Posts made by daddybear

Good Morning
I have Opera installed on my desktop running Windows 10 and have sync set up on it for Bookmarks, History and Settings.
The other device with sync is an Amazon Fire tablet using Opera for mobile and when sync is connected everything works well and the required data is shown immediately.
The problem I have is that the sync on the Opera on the desktop computer keeps going off spontaneously from time to time without any obvious reason - except that it possibly may be related to when the monitor display has been in sleep mode but not necessarily when I have signed out of the browser. Sync on the tablet always stays on.
I can get it to connect again simply by clicking on my account icon in the address bar and then clicking on the box which relates to "synchronisation" - don't have to log in again or do anything else.
This is OK but there is nothing showing on the browser window to indicate that the sync has gone off on it's own and I just have to keep checking it when I remember.
Is this something I have done wrong and if so, can I correct it?
Thanks,
Daddybear.

@lI have just had this problem recently.
After an update to my Desktop opera for windows to version 105.0.4970.29 the message "Synchronization has encountered a problem" showed on my Opera account and the log-in was removed. I logged back in, but the home page on my Amazon Fire Tablet then showed no log-in just "sync off" and the icon for "Guest".
I have logged back into the tablet and the message shows that this has been accepted but still shows "guest" icon and recommends opening an Opera account.
There is no synchronisation with any of the data I have set ie. Bookmarks, History and Speed Dials where all these used to work perfectly.
Has anyone found a way to solve this problem please?
Thanks,
Daddybear

@leocg

I am not too sure how to log out just from the Opera Android app alone, so I just switched off the tablet completely and then switched back on and re-opened Opera.

I had entered a new bookmark on the desktop Opera whilst the tablet was off but this did not appear on the Android Opera when I switched back on - so no change there.

Have attached a screen shot of the Android Opera menu in case it might help you. Don't know why it refers to 'Guest' in the top corner as well as confirming that the sync is on ?

I have already logged in to my Opera account on both the desktop and tablet and clicked the 'connect' button on both devices.

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@leocg

Sorry leocg there should have been two screenshots - the one with Bookmarks total 1903 is the desktop (Opera for Windows).

The screenshot here with Bookmarks total 1899 and live 1498 is the tablet ( Opera for Android).

You can see I am not very computer literate - please forgive.!!

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@leocg

Screenshots of Desktop Opera and Opera for Android.

Highest 'Total Entries' is the desktop one.

Don't understand a word of it !! - but I'm sure you do.

Regards,

Roy

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@leocg

No new Bookmarks have been synchronised to the tablet for about a month and there have only been a small number of very random History entries on various days since my last housekeeping clearout of History on 8th April - despite many entries on a daily basis relating to usage of the desktop computer.
Haven't changed any settings recently so can't check those.

@leocg

Very sorry ! - Brain fade !!

To be specific:-

Synchronisation advanced settings on Desktop Opera for Windows are :-

Bookmarks (inc Speed Dials),
History
Settings.

These do synchronise with the Lenovo laptop on Opera for Windows but not with the Fire Tablet on Opera for Android.

Hope this is better info. Let me know if it still isn't enough.

Sorry again.

Regards,

Roy.

Good Morning All

I have Opera for Android installed on my Amazon Fire Tablet HD 8 (10th generation 2020) but it will not sync to my desktop Opera for Windows 10.

Both versions are up to date and show that "sync is on" on both devices.

I have a Lenovo laptop running the latest Opera for Windows and the sync is working OK on that.

The tablet is Android 9 with Fire OS 7.3 and the Opera for Android version is 68.2.3557.64219.

Both ad-blocker and data savings are enabled on the tablet.

I have signed in to my Opera account on all devices and selected 'connect' on them all.

Hope someone can help me solve this.

Regards,

Roy.

Good Afternoon All.
I am using Opera Stable version 78.0.4093.184 updated today.
I have noticed that in my Programs and Features list I also have Opera Stable version 74.0.3911.107.
Is this version still necessary to be on my computer to enable the other one to run correctly?
If not, and I remove it, is there a certain way to do this without causing any problem to the up-to-date version?
Thanks and regards,
Roy.

@duncanm

How do I set up the Opera shortcut to start with ?

@mathias87

I still can't figure out how to do this "show-component extension-options" thing which you recommend.
I am not very computer literate - please can you talk me through the process in 'primary school' language right from the beginning ?
Regards,
Roy

@donq

Hello donq - YES !! - you've nailed it.

Works fine using full view - never thought to try that !

Became very brave regarding folder selection and investigated how to do it with total success - now very happy with the system.

Very much appreciate your patience and help.
Regards
Roy.

@daddybear

Hello again donq.

I decided, eventually, not to go with your suggestion after all but to stick with the 'Opera' way of doing things.
One further question, though, if I may .
At the moment I have a list of my imported bookmarks in folders in the bookmarks manager and when I now bookmark a new site in Opera it shows as a new entry in a list above the folders.
Is there a way to move the new bookmarks into an appropriate folder in the existing imported list? (eg. bookmark for this forum into the'Forums' folder)

@donq

Thank you donq. Will give that a try and see how I get on.

@donq

@donq said in Bookmarks onto Taskbar:

@daddybear said in Bookmarks onto Taskbar:

Is there any way in Opera that I can get my new bookmarks to appear in my tasbar shortcut?

As a workaround you can drag shortcuts for your newly bookmarked web pages into old bookmarks folder.

Sorry, Donq, I am not very computer-literate. How exactly would I do what you suggest?

Thanks for the reply,

Regards

Roy

@mathias87

I don't understand why you would have bookmarks from a browser on your taskbar...

Only so I can go directly to first-wanted site from desktop without opening browser.

I suppose it is laziness to save one click, but I've just got into the habit of doing it !!

Thanks for your reply.

Regards

Roy

Good Morning All
I am a new Opera user and first-time poster on this forum.
I have previously used Internet Explorer and widely used the Bookmark/Favorites system - in the process producing a large list of links which are in both a folder tree and also "freestanding".
I have a shortcut to the favorites folder on my desktop and am able to open any link in Opera by clicking.
I have now found,however, that when I bookmark a new site direct from the Opera window that it is only saved in the browser and does not appear in my shortcut on the taskbar or even in the 'favorites' folder in File Explorer.
Is there any way in Opera that I can get my new bookmarks to appear in my tasbar shortcut?
My OS is Windows 10 Home 1909 on a desktop PC.
Hope you can help me.
Regards
Roy