@skewnerd I don't get your "problem".

@burnout426 said in Deleted desktop icon back on every start:

@wdburgdorf said in Deleted desktop icon back on every start:

Yes, it works indeed! Thank you @mathias87!

Awesome! Yes, good find @mathias87

@nvmjustagirl said in Deleted desktop icon back on every start:

if only they had copy and pasted the icons properties

Yes. I should have asked that as I still can't figure out how to reproduce this myself so that a bug can be filed to work around it.

Opera uses launcher.exe to load the opera.exe in the latest version folder. If you load opera.exe directly (and pin that to the taskbar), Opera will fix the pinned shortcut so that it has the path to launcher.exe instead of opera.exe. If not, when you launch via launcher.exe, you'll get another taskbar button. Anyway, I think something with that in some circumstance (that I'm not exactly sure of) triggers the desktop icon creation.

@mathias87 and @wdburgdorf , if the deleted desktop icon is still in the recycling bin, can you go in there, right-click it, choose "cut", paste it into another folder besides the desktop, right-click it and goto "properties"? Would be interested in seeing screenshots of the "shortcut" and "details" tabs. Or, at least, post the name of the shortcut and the target. Thanks.

No sorry, I don't have that deleted desktop icon in the recycling bin anymore as I solved this bug now and personally don't understand most of what you're saying in that technical manner.^^

@burnout426 said in Deleted desktop icon back on every start:

@mathias87 said in Deleted desktop icon back on every start:

Hmm...I replaced the existing link sticked to my task bar with the link Opera creates every time I start it.
Seems like it stopped creating a link now.

So, you're saying you unpinned the Opera tasbkar icon you had, started Opera with the desktop shortcut that Opera keeps creating, and right-clicked on that taskbar button when Opera started and choose to pin that? Then, you deleted the desktop icon and it doesn't come back now?

Yup, exactly.

Hmm...I replaced the existing link sticked to my task bar with the link Opera creates every time I start it.
Seems like it stopped creating a link now.

@burnout426 said in Deleted desktop icon back on every start:

@mathias87 said in Deleted desktop icon back on every start:

Yes, Windows 10. One monitor. No other drive besides "C:".

Okay. Did you change your desktop to a different folder though?

Either way, can you check the "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" key in the registry to see too if you have more than one entry that has a value with "desktop" in it? Can you also check "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders"? @wdburgdorf, can you check this key also?

Only one entry that has a value with "Desktop" in it. Same for "[...] Shell Folders".

@leocg said in Opera keeps crushing!:

@cengo Who's Opera crush? Or Opera is someone's crush?

Jokes aside, please read https://forums.opera.com/topic/23068/instructions-on-posting-about-problems-in-opera-for-computers

*crashing

Let's hope there will be an update in the future that fixes this issue.

@burnout426 said in Deleted desktop icon back on every start:

@mathias87 Are you using Windows 10? Using multiple monitors? Do you have another drive besides C:? Can you check with Process Monitor too?

Yes, Windows 10. One monitor. No other drive besides "C:".
How do I open this process monitor? And what can I do with it?

I'm encountering this bug as well for at least a week.
Opera version 64.0.3417.92.

Looking forward to a solution.