Tweak

A copy of search.ini gets stored in the profile directory, because different users can have different visible searches on the Personal bar. Opera will overwrite the complete search.ini file in your profile directory when it feels an update is needed (based on the version number in the file BTW, if you preemptively set it to 100 you will probably be save for some years!), but it will always create a backup 'search.bak' in the profile directory when this happens.

Why would Opera ever overwrite the search.ini file? Because for example Ebay changed the search link it wants us to use again, and the previous one stopped working...

For those hurt by the latest change, this is the right URL for Ebay searches that search.ini should have:

http://www.qksrv.net/click-1458483-5463217?loc=http%3A//search.ebay.com/search/search.dll%3Fcgiurl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fcgi.ebay.com%252Fws%252F%26krd%3D1%26from%3DR8%26MfcISAPICommand%3DGetResult%26ht%3D1%26SortProperty%3DMetaEndSort%26query%3D%s

And why does Opera make a backup? Because some people like to tinker with their search.ini file, something still not officially supported by Opera

I don't know if there are still limitations in what you can place in which order, I didn't found them recently when editing my own search.ini. Things to keep in mind though w.r.t. numbering:

- [Search Engine 9] will be used on the default 'View bar' in Opera 8, and is meant to be the 'Find in page' entry.
- [Search Engine 1] and [Search Engine 2] will both be called when you use the 'Super search' (not defined anymore in the latest search.ini, but you can still add it)
- [Search Engine 1]-[Search Engine 8] will be shown as buttons in the Search panel
- [Search Engine 1]-[Search Engine 16] will be available as draggable fields in the 'Customize toolbars' dialog.