@arekadiusz: @arekadiusz: Aw, come on—give the guy a break.

@sgunhouse said in Windows 7 and Opera 96 & Beyond:

Microsoft only released Windows 7 in about 2003, so no. Not recommending keeping an old OS by any means, but check your research.

Sorry, that was a typo—they stopped supporting it in 2020. (Three years isn't enough, though...?)

This may be considered off-topic (if so, sorry), but: Are you sure you want to keep using such an old Windows version? I Googled "Windows 7" and "security", and saw a lot of warnings about how insecure Win 7 is now considered, as MS stopped updating it in 2000.

I thought Windows had reached its peak with 7 and 8, and was quite hesitant to move up to Win 10. But I can confidently say, it was quite worth the trouble.

Or you could switch to Linux (and continue using the Linux version of Opera, of course!). There are Linux distributions now that are quite "friendly", with polished GUI utilities rivaling those of Windows or iOS. (I've tried several; Linux Mint was my personal favourite.)

Anyway, just some ideas, for whatever they're worth. Cheers!

In case anyone else runs into this problem, I was able to solve it quickly this way:

1. In your Opera install folder, right-click the Profile folder.
2. In the Properties window that appears, clear the "Read-only" checkbox.
3. When the confirmation dialog box appears, select the checkbox that says "Apply changes to this folder only", and click OK.

I don't know if it'll work for everyone—but it worked for me, and took only a few seconds. Cheers!