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When I type cnn.com into the address field and then hit enter I get the standard (expected) CNN front page. This lasts for about a second and then the view changes to the Opera Preferences (See Below) and another unknown CNN page. My default search engine is Duck-Duck-Go.
This started happening a few days ago, and happens every time using Opera.
This does not happen when searching from address bar of another browser (Foxfire) with same Duck-Duck-Co search engine.
Suddenly experiencing exactly the same problem -- with Opera and several other sites.
Other sites (like Foxfire) work just fine.
Login page does not list Opera as a "supported browser".
Some mouse and/or keyboard actions result in unexpected or no response.
When I search for www.cnn,com I see that page for a moment and then get switched to the Opera sidebar showing selections for "Personal News". Uxexpected and odd since Personal News is unchecked in the sidebar setup, and the "Manage Opera sidebar" is optioned to remain hidden.
This is a new action that has not happened before. In the past, a search for this website has always worked as expected. Any idea what's causing this, and how to fix it?
Just took a look this morning and the problem seems to have corrected itself !!!
All back to normal with CNN.com on Opera, without any action on my part.
Yet another Opera mystery ???
A few days ago many Opera users (myself included) experienced problems with Yahoo compatibility - primarily Contact lists that suddenly vanished. Solution was to exclude Yahoo from tracking. Worked just fine for me -- until today. Now Contacts again missing, and also many interface actions no longer work (ie no Inbox mail older than today; cannot delete mail messages; etc).
Yahoo program continues to work just fine with Firefox -- so that's where I'm headed. Be back to Opera in a couple of months, hoping that things have been fixed.
Too bad. I really like Opera!
Looks like it works for me as well. Opera now opens from my desktop shortcut, along with several of the sites that used this browser.
Thanks so much for the help.
Problem seems solved (see other posts), but having invested about 4 hours on this and just about ready to switch back to Foxfire, I'm interested in knowing more:
What caused the problem?
Why did deleting 3 files fix the problem?
What assurance that this will not happen again?
Anyone know the answers???
@gp123 Morning after the "Opera crisis" the fix is still working.
For the folks contacting me about applying this solution there is confusion about finding the "profile page". This is the folder that stores attributes about the Opera program. For Windows 7 it can be found at:
C:\Users\name\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable
For Mac and W10 users, should be something similar
Open this folder and delete the three "History" files cited. Then restart Opera. All should be OK.
Looks like it works for me as well. Opera now opens from my desktop shortcut, along with several of the sites that used this browser.
Thanks so much for the help.
Suddenly experiencing exactly the same problem -- with Opera and several other sites.
Other sites (like Foxfire) work just fine.
Thanks - I did not know this. Thought that because I was able to see my pwds anyone else could see them as well.
Feeling better about all of this.
Getting familiar with Opera, and poking around to see which of its many features would be of value to me. Came across Settings>Advanced>Autofill>Passwords which appears to keep a list of all USR IDs and associated PWDs for the many web pages I access. Is there an action on my part (like "Remember Me") that triggers the recording of this info, or does it happen automatically whenever I enter a PWD? Looks like anyone with access to my Opera can see all of these private info. Very unsafe!
Only a few of these websites actually require pwd protection (imho). For these sites I'd like to have the convenience of Opera management (auto logon to sites). I will remove the few sites that really need to be pwd protected (financial, medical, utilities, etc) and manage these manually. For these Opera can supply the USR name, but will not know the PWD.
Any of this make sense (I may be way off on how this works)? How to implement? Suggestions.
@sgunhouse
Would be nice to have a Speed Dial search-engine of my choice on the Speed-Dial page (different my default engine, and different than Google).
I suppose a work-around is to delete Google from the Speed Dial page, and add a link on this page for the engine of my choice. An extra mouse-click use this engine and search, but problem solved.
A few days ago many Opera users (myself included) experienced problems with Yahoo compatibility - primarily Contact lists that suddenly vanished. Solution was to exclude Yahoo from tracking. Worked just fine for me -- until today. Now Contacts again missing, and also many interface actions no longer work (ie no Inbox mail older than today; cannot delete mail messages; etc).
Yahoo program continues to work just fine with Firefox -- so that's where I'm headed. Be back to Opera in a couple of months, hoping that things have been fixed.
Too bad. I really like Opera!
I have the same misgivings.
Opera seems a fine product, but is sometimes incompatible with other apps. Drives me crazy until I try the app with another browser and find that all is OK. Latest problem is with ATT.Yahoo.Mail. Thought I fixed this a few days ago with an Opera tracking exclusion, but now many Yahoo functions have suddenly stopped working.
All works just fine with Firefox and Chrome.
So I think its time for me to move away from Opera. Sorry to say this.
Since "Block Tracking" probably adds some value, I suppose you could leave in turned on and add Yahoo to the "Exception List". Best of both worlds.
Anyone tried this?