They even added a sound to the splash screen, making it even more annoying. Opera, please remove this ASAP. A browser is a tool, not a toy.

Well, actually it does. I understand that Opera isn't supposed to change the setting, but that doesn't mean that there isn't a bug.

Opera just kept updating itself as usual, and one day it started setting itself as default browser after each update. Every time I have to manually revert the default browser using 'Default Apps' settings in Windows 11. This started happening around the same time as the splash screen and the startup sound were introduced.

@burnout426 Thank you, I just completed the steps to reinstall Opera. Will now wait for the next Opera update to see if the issue is resolved.

This happens to me as well. I can't disable this during the installation, because the installation happens silently when Opera updates itself.

@burnout426 Unfortunately, the reinstallation steps didn't help. Opera updated itself again and set itself as the default browser.

It looks like this is done not by the installation itself, but by Opera when you run it the first time after it updates. When I ran Opera after the latest update, I got multiple Windows prompts telling me that Opera wants to make changes to my device. I allowed the changes and then checked 'Default Apps' in Windows and confirmed that Opera became the default browser again.

@burnout426 Unfortunately, the reinstallation steps didn't help. Opera updated itself again and set itself as the default browser.

It looks like this is done not by the installation itself, but by Opera when you run it the first time after it updates. When I ran Opera after the latest update, I got multiple Windows prompts telling me that Opera wants to make changes to my device. I allowed the changes and then checked 'Default Apps' in Windows and confirmed that Opera became the default browser again.

@burnout426 Thank you, I just completed the steps to reinstall Opera. Will now wait for the next Opera update to see if the issue is resolved.

Well, actually it does. I understand that Opera isn't supposed to change the setting, but that doesn't mean that there isn't a bug.

Opera just kept updating itself as usual, and one day it started setting itself as default browser after each update. Every time I have to manually revert the default browser using 'Default Apps' settings in Windows 11. This started happening around the same time as the splash screen and the startup sound were introduced.

This happens to me as well. I can't disable this during the installation, because the installation happens silently when Opera updates itself.

They even added a sound to the splash screen, making it even more annoying. Opera, please remove this ASAP. A browser is a tool, not a toy.

I've been getting this same issue for a couple of days now.

Opera 98.0.4759.6 on Windows 11.

I think I had the same problem on my Windows 10 machine as well, but not 100% sure.