@andrew84
I asked in a Windows 11 support forum and the Icon is for Opera to serve ads.
Brave is doing the same thing they are very open about it, a big ad across the start page, an explanation and you can easily disable it in Brave.
Regards
Fitzy

@andrew84 Thanks Andrew84, I am trying Ghostery and will switch to AdBlock Plus to try also. I don't know if its scaremongering but I have read that there maybe security risks in running unsupported Extensions and prefer to be cautious.

@Opera-Comments-Bot
My apologies over the Holiday Message Widget hiding it now sticks which it did not do in the previous version of 124.

@Kilian01 Google have updated the Manifest Version to V3 for extensions.
It is going to be up to the Developers if they update the extensions.

@sicu220 Google updated the Manifest to V3 which affects the way uBlock Origin functions,
UBlock Origin still works in non Chrome Browsers e.g. Firefox and other Firefox based browsers.
You can try Operas Built in AdBlocker or try other extensions, Adblock Plus or Ghostery from the Opera Store or search on the Google Store for different AdBlockers.

@raphaelbmThe updater worked for me and I was going from 124..0.5705.42. I updated yesterday to 124..0.5705.65 but didn't like the Purple Holiday Widget that kept popping up so I went to the old version.
I downloaded the Opera Setup File for 125 today and it updated no issues. I had disabled Auto Update after yesterday.
Winget maybe another option to update.

@raphaelbm said in Opera 125 Stable:

Opera 125 is announced but wont update. Please fix asap. Thx Raphael
Of course I don't expect a reply. Will I get a reply?

(I cannot add the screenshot because the attach feature is missing in THIS editor)

You can to https://get.opera.com/ftp/pub/opera/desktop/ and dowlnoad the full installer.

@leocg I understand that you can reenable the V2 extensions.
I have read that there maybe potential security risks running older V2 extensions that have not been updated so I have decided to be cautious and only run V3 extensions.
I only run two extra extensions an Adblocker currently trying Ghostery and Antigram

@l33t4opera said in Opera 125 Stable:

@fitzydj what's going on want answer or what?

I am not sure what you mean?

@mathias87 No Issues with the Install on my Windows 11 Pro. I had rolled back to the previous version 124.0.5705.42 after the Purple Holiday Widget at the top of my Speed Dial Home Page would not stay closed.
You can go to https://get.opera.com/ftp/pub/opera/desktop/ and download the full installer.

@mathias87 I went to https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2025/12/opera-125-stable/ and downloaded the Windows Installer.
There are links for Linux, Mac etc as well.

@andrew84 Thanks Andrew84, I am trying Ghostery and will switch to AdBlock Plus to try also. I don't know if its scaremongering but I have read that there maybe security risks in running unsupported Extensions and prefer to be cautious.

@Opera-Comments-Bot
My apologies over the Holiday Message Widget hiding it now sticks which it did not do in the previous version of 124.

@Kilian01 Google have updated the Manifest Version to V3 for extensions.
It is going to be up to the Developers if they update the extensions.

@sicu220

Thank you for the link.
I cannot understand why there was a Pop up message after I installed Opera 125 about uBlock no longer being supported.

I will try the other extensions and see how they go.
uBlock was very good and definetly the best I had tried.