Posts made by burnout426

Could be the Microsoft Family issue. Even if things were working fine, you can run into the issue after an update.

Not exactly what you want, but see https://www.reddit.com/r/operabrowser/wiki/opera/new_profile/#wiki_specify_different_profile_folder for how to create a desktop shortcut to load a different profile.

You can load multiple profiles at the same time that way. They'll each have their own settings, data and window(s).

https://www.roboform.com/download.

You have to install the Roboform program. Then, you have to install the Roboform extension in Opera that communicates with that external program (using Native Messaging). Then, you'll want to disable "Offer to save passwords" at the URL opera://password-manager/settings.

However, things still might not work in Opera because the Roboform program's Native Messaging part has to allow Opera to communicate with it it. It might only allow Chrome, Firefox and Edge for example.

So, assuming you have everything installed right, it's probably Roboform not allowing Opera where you have to report it to https://help.roboform.com/hc/en-us/.

Now, https://help.roboform.com/hc/en-us/articles/360015915412-How-to-add-the-RoboForm-extension-to-your-browser-s#Opera implies Opera is supported, but maybe that support is broken. But, for good measure you can test with Opera GX, Opera Beta and Opera Developer (you can download them from their sections at https://www.opera.com/download) to see if it's just a bug in Opera Stable.

@TotteallyNotBalkir said in Windows button opens Opera menu:

my windows button is binded to open the opera menu instead of doing what its supposed to do

With the Windows key being right next to the left alt button, it sounds like a keyboard issue where pressing the Windows key triggers the alt button instead.

Does pressing the Windows button outside of Opera open the start menu like it's supposed to?

@foroxian said in Reinstalling not working:

just that reddit thing looks like its for opera

The main examples are for regular Opera, yes. But, there are notes in there for Opera GX too. Some things there are implied. For example, if it says to delete the "Opera Software" folders, you wouldn't do that if you also have regular Opera installed. You'd instead just delete the "Opera GX Stable" folder in the "Opera Software" folders. As another example, if it says to delete all Opera uninstall keys in the registry, you would skip keys for regular Opera and delete just Opera GX's keys. As another example, you wouldn't delete "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Opera Software" if you have regular Opera installed too. You'd only remove Opera GX-related stuff in it.

With that said, I'll have to make things a lot clearer on that Reddit page sometime.

Maybe https://www.revouninstaller.com/products/revo-uninstaller-free/ will be easier and allow you to remove all of Opera's traces so you can reinstall.

Note that you can uninstall regular Opera or get rid of all its traces manually without affecting its data and settings etc. as long as you keep the "Opera Stable" folder in "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Opera Software" and "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software". You can even back up (copy to a safe place) the "Opera Stable" folders just in case any uninstall utility you use wipes them out.

@foroxian As said, you can install Opera GX and it won't interfere with regular Opera.

For the .pak file issue, did you try using the offline installer from https://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera_gx/120.0.5543.85/ as suggested?

If so and you're still getting a .pak file issue, there's something corrupting your download or interfering with Opera's installer. What anti-virus and security software do you have? Also, what version of Windows?

Are you talking about at the URL opera://discards?

Since Opera GX is based Chromium 135 now, some changes in Chromium with discards might not be compatible or broken with Opera. Or, Chromium 135 might have some bugs with discards that's fixed in newer versions of Chromium (Chrome Stable is on 138). Not sure.

Testing in Opera GX 120.0.5543.66 64-bit on Windows 11 23H2, clicking "Urgent Discard" for a tab for example doesn't do anything for me.

Delete the "Opera GX" folder in "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Programs" (or in "C:\Program Files" if you did an all-user install instead of the default current-user install).

Then, delete everything in "C:\Windows\temp" and "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\temp".

Then, download "Opera_GX_120.0.5543.85_Setup_x64.exe" from https://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera_gx/120.0.5543.85/win/, launch it, click "options", adjust everything how you like and install.

If that doesn't work, repeat, but before you install, see https://www.reddit.com/r/operabrowser/wiki/opera/clean_opera_from_windows/ for how to get rid of any Opera-related registry keys and files etc.

There's the Microsoft Family issue that blocks all browsers besides Edge. See https://www.reddit.com/r/operabrowser/comments/1llpis6/issue_microsoft_family_safety_prevents_opera_from/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/OperaGX/comments/1lkdv5t/re_gx_crashing_on_launchnot_opening/ for more info. There are also quite a few posts on these forums about it.

