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prasmike

Download the last Opera version with the old UI:
https://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/desktop/99.0.4788.88/win/
Execute the installer with the below parameter to ensure Opera is not started after the installation is done (example is for the x64 version)
Opera_99.0.4788.88_Setup_x64.exe --launchopera=0
Do not start Opera. Edit the "hosts" file in your Windows directory, and add the following line to block the update server. The file is usually located at "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts" if Windows was installed with default settings.

Optional: If you go to "Update & Recovery", Opera will try to look for the latest update, and it will fail after a few seconds. In case it disturbs anyone, set the following "System Variable" in Windows:

OPERA_AUTOUPDATE_DISABLED = 1

(Search for "Edit the system environment variables" and click on it. Click "Environment variables" and under "System Variables" click "New" and add the above mentioned variable and value.)

Note that this only disables the update option in "Update & Recovery". To completely block updates, the hosts file needs to be edited as described.