@burnout426 Yep - all working perfectly. Thanks to everyone for all the help
Posts made by RobHill
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RE: [Solved] Sticky speed dial bookmarksOpera for Windows
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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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RE: [Solved] Sticky speed dial bookmarksOpera for Windows
@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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RE: [Solved] Sticky speed dial bookmarksOpera for Windows
@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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RE: [Solved] Sticky speed dial bookmarksOpera for Windows
@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?
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RE: [Solved] Sticky speed dial bookmarksOpera for Windows
@leocg Done that. Makes no difference. My preferred set of bookmarks on speed dial means when loading from scratch, delete two, move one, and add another. This works in background until I close Opera. But with that live, if I click on a link in an email it opens a new session and brings back the older version of bookmarks - even when running as administrator as proved earlier. Small difference - now no pop up saying new version available
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RE: [Solved] Sticky speed dial bookmarksOpera for Windows
@leocg Hi. I checked my account on my laptop and it says - as I expected - I am set up as an administrator.
Or do I need to do something else to run Opera as an administrator?
Cheers
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RE: [Solved] Sticky speed dial bookmarksOpera for Windows
While writing the last message a pop up asked if I want to install a new version of Opera.
Said Yes
Got message back - "Opera failed to install. Failed to obtain administrator-level execution privileges - Try again"
Thinking about it this has happened before. Could this be the problem? Current version is 77.4054.254 which it installed on 19/07/21 according to the files history in program files x86/opera folder
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RE: [Solved] Sticky speed dial bookmarksOpera for Windows
Hi
Only seem to have one program file installed – but get 4 files when searching for “Opera browser” in c:\windows\WinSxS
2 are X86 - one browser and one regbrowser
2 are amd64 - ditto
Does that give any clues?
Can’t see anything in C:\Users|public or C:\users\rob that may helpRegards
Rob
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RE: [Solved] Sticky speed dial bookmarksOpera for Windows
@sgunhouse Hi. They both open version 77.0.4054.254 - though the old bookmarks version displays a pop up saying a new version i ready to be installed, but when you try to do that id moans that it doesn't have administrator privileges = offers try again but same result
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[Solved] Sticky speed dial bookmarksOpera for Windows
Every time I click on a link in an email pera opens a new window rather than using the open window - like it used to do - and to make matters wors it keeps reverting to an older speed dial set of bookmarks. How do I make my current set of bookmarks my start page?