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Finally, I did the same with the "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Programs\Opera" folder, and finally this did solve the issue.
I don't have that folder here. IIRC this is the old folder for Opera Presto.
@leocg, I believe the Opera 29 binaries got installed to the "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Programs\Opera" path because I was installing without administrative privileges in both instances.
Interestingly, today I tried a new fresh install in a virtual machine and I did not experience the URL forwarding behavior. I then copied the "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software" folder from the virtual machine and used it to replace the same folder on the physical machine. This did not resolve the issue. I then proceeded to do the same with the "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Opera Software" folder. This, too, did not resolve the issue on the physical machine. Finally, I did the same with the "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Programs\Opera" folder, and finally this did solve the issue.
Still not sure what all this means. It seems strange that two different fresh installs would behave differently like this. Equally strange that the URL redirection does not appear to have an exogenous cause, e.g. an anomaly with the operating system configuration or network configuration, as copying the "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Programs\Opera" folder from the virtual machine to the physical machine resolved the issue.
Today I installed Opera 29 on a new machine. When I go to certain URLs, Opera does not directly retrieve the specified URL, but instead passes the URL through a third-party referral URL. For example, if I type www.amazon.com into the URL bar, Opera actually retrieves http://navigation.nsgnav.com/query.php?a=nav&p=OPB&q=amazon.com&l=en-us, which then redirects to www.amazon.com. Not all URLs produce this behavior. For example, www.cnn.com goes directly to www.cnn.com, but www.priceline.com first gets directed through navigation.nsgnav.com before being redirected to www.priceline.com. In at least one instance, I was redirected to the incorrect site, but unfortunately I cannot remember which URL I typed to produce this behavior.
What is going on here? This does not occur on any of the other machines on which I have installed Opera.
Thanks in advance for any insight you can offer!