Posts made by stevek2

@maxx8uk
I'm running 100.0.4815.54 with all updates current and YT ads appearing.

@maxx8uk
Glad to know it wasn't just me.
I can get used to tweaks in appearance, but the adblocker extension not working is a show stopper.
And it started, ie, the ads started, with One.
Please fix this, Opera admins. We're small in number but we're loyal to you. Don't make it hard for us.

@burnout426 said in Opera won't open:

open up regedit and goto "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall". You should see subkeys for each of those versions. You can right-click the Opera keys and delete them to get rid of them from the list

Did it, and after a restart, the only Opera entry in Apps & Features is now a good red-circle icon and a version number of 84.0.4316.19.

Opera still doesn't work in my user account. Probably works in the admin one, but I didn't check.

Editing the registry just now reminds me I hadn't done it in 15 years at least. Used to be, in my experience anyway, some uninstalls didn't get completely wiped off the computer, so I'd enter a keyword (as in this case, Opera) and search through the entire registry. F3 would bring up the next result. Sometimes it would take a handful of F3s, sometimes dozens.

I appreciate the interest and time you've taken in trying to help me.

@burnout426 said in Opera won't open:

You might have to look through https://www.google.com/search?q=windows+10+program+only+runs+as+administrator to see if you can find a solution.

That's a great link, thanks. Will explore it asap.

By the way, here's a screen print of my admin account's Apps & Features relating to Opera.

@burnout426 said in Opera won't open:

This has worked for some users that have issues like this, but not sure why.

Well, it's good to hear I'm not the only one experiencing this problem.
Not to concede defeat, but it looks like I'll use Firefox until my computer gets replaced one day, at which time I'll try Opera again.

@burnout426 said in Opera won't open:

It's a really subtle link named "options".

Found it, used it, thanks.
Deleted Opera folders from AppData in local and admin accounts. Then downloaded and installed Opera.
Confess I overlooked your advice to "uncheck import data from default browser" and "set install path to C:\Program files\Opera."
Am not too worried about the former, and don't know how to do the latter.
After install, Opera still won't open in my user account ... wait, I need to see if it works in my temp account.
It does not.
In OperaTest temp account I saw a shortcut on the desktop to Opera, but it didn't have the correct icon and it didn't open Opera. Error message said something about not finding launcher.exe.
What could be causing Opera to work fine in the admin account but not in user accounts?
One is tempted to say something's wrong with the computer (ha, or the computer operator), and that might be it. It all started with a system restore to a date a week back.
I'm starting to get reconciled to never using Opera again.

@burnout426 said in Opera won't open:

So, do this. Uninstall all Opera's (don't choose to delete user data when uninstalling), delete the install folders afterwards if they remain, also delete "C:\Program Files\Opera" if it's there, launch the Opera 64-bit 84 installer, click "options", set "install path" to "C:\Program files\Opera", set "install for" to "all users", uncheck "import data from default browser", adjust the other options as you like, and install.
That will install Opera for use for all users where it will show up for all users. This is the way other browsers install themselves too.

OK, will try this. Stand by. Appreciate your efforts to help.

@burnout426 said in Opera won't open:

If you installed Opera for for all users to "C:\Program Files\Opera" for example, then yes, there'd be only one Opera that all users would use (separate profiles of course). But, if you installed for the current-user only (the default), there'd be a separate Opera for each user at "C:\Users\the user name\AppData\Local\Programs\Opera". I don't know which way you did things.

During installation I never saw the option to install for current user only. I looked hard for it, believe me.

@burnout426 said in Opera won't open:

make sure the 84.0.4316.21 folder [has] files in it. Then, I'd delete the other version folders.

I've just tried - while logged in as user/non-admin - uninstalling the old versions of Opera (in Apps & Features).

The two versions of Opera in Apps & Features don't have the same version numbers as in my admin account.
In the local account: 77.0.4054.203 and 84.0.4316.14
In the admin account: 76.0.4017.107, 84.0.4316.19 and .21

Uninstalling the older version of Opera in A&F seemed to work except that Opera still appeared in A&F except with a different icon. Trying to uninstall it again didn't work, as if it were really gone.

Trying to uninstall the latest version of Opera didn't work at all. Clicking on Uninstall, I see "This app and its related info will be uninstalled." I click on the Uninstall box, but am immediately brought back to the initial screen.

Seems it would be helpful to uninstall, download a new version, reinstall, and be on my merry way.

I'm confused how I'm able, in my user/non-admin account, to install and uninstall apps. This goes against everything I ever knew about MS accounts.

@burnout426 said in Opera won't open:

Just for good measure, I'd go into Opera's install folder and make sure the 84.0.4316.21 folder actually exists and make sure there are files in it.

Has to exist, no? Opera is working in the admin account.

@burnout426 said in Opera won't open:

temporarily create a non-admin local account and see how things work there just to see if the problem is limited to your current non-admin account.

I've just created a non-admin local account. Logging in with it, Opera is nowhere to be seen. No icon in the taskbar, no shortcut on the desktop. Searching for OPERA brings up no app.

I read somewhere that the installation of Opera includes a question something like "Do you want to make Opera available to all users or just this one?" I never saw that question.

@burnout426 said in Opera won't open:

When you reinstalled, did you upgrade to Opera 84?

Looking at Apps & Features just now, I see three entries for Opera:
76.0.4017.107
84.0.4316.19
84.0.4316.21
The latter two have installation dates of yesterday.

@burnout426
Late in the day now, will come back to your good ideas tomorrow, and report back then.

@burnout426
No, it's a local account.

@burnout426
I uninstalled and reinstalled.
Opera continues to work in my admin account, doesn't open in my user account.
With Opera closed, I changed my profile name from Opera Stable to Opera Stable Original. No help.
I deleted Opera Software in Roaming, then restarted Opera. No help.
Firefox is looking awful good. Chrome not at all. But Opera most of all.

Win 10. Never had a problem with Opera before, love it. This morning it opened (after PC asleep all night), worked a bit but with cookies lost.

No problem, I thought, I'll use system restore, and found a restore point only a week old.

After system restore, Opera won't open at all.

That's in my user account (what I regularly use). In my admin account, Opera works fine.

So it must be something in my user's Opera profile, right? I go to \AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable.

In Opera Stable, I see crash_count.txt with today's date, containing {"83.0.4254.62":{"browser":10}}.

The next file is assistant.log, containing many lines of [0312/205314.075:ERROR:tracking_data_utils.cc(72)] Can't read edition: missing value.

Ideas please? I don't like using Chrome (to post this).

This is the OP, and I think I've solved the riddle.

Turning off "Block trackers" in Settings > Privacy protection seems to have fixed this problem.

It also allowed a password to be saved on my public library's website.

Not clear to me what trackers has to do with it exactly, but there we have it.

@diezi
I installed ublock origin, went to both websites, no help.

Refreshed the pages (Ctrl - F5), still no help.

A few hours ago I cleared the cache on Opera. That didn't help either.

And adblocking built in to Opera has always been turned off. (To end the legitimate requests by websites to turn it off.)

Our town newspaper (San Antonio TX) has a free summary of the news at https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/

Does anyone see a Sign-In button in the upper right corner of the home page? I don't.

But I do using Chrome.

The newspaper has another website, more of a copy of the printed paper, at www.expressnews.com

In the upper right corner I can see (in Opera) a Sign-In button. But when I go to click on it, the letters turn red and the mouse cursor turns into a vertical thin bar, like a capital I. Clicking doesn't do anything.

I haven't tried, but I'd bet it would work in Chrome.

One of my Opera settings must be wrong, but I can't see which one.

All help appreciated. Thanks.