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@AugustMohr said in How do You Access Google Chrome Extensions?:
The Opera Help page, https://help.opera.com/en/latest/customization/, says the Install Chrome extensions addon is required.
That's outdated info. Opera has built-in support from the Chrome webstore. No need to do anything special. you just go to the extension's page at chromewebstore.google.com and click "add to Opera". Of course, you need a modern version of Opera. 83 is way too old. You need 126 as said.
In Opera, you just goto https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/spoplus-edit-spotify-them/ijkboaojikgaanlgigobkmbpnjgjljnc?hl=en for example and click "Add to Opera".
I also have a python script here that you can use to decrypt the Login Data file. Like the other method, it only works if there's nothing wrong with the file and you have to run the script with the Windows user that ran the Opera that created and modified the Login Data file. But, it's something. As in, it won't be useful to decrypt a Login Data file from other user or computer.
Chromepass will do it if there's nothing wrong with the "Login Data" file. Opera not showing them implies that there is something wrong with it.
You'll see the download link way down the page. It's a zip file that is password-protected where you'll have to type the zip password to extract it. The password is listed below the download link.
The utility is safe and trusted, but Windows Defender will flag it as a potentially unwanted program and remove it, so first, you'll need to goto settings in Windows and goto "Privacy & Security -> Windows Security -> Virus & threat protection", click "Manage settings" under "Virus & threat protection settings" and disable real-time protection.
In Chromepass, goto "File -> Advanced options", make sure "Load the passwords of the current logged-on user" and check "Use the following profile folder", type C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Default and click OK.
Was looking for the user interface options. Took me a while to find them. They're in the Top Bar section when you click "Manage Top Bar". I missed the arrow to the right showing that it was a subpage. Thought "Manage Top Bar" was just text. My fault.
Couldn't find a way to show all settings at once on the page. opera://settings just displays the same thing as opera://settings/appearance. I tried opera://settings/all, but that didn't work.
I noticed when in a subpage in settings, going back just returns you to the top of the page for the parent section instead of scrolling down to where you were.
Noticed typing in the search field in settings isn't picking up things at the URL opera://settings/manageTopbar for example.
@idiocracy One thing that might be nice in general would be an option to import from any other Opera (Air, GX, Developer, Beta, Stable, custom location of profile etc.).
@idiocracy You can rename (or copy if you want to preserve the original) the "Opera Next" folder in both "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software" and "C:\users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Opera Software" to "Opera Stable" to use your Opera Beta profile with Opera Stable.
Recently, my antivirus kept flagging Opera as a potential threat, so I decided to reinstall it. I wanted to keep my GX mods, bookmarks, extensions, and home page tiles.
In this case, when uninstalling Opera so that you can reinstall it, the uninstaller will ask you if you also want to delete your data. If you don't tell it to delete your data, it won't and when you reinstall Opera, everything will still be there.
Even though Sync was enabled on my account, it only restored one extension, and none of my other mods, settings, themes, or layout came back.
Only extensions from addons.opera.com sync. Ones from chromewebstore.google.com do not. Although mods are technically extensions, they don't sync. As for settings, only some settings sync (like simple preferences), not all. Also note that for extensions that do sync, only their installation syncs. Data/storage and settings for an extension don't sync, so syncing of extensions is only useful for quickly reinstalling an extension you had before fresh instead of going to addons.opera.com to download it again.
If you suspect that there's something wrong or infected with your data and you want to start over, you can close down Opera and rename the "Opera GX Stable" folder in both "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software" and "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Opera Software" to "Opera GX Stable old". However, before you do, you need to export your password and bookmarks (which includes speed dials).
To export your bookmarks, you goto the URL opera://bookmarks and use the drop-down at the bottom left. To import your bookmarks from an HTML file, you goto the URL opera://settings/importData, select "Bookmarks HTML file" in the drop-down and point it to the HTML file. Then, at the URL opera://bookmarks, you'll find the imported bookmarks in the "Bookmarks Bar" folder. You can then move the imported bookmarks and speed dials to where you want. Another way to do things is to copy the "Bookmarks" and "BookmarksExtras" files from the roaming "Opera GX Stable old\Default" folder to the new "Opera GX Stable\Default" folder while choosing to overwrite the existing ones there.
