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Create Opera profiles with -pd (personal directory) switch

Tuesday, June 26, 2012 8:14:58 AM

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Instead of installing multiple copies of Opera, you can create multiple profiles with single installation.

You can use another profile to

  • login to another accounts of a site simultaneously. (Another way is using private tab.)
  • load a site that crashes Opera frequently.
  • play with settings without affecting existing profile.
  • check whether there is a problem in existing profile.
  • separate work from personal browsing.

Before Opera version 12, you have to create another profile manually in Windows OS, but now you can create another profile on the fly with the -pd switch similar to Linux OS.

You can create a shortcut with the following code or copy & paste it in run dialog box, Win+R to create new profile and/or run Opera.

The following will create opera-profile settings directory inside Temp directory. 

"%PROGRAMFILES%\Opera\opera.exe" -pd %TMP%\opera-profile

If you specify profile directory name without path, Opera will create that directory inside Opera installation directory. This will be useful with single user profile or stand-alone installation (USB).

The following will create profile-2 settings directory inside Opera installation directory. 

"%PROGRAMFILES%\Opera\opera.exe" -pd profile-2

You can add the following menu items under [Document Popup Menu] section of existing profile menu setup file to run or open current tab in profile-2. 

Item, Run Opera with Profile-2 = Execute program, "C:\Program Files\Opera\opera.exe", "-pd profile-2"
Item, Open Current Tab in Profile-2 = Execute program, "C:\Program Files\Opera\opera.exe", "-pd profile-2 %u"

[Ruarí Ødegaard]

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Opera Profile Creator

Tuesday, December 23, 2008 11:21:40 AM

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You can create another profile manually but it is cumbersome in Windows (In Linux, use command line opera -pd ~/opera-profile-new/ to create new profile). Opera Profile Creator was created using AutoHotkey to make profile creation easier.

You can use another profile to

  • login to another accounts of a site simultaneously.
  • load a site that crashes Opera frequently.
  • play with settings without affecting your existing profile.
  • check whether there is a problem in existing profile.

Download (size: 204 KB), unzip, place OperaProfileCreator.exe anywhere and run it to create new profile. Click the newly created shortcut to start Opera with new clean profile.

Opera Profile Creator
Opera Profile Creator

You can create as many profiles as you want and run them simultaneously with single Opera installation.

  • Path to new profile directory should not have trailing slash (/) when you enter it manually.
  • Path to shortcut should end with .lnk as shown in screenshot.

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How to transfer all settings from one Opera installation to another?

Friday, June 13, 2008 12:23:58 PM

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You can easily transfer all settings from one Opera version to another or from one computer to another by the following.

  1. Open old Opera, note paths to Opera directory & mail directory from Help > About Opera page and close Opera.
  2. Repeat the above for the new Opera.
  3. Rename/delete new Opera Opera directory & mail directory.
  4. Copy old Opera Opera directory & mail directory to new Opera Opera directory & mail directory location.
  5. In new Opera, modify paths in following files.
    • operaprefs.ini (opera6.ini for Opera versions below 10) inside Opera directory (rename/delete is recommended)
    • widgets\widgets.dat inside Opera directory (if you use widgets)
    • accounts.ini inside mail directory (if you use feeds/mail)
  6. Start new Opera.

Path to Opera directory & mail directory
Path to Opera directory & mail directory

Update: Nov 3, 2009

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