@burnout426 Hi- Thanks folks for all the help. I now have the 64bit version installed and using my old data etc. Thanks again
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RE: [Solved] Sticky speed dial bookmarksOpera for Windows
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@burnout426 Yep - all working perfectly. Thanks to everyone for all the help
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RE: [Solved] Sticky speed dial bookmarksOpera for Windows
@burnout426 Yep - all working perfectly. Thanks to everyone for all the help
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RE: [Solved] Sticky speed dial bookmarksOpera for Windows
@burnout426 Hi- Thanks folks for all the help. I now have the 64bit version installed and using my old data etc. Thanks again
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@burnout426 Hi - thanks for all that info. I did do the backup steps you gave earlier so hopefully I can get rid of the old 32bit version, install the latest 64bit and import my old data and all will be well. Will have a go later. Thanks again for your very detailed help
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@burnout426 - Hi - have also checked the registry - only the one X86 entry. HAve tried uninstall again - a few times - still not working. Still on version .256 even after a couple of attempts it did on its own to update to .277.
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@burnout426 Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!
I have run the uninstall 4 times and it won't go. The progress bar gets to about 90% and the progress pop up disappears and everything is still there in the apps list (v.256 - 21/7) and in Program files (x856)
How do I get rid of it?
About to throw laptop out of the window!
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RE: [Solved] Sticky speed dial bookmarksOpera for Windows
@burnout426 Me again!!
After all the last response - I have done opera://about three times. Each tine it tries to update to .277 - seems to import okay but then fails to update - fails to get administrator execution privileges - even though I am the administrator on this machine.
Do about again and it's still showing .256
Looking more like uninstall and bring in the 64 bit version
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RE: [Solved] Sticky speed dial bookmarksOpera for Windows
@burnout426 Hi - me again
Going through the first half of you instructions has the following results.
Opera profiles for the rob user account are in the "C:\Users\rob\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable" folder.
The corresponding cache folders for those profiles are in "C:\Users\rob\AppData\Local\Opera Software\Opera Stable".
Opera installed for just the rob account should have its program files in the "C:\Users\rob\AppData\Local\Programs\Opera" folder. - Nothing there
Opera installed for all users should be at "C:\Program Files\Opera" for 64-bit Opera - Nothing there
and "C:\Program Files (x86)\Opera" for 32-bit Opera. - Yes .
Whether you run "C:\Program Files\Opera\launcher.exe" with the rob user or "C:\Users\rob\AppData\Local\Programs\Opera\launcher.exe" with the rob user or - Can not as nothing there
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Opera\launcher.exe" with the rob user, the profile that the Opera should use should be at "C:\Users\rob\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable". - Yes
In each Opera (the one with regular bookmarks and the one with old), goto the URL opera://about. On that page, look for the "install" and "profile" paths. That will tell you where things are at. Compare them with each to see if you really have 2 Operas installed and really have 2 different profiles.
There is only one - but something is sticky. Using my adjusted bookmarks version - i.e. open Opera and delete, move and add the bookmarks I want (Which I have to do every time I open a new session at the start of the day) - I get the expected results as those that work above.
Using a link in an email it opens another session of Opera, with the older bookmarks/shortcuts - and gives exactly the same results
One installation - 32bit - for All Users - version 77.0.4054.254 - though just checked that literally just a second ago and it did an update to .256 - 100% complete - go figure!
What is/was consistent is that there were a few files with todays date in the profile folders, but then after that 7th May or earlier - was that the first update that didn't work - which has appeared to happen a few times now - and has left something not quite completed.
I think it may still be an idea to uninstall the 32 bit version and then download and install the 64 bit version - the about page is reporting my system as Windows 10 - 64 bit
Do you agree?
Cheers
Rob
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RE: [Solved] Sticky speed dial bookmarksOpera for Windows
@burnout426 Thanks for these detailed instructions. Have printed them off and will do later. Hopefully web life will then return to normal.
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RE: [Solved] Sticky speed dial bookmarksOpera for Windows
@leocg Thanks. How? How do I keep the data - and which data will it keep - my preferred bookmarks or the older set?