For passwords, you can export and import your passwords at the URL opera://password-manager/settings. Another way to do it is to take the a copy of the "Local State" file in the roaming "Opera GX Stable old" folder and use it to replace the one in "Opera GX Stable". Then, take a copy of the "Login Data" file in "Opera GX Stable old\Default" and use that copy to replace the new one in "Opera GX Stable\Default". This copy method only works on Windows though and only works if you're doing it on the same user account on the same install of Windows. As in, it won't work for reinstalling Windows. The export/import method will work regardless.
There's no option for exporting and import preferences, mods, themes and extensions etc. You can start with a new roaming "Opera GX Stable" folder and then copy over things from "Opera GX Stable old". However, it's complicated as too many things depend on multiple files and folders. You might be able to copy over "Secure Preferences", "Preferences", "Local State", "Extensions", "Local Extension Settings", "Extension Scripts", "Extension State", "Extension Rules", "Extension cookies", "Local Storage" and "IndexedDB" (you might be able to get away with "extensions_crx_cache", not sure) to get your extensios and mods back, but it might take more than that.
For autofill, custom search engines and payment methods, you can copy over the "Web data" file.
For wallpapers from addons.opera.com, you can copy over the "themes" folder. But, you'll have to reselect one of them in settings to apply them unless you copy over the "Preferences" file too.
For history, you can copy over the "history" file.
For open tabs, you can delete everything in the new "Sessions" folder and copy over all of the files from the old "Sessions" folder. This might not work from one install of your OS to another though.
For Cookies, you'll probably need to copy over both the "Cookies" file in the "Network" folder and the "Local State" file if not more.
So, as you can see, it's complicated.
But, to answer your question, if you don't have a backup of your "Opera GX Stable" folder, you're going to have to reinstall your mods, extensions and adjust all your preferences again.
If you goto https://www.sync.opera.com/, log in and see that your bookmarks are there, you should be able to get them back by signing into Opera Sync again. Other things like mods and layout etc., you'll just have to redo.
@blacksunray It is a known issue. It’s a bug due to an underlying UI change. It’s still being investigated. We just have to wait.
To work around the autocomplete part, you can install https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/autocomplete-control/obadmbiiipafnncogfkdfionggeckfia.
Once installed, goto the URL opera://extensions, click "keep" for the extension if asked and check "Allow access to search page results" for the extension. Then, click options for the extension and set it to "force enable autocomplete".
@BrigitteDoris Yes. If you right-click on the password field and choose "inspect element", you'll see that the site has autocomplete="off" set for the password field, which tells Opera not to save and fill it.
The site also has cert issues as in not secure, which might also affect saving and filling.
Does that username and password save and autofill in a test standalone installation?
@kabir96 I assume the one in "C:\Program Files" has Early Bird off and the portable one on your D drive has Early Bird on?
@kabir96 Yes, that would be super cool. When Early Bird is on, at least as an option, change Opera's app icon (which would affect Opera's taskbar button too). Something to think about.
@CHILLN I tested https://x.com/0xmitsurii/status/2007165337587069017 in Opera GX 125.0.5729.58 64-bit on Windows 11 23H2 and it played no problem for what it's worth.
What does https://html5test.opensuse.org say for h.264 and aac support?
Any difference in a test standalone installation?
Does Vivaldi have the same issue?
Opera relies on the Windows Media Foundation for proprietary codec support, so it could be a Windows issue that was caused by a recent Windows update.
Download the zip file linked on https://dvdloc8.com/clip.php?movieid=12167&clipid=1 and extract the mp4 from it. Does that mp4 play in the "Media Player" app in Windows? Does it play in the "Windows Media Player Legacy" program? Does it play if you drag it into Opera, drop it on Opera's tab bar and click play?
@kman198 What version of Windows 11? 23H2 or 24H2 or 25H2?
@kman198 Is there anything specific needed to reproduce it? For example, do I have to highlight more than one word or drag from right-left instead of left to right to highlight or does it only happen when double-left-clicking to select text instead of left-click, hold and drag? Any certain page and certain text?
