Pessala misunderstands the problem, it's not a built-in bittorrent client or support that is the issue, it's a way to handle types of files being downloaded. PDF's are doing the same thing. I want certain files to just open up in their associated applications, not be downloaded, then clicked on to open. This is really confusing and will loose newbies quickly. I like the extensions and the ultra-personalization possible with them, but maybe there should be a native handling method as in Old Opera - with security of certain types of files that can do damage included.

Worked for me after closing out and restarting.

Are you kidding using task manager - that's for defective software! And it is happening again. I noticed it because it slowed down my computer significantly. And I do understand that multiple instances open when running Opera. But as I said, there was an OLD set of Opera processes running from the day before at the same time a new set was running in one for today. When I closed todays, they did close (so they do close down - the problem is not consistantly happening), but the old one - was still running. You can look at the processes in greater detail in something like process explorer and see when they started - (a 'tree') that shows the original process and all the branches - other Opera processes under it. I can kill them and they are gone, but otherwise they are running hidden like a virus. Just reporting a bug...

Besides the fact that this forum is hopeless and ineptly designed... so I can't see if anyone else has mentioned this - as the search is useless (too many results, not relevent results, might as well just scroll through all the posts - but I won't) Opera is up to an old trick again. Now with the chrome engine. It does not close, and I have 20 or more instances running in one tree (from yesterday) in addition to this one I just opened today!

Yeah, seems to be fixed. Must be on Google's side because I still have the same Opera Version.

I have Opera 12 installed too, and it works just fine with it. So Google is not targeting Opera - or is only targeting this version... Is that likely? And if so can't Opera 'fix' it?

But why you don't want to use "Permanent Spoof List" and add only Google to it? It seems to work well.

Herrpietrus, I tried but it did not seem to work. If it worked for you tell me how and what you entered and where in the options. I tried all sort of variations and nothing changed! I gave up and thought to change the code. I also thought why is there not an option to change the default, and did it myself.

The "User-Agent Switcher" for Chrome also has a right-click on the icon method for switching user agents - so if Facebook is squirrelly you can just switch them. So it's like the For-Opera-Extension "User-Agent Switcher" with the addition of automation.

I figured out how to make the User-Agent Switcher for Chrome (AKA Chrome UA Spoofer) work - All the time. Change the default custom agent!

1. Go to the Extensions page - Enter Developer mode
2. Go to the User-Agent Switcher for Chrome and open "background page" - which opens the Developer Tools window
3. Look for spoofer.js and open the Javascript editing window for it
4. Search for: UserAgent("Default","","","",!0,"Chrome"))
5. Replace with: UserAgent("Default","Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:15.0) Gecko/20120427 Firefox/15.0a1","Mozilla, Inc.","F15",!0,"Firefox")) - or another agent if you like - I think a few others work too
6. Save the file somewhere - right clicking gets you the save as option. The save seems not to work - won't over-right for me.
7. Go to C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR USERNAME HERE\Application Data\Opera Software\Opera Next\Extensions\djflhoibgkdhkhhcedjiklpkjnoahfmg\1.0.36_0 or where your extension file are
8. Make a backup copy of spoofer.js
9. Copy the edited copy of spoofer.js from #6 here - over-right it.
10. Start Opera

note: If you have a Google search open, refresh it. It should work now!

note: To go back to original default, delete the spoofer.js file and replace it with the original you backed up

I can see this having problems in the future as things change, or possible consequences on other web sites, but it fixes the old-style search results issue.

Can'f figure out how to use the user-agent-switcher mentioned by hal-man. What exactly do you enter and where. No information at all in the Extension's website about how to use it! If I am using it correctly it does not work!

Same thing for me. Seems like a glitch with the latest update Version 21.0.1432.48 as it just started today. But the agent switcher worked! None of the other suggested fixes worked.

This is THE MAJOR problem with Opera right now. I am filling up my download folder with useless files which I want to open instead of saving, and then save them if I like, in their proper folders (not in the download folder). This is also a bit of a security risk as some of these files were saved and had malware in them! EXE files show up in my download folder that I never decided to download - they just appeared (and Opera put them there). I am very careful about downloading ANYTHING, but it seems they were downloaded without me even knowing it was happening - or is was so fast that it was over before I could stop it. I need PDF's, Torrent files, DOCs, etc. to open in specific programs (where any suspicious files are dealt with). Also need to control EXE's etc, from finding there was in without my explicit permission. Pre-chrome Opera worked just fine with this.

I actually like this new Chrome version of Opera better overall. Though is was released as the main version WAY too early! In fact it probably still should be only a Beta as not all the functions are there yet.