Goto the URL opera://flags/#search-in-open-tabs, disable the flag, and restart Opera.

In Opera Developer (68), it has been change to a search icon. You can goto the URL opera://flags/#search-in-open-tabs, disable it and restart to get the old behavior back.

Are you using Opera 68?

Disable opera://flags/#search-in-open-tabs.

The setup I did for Opera Stable (66) for libffmpeg and Widevine on Linux Mint 19.3 XFCE is this:

• Install Google Chrome and Opera.

• Create "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra"

• Place libffmpeg.so for Chromium 79 in the "lib_extra" folder. Got it from https://github.com/iteufel/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases/tag/0.43.6.

• Copy "opt/google/chrome/WidevineCdm" to the "lib_extra" folder.

• Edit "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/resources/ffmpeg_preload_config.json" to be:

  []
  

• Edit "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/resources/widevine_config.json" to be:

    [
        {
           "preload": "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra/WidevineCdm"
        }
  
    ]
  

• Uninstall Chrome and delete "/usr/lib/chromium-browser" for good measure.

In testing, unlike "lib_extra" for ffmpeg, Opera does not not search for the Widevine lib or the Widevine folder in any other place besides what's in widevine_config.json. It doesn't even search in "~/.config/opera/WidevineCdm".

(See https://forums.opera.com/post/199264 (my reply/question to @jimunderscorep) for why I edited the config files so Opera only searches for its own copies of libffmpeg and widevine.)

The feature was called Instant Search and Opera removed it.

For now, you can turn on the opera://flags/#temporary-unexpire-flags-m76 flag to get the opera://flags/#PasswordImport flag back.

opera://settings/searchEngines

https://translate.google.com/#auto/th/%s as the search URL should work.

Not the same, but you can hit alt + d (or ctrl + l) to focus the address field, type your search and hit alt + enter. Then, you can hit ctrl + w to close the search result page when you're done to go back to where you were.

Of course, you can just do ctrl + t, type, press enter and do ctrl + w after that instead if that's easier. Again, not the same, but...

Goto here to download the Opera version of FVD Speed Dial. Right-click on "Add to Opera" and save the crx file to your computer. Extract the crx file to a folder (with 7-zip for example). In the folder, goto "js/bg/newtab_replace.js" and edit it. Uncomment the commented code and save your changes. Then, in manifest.json in the root of the folder, delete the update URL info (just for good measure) and save your changes.

Then, in Opera, goto the URL opera://extensions and switch on developer mode. Then, choose "load unpacked extension" and point it to the folder. The extension should then load fine.

In Opera, goto the URL opera://settings/startPage. Enable "Hide Speed Dial", disable "Receive promoted...", disable "Show Speed Dial suggestions", and disable "Show news...". But, make sure "Hide search box" is disabled. You want the search box on the start page to show.

Then, goto the URL opera://settings/wallpapers and disable "Enable wallpapers".

All that is to just make the startpage load faster. You can skip all those steps if you want.

Now, create a folder on you desktop named "Override Startpage".

In it, create these two files with a text editor (like Notepad):

manifest.json:

{
    "name" : "Override Startpage",
    "version" : "0.1",
    "description" : "Override Startpage",
    "permissions": [
        "tabs"
    ],
    "background": {
        "scripts": ["background.js"]
    },
    "manifest_version": 2
}

background.js:

var page = "https://www.google.com/";
var start = "chrome://startpage/";

chrome.tabs.onCreated.addListener(function(tab) {
    if (tab.status === "complete" && tab.url === start) {
        chrome.tabs.update(tab.id, {
            url: page
        });
    }
});

chrome.tabs.onUpdated.addListener(function(tabId, changeInfo, tab) {
    if (changeInfo.status === "complete" && tab.url === start) {
        chrome.tabs.update(tabId, {
            url: page
        });
    }
});

Then, in Opera, goto the URL ```opera://extensions`. Then, switch on Developer Mode at the top right. Then, click the "Load unpacked" button and point it to the "Override Startpage" folder that's on your desktop.

