@burnout426 Thanks for your detailed response. However, I have not seen any task or process in Windows Task Manager (in the Processes tab) and the "Opera Assistant" earlier showing in Startup tab wasn't showing after I fully uninstalled Opera and restarted the PC.
BTW, the browser wasn't getting uninstalled from Windows ->Settings-> Apps process and was giving some error, so had to use Revo Uninstaller to fully cleanup Opera from my PC. Yet, after restart and reinstalling Opera afresh, I see the same issue, i.e. Opera shows one version older while Windows->Settings-> Opera version is 109.0.5097.38 which was the latest last weekend. Also, the browser keeps showing in main menu a message to restart browser to update to latest version, yet it never does after restarting the browser. Happens in loop. Didn't find any Opera browser removal tool online (Opera should provide one) so have uninstalled yet again with Revo Uninstaller.
I have a licensed Windows 10 Home PC setup and a licensed security s/w too. The PC never shutdown abnormally either, so don't know what's causing this only with Opera browser. All other browsers - Edge, FF, Chrome, Brave, & Vivaldi work and update just fine.
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