@leocg hey, i tried that but it didn't work, and when i looked at the bookmarks file in txt, it didn't have any of my saved bookmarks, only the default pinboard stuff.
Also the way my opera folder is structured is pretty weird, there is opera gx stable which is the more recent and then there is opera stable (which contains the empty bookmarks file).
I managed to get a bunch of older tabs (up to 2025) from the opera gx sessions folder, also there is a default folder under opera gx stable which also has sessions folder but that gave me nothing. It's pretty weird that the bookmarks and history aren't saved in the most recent "profile"? of opera gx
thanks for help