Any time you want to change the page that's loaded, edit the "page" URL in background.js and click the reload button next to the extension on the opera://extensions page.

You can then goto opera://settings/onStartup and adjust settings there too if needed.

@enginestar said in Portable browser will have passwords stored?:

Surely opera should have something to counter? Like needing to enter passwords again if used on a new machine?

That's what should happen. Did you test and that didn't happen?

@jiminnyc What about the family accounts question are previously asked? Did you make sure that you're not using any of the family features? If not, and you are, you need to allow Opera to run.

Is your admin account connected to a Microsoft account? If so, there could be some issue with that.

Your Windows 10 Pro isn't in S mode is it? https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/switching-out-of-s-mode-in-windows-10-4f56d9be-99ec-6983-119f-031bfb28a307

@jiminnyc Yes. I think all your issues are probably due to the same underlying problem with your admin account. Not sure why Opera GX still works when regular Opera doesn't though.

On your admin account, under settings -> accounts -> family and other users, click on the test account (create it again if you deleted it) and choose to change the account type to an administrator. Then, log into the test account and make sure Opera still works there. If it does, that shows you that you can create a new account, set its type to admin, copy over any data from your regular admin account to the new one, delete your original admin account, and use the new one from now on. It's extreme, but it's something you might be able to do if you can't sort out the issues with your current admin account.

@4ushlin You covered everything. The only other thing I can suggest is to try in Opera Developer just to see if it works there.

If you feel like sharing your HBO login info with Opera via a bug report, someone at Opera might be able to investigate further.

@eltiro They're JSON files. You can view/edit them with JSONedit for example.

See https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/outlook-and-other-apps-won-t-remember-password-after-windows-updates-1e5a8a80-7112-440a-a18c-be2e50047a75 and check to see if you're running into that Windows bug.

@eltiro said in Cleaned computer, now lost all speed dials and bookmarks:

I can see them in the Bookmarkfile under Other Bookmarks

If you goto the URL opera://bookmarks in Opera, do you see them there in "other bookmarks" too?

Yandex doesn't use the default Chromium password manager and storage. It has its own custom stuff. It also doesn't have an option to export passwords to a Chromium password csv file that you can import into Opera. Yandex also gives you the option to encrypt your passwords with a mater password.

That all means that Opera has to use custom importing methods just for Yandex. But, when Yandex changes something in that area, Opera has to fix its importer. The Yandex importer hasn't worked in Opera for a long time (after Yandex changed something). Opera is aware, but I don't know when there will be a fix.

In Windows, goto settings -> accounts -> Family and others.

Did you add any family member accounts? Is the account you're one tied to a Microsoft account or do you just have a local account?

Either way, do a test. Click "add someone else to this PC", At the Microsoft account screen, click "I don't have this person's sign info". Then, on the next screen, click "Add a user without a Microsoft account", name the user test, and create the account. Then, log onto that test account and run Opera there. Does it work there? If so, it problems means you have some kind of permission issue.

Another thing you can do is download the Opera installer, launch it, click "options", set "install path" to a folder named "Opera Test" on your desktop, set "install for" to "standalone installation", make sure "import data from default browser" is unchecked, and install. Does that Opera load?

You can play with opera://flags/#use-angle to see if it works in one of the non-default modes (restart after changing). Revert to default if it doesn't help.

You can goto the URL opera://settings/system, disable hardware acceleration, restart and try again.

You can mask as Chrome to see if it's a browser-detection issue.

You can try in Opera Developer from https://www.opera.com/download to see how things work there. Maybe the newer version of Chromium it uses will help.

You can see what Vivaldi, Chromium, Brave, the new, Chromium-based Microsoft Edge, and Chrome do.

You can try opera://flags/#ignore-gpu-blocklist.