815.20 all of my quick links were half populated and a generic icon was in place of the original as in version 99. The work around is launch the old version , export all your shortcuts and book marks , then import into the new One. Not ,, lol I ended up with duplicates of the mess I started with. So I cleared all my shortcuts and bookmarks . Then one by one manually returned to the site bookmarked it. Then I ran across the bug that it doesn't populate the "icon" for that website like it was in version 99.

Bob

@lily11
I have reached out , and followed instructions. I don't think I have ever run into a group of developers that code like this. Most companies / developers will at least inform you that an upgrade is required and is underway . To me this company is just being underhanded and deceitful at this point by performing an upgrade even when upgrades are disabled by the user as instructed by the company! To me , I think its desperation (investors) pressuring a company in a certain direction at all costs.

Just an FYI, I have been in SQA ( Software Quality Assurance ) as a QA test engineer for over 20 yrs on MS storage Sans and Hyper-V / Clusters . I started In QA (officially) when Windows 4.0 first supported a 2 node cluster , that was around 1998 or so.
I've been at NEC, Adaptec, Clariion/EMC Dell (QA and Customer Support), EquaLlogic , Stratus, Pfizer . I performed MS WHQL tests for driver signatures , assisted in writing several papers on best practices for iSCSI MPIO in a cluster for and with the MS team.
Performed a ton of testing when MS transitioned from scsiport driver to storport for MPIO. (multi-pathing for storage)

My expertise is specifically in enterprise storage (RAID) attach via SCSI , iSCSI , Fibre Channel SAN storage in MS cluster.

Don't take that as boasting or anything like that , but , I'm not a newbie . I've tested a lot of software . Including beta testing MS releases of Windows 2000 server ( clusters), 2003 , ect.

Lastly, before I dump Opera , I am going to try some Wireshark network traces just to see what is happening in the background.
My guess is if the browser is open , eventually it contacts Opera servers to check code base anyway. I say this because I just about never reboot my system nor close my browser. until, it starts acting ODD, like I cant place an order or something. Then I close the browser , reopen and bam I'm on Opera one!

@lily11
I have reached out , and followed instructions. I don't think I have ever run into a group of developers that code like this. Most companies / developers will at least inform you that an upgrade is required and is underway . To me this company is just being underhanded and deceitful at this point by performing an upgrade even when upgrades are disabled by the user as instructed by the company! To me , I think its desperation (investors) pressuring a company in a certain direction at all costs.

Just an FYI, I have been in SQA ( Software Quality Assurance ) as a QA test engineer for over 20 yrs on MS storage Sans and Hyper-V / Clusters . I started In QA (officially) when Windows 4.0 first supported a 2 node cluster , that was around 1998 or so.
I've been at NEC, Adaptec, Clariion/EMC Dell (QA and Customer Support), EquaLlogic , Stratus, Pfizer . I performed MS WHQL tests for driver signatures , assisted in writing several papers on best practices for iSCSI MPIO in a cluster for and with the MS team.
Performed a ton of testing when MS transitioned from scsiport driver to storport for MPIO. (multi-pathing for storage)

My expertise is specifically in enterprise storage (RAID) attach via SCSI , iSCSI , Fibre Channel SAN storage in MS cluster.

Don't take that as boasting or anything like that , but , I'm not a newbie . I've tested a lot of software . Including beta testing MS releases of Windows 2000 server ( clusters), 2003 , ect.

Lastly, before I dump Opera , I am going to try some Wireshark network traces just to see what is happening in the background.
My guess is if the browser is open , eventually it contacts Opera servers to check code base anyway. I say this because I just about never reboot my system nor close my browser. until, it starts acting ODD, like I cant place an order or something. Then I close the browser , reopen and bam I'm on Opera one!

I'm so done with Opera at this point!
I have tried everything to block Opera from updating to Opera One.

No idea how or even WHY they secretly upgrade from "99.0.4788.88_0" to the latest 102.0.4880.56 without even a popup or something even saying its up dating .

I do know while your using your browser the latest will get installed , then your shortcut gets redirected to the "new" installed launcher pointing to the new folder! The only way I realize I've been updated again , is the Icon for the speed dial is missing from the bar.

I have renamed and then just deleted the opera_autoupdate.exe to stop the updates.
Used the switch in the launcher to stop looking for updates with --disable-update like Opera says to do to stop the updates. Going to the settings and checking the updates / version , sure enough it even says the updates ARE disabled!

Opera One(version: 102.0.4880.56)
Update checker is disabled

Even when I go check the properties of the "current" browser file which is a shortcut to 99.0.4788.88_0 version , and when you go to the 99.0.4788.88_0 folder and look at the version information , it still displays 99.0.4788.88_0 as the Opera.exe file version. But when you launch that application , its really 102.0.4880.56!

So I'm completely done fighting this application. Sucks as I really liked Opera and have been using it for a very long time.
I'll use my Avast browser for now until I can find another browser I like. No idea why they keep pulling this crap. I don't like or want Opera One.

Bob

Agree with you on the Opera One update. I have tried everything to stop the update, deleted the updater, created a shortcut with the --disable-update. Nothing seems to work permanently, after a week or so Opera sneaks in an update which then creates new launcher and my shortcut is missing the --disable-update switch. Opera was a great light weight browser that provided a great web experience. I've used it for years without many major issues or bugs.

Now It looks like they are driven by revenue or investors, but not the customers / users.

It really irritates me they not only force me to accept Opera One , but then even when I use the method they provide me with to disable the updates / upgrade, they bypass that too! I'll have to find another browser to replace Opera.

I really liked the quick book marks , but they broke that from 99.0.4788.9 to One 100.0.4815.20 all of my quick links were half populated and a generic icon was in place of the original as in version 99. The work around is launch the old version , export all your shortcuts and book marks , then import into the new One. Not ,, lol I ended up with duplicates of the mess I started with. So I cleared all my shortcuts and bookmarks . Then one by one manually returned to the site bookmarked it. Then I ran across the bug that it doesn't populate the "icon" for that website like it was in version 99.

Bob