It's unfortunate that Opera doesn't let you know what's happening the first time you trigger the shortcut. Too many users think something goes wrong there they try to sort it out instead of just hitting the shortcut again and end up messing up their open tabs.

@SleepyB For regular Opera on iOS, this fix worked for me to fix My Flow after all these years of it not working.

It's showing that there's a failed download. You can goto the URL opera://downloads, find the failed download and delete it. Or, you can clear all downloads.

If that doesn't do the trick, deleting everything in "C:\Windows\temp" and "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\temp" usually does the trick.

Make sure you don't have anything enabled on the "On exit" tab at the URL opera://settings/clearBrowserData.

At the URL opera://settings/content/siteData, make sure the default behavior is set to "Allow sites to save data on your device" and make sure all customized behaivor lists are empty.

At the URL opera://settings/cookies, make sure it's set to "Block third-party cookies in Incognito mode" and make sure the allow list is empty.

While Opera is closed, in Windows Explorer (File Explorer), in both "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming" and "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local", right-click on the "Opera Software" folder, goto "properties" and click the read only box so that it's clear (all white) and click "apply". Then, switch to the "Security" tab, make sure your username is there and make sure it has full control (all permissions set to "allow" except "special permissions") and click apply if needed. Then, OK out.

Then, in Opera, goto the URL opera://settings/clearBrowserData, switch to "advanced", set the time range to "all time" and check just "cookies and other site data" and clear the data. This will log you out of all sites.

Then, close Opera and delete the "Cookies" file in "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera GX Stable\Network".

Then, make sure the time, date, time zone and daylight savings settings in Windows are correct.

Also, make sure you don't have any programs like CCleaner clearing Opera's data.

Then, start Opera and log back into your sites and you should be good to go.

Also, always make sure you close Opera yourself before you shut down or restart Windows. Never leave it open where Windows force-shuts Opera down.

If you still have issues, it could be caused by Opera Sync and syncing settings.

Do a test first. Does a test standalone installation close properly or does it have the same issue?

That's the number of processes, no tabs. Hit shift + esc in Opera to see what each process is for and how much resources it's using.

Opera GX on macOS or Windows (or are you on Android or iOS)?

@MehrzadS said in Opera 120.0.5543.61 Stable update:

Is it region-based?

I think so. And, in your case, also platform-based I guess.

Testing with Opera GX (at least), I found here that it's Opera's translate feature that automatically adds languages to Opera. With that said, there could be a bug where the newly-added language gets moved to the top of opera://settings/languages or "display Opera in this language" gets set for it.

Or, since adding a language in Opera changes Opera's Accept-Language HTTP request header to Accept-Language : en-US,en;q=0.9,fr;q=0.8 for example (in the case of French being added), some site might be incorrectly handling the priority of the languages in the header.

@MehrzadS It's still there for me (in the U.S.).

As an alternative, you can add https://soundcloud.com/ as a sidebar panel.

On Windows 11 23H2, using a fresh local user account with no password set and no Windows hello stuff, in both Chrome and Opera, both with fresh profiles that have never been run while there was a password or pin set on the account, I added some username/password entries at chrome://password-manager/passwords, closed the browsers, logged out of the Windows account, logged back in (just had to click "sign in" and not type any password because there isn't one set), started Chrome and Opera, went back to chrome://password-manager/passwords and I was able to show the password for entries, edit the entries and goto the "chrome://password-manager/settings``` page and export passwords to a csv file without ever being asked for a Windows password.

So, my guess is, if you don't want to be asked for a password, you'd have to start with a new "Opera Stable" folder (in both "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software" and "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Opera Software" so entries end up in the "Login Data" file that are encrypted.

You might be able to get away with just deleting the "Local State" file and the "Login Data" file. But, that might affect some things like cookies etc., so it'd be best to start completely fresh.

Before you do that though, you'd want to export your current passwords. When you get asked for a Windows password, you can try leaving the field blank and just pressing enter or your can try entering the Windows Hello pin you had before you disabled it or you can try entering the password you had for your user account before you removed it, which might even be the password for your Microsoft account.

If you didn't start using Opera until the account didn't have a pin and password set for it and you get asked for a Windows password, I'm not sure what to do except to start with a new profile in Opera.

If you're using Opera Sync and syncing passwords, I don't know how it affects all that.

Anyway, that's the behavior I see for what it's worth.