Opera FAQs, Tips, Tricks & Tweaks

Opera Launcher was created using AutoHotkey. It can

• create daily backup of bookmarks, notes & sessions with date stamp. Bookmarks & notes backups will be created in profile\backups directory.
• disable crash startup dialog.
• delete quick find search histories.
• empty Temporary Download Directory (not Cache Directory).
• send keystrokes after starting Opera.
• remove Opera title bar.
• restart Opera.
• change Speed Dial background image automatically.

Download (size < 210 KB), unzip, place OperaLauncher.exe inside Opera installation directory, C:\Program Files\Opera and run it to launch Opera. The following settings dialog will be shown when you run it first time.

Opera Launcher settings dialog

Keystrokes
Keystrokes can be used to perform an action after starting Opera. ^=Ctrl, !=Alt and +=Shift

Examples:

Restart
Use Restart Opera button^! or create new keyboard shortcut/mouse gesture in application section with the following action.

Execute program, "C:\Program Files\Opera\OperaLauncher.exe", "/ro"

^! If your path to OperaLauncher.exe is different change it in toolbar configuration file after closing Opera.

Restore bookmarks/notes
To restore previous version of bookmarks/notes file, close Opera, move previous version of opera6*.adr/notes*.adr from profile\backups directory to profile directory and rename it to opera6.adr/notes.adr.

Changelog

Date	Changes
Oct 24, 2009	Option to change Speed Dial background image automatically. Added help button.
Jul 23, 2009	Option to hide Opera title bar. Thanks to lunigma. Opera restart.
May 11, 2009	Updated for Opera 10.00 Alpha Build 1413. Performance improvements. Tray icon balloon error message. Transparent icon.
Feb 23, 2009	Option to delete old backup files. To disable, set it to 0. Sessions backup will be created every time Opera starts.
Feb 10, 2009	Didn't empty temporary download directory in non-English versions of Windows. Fixed.
Feb 8, 2009	Command line parameters passed to Opera. Thanks to itcpeter. Updated for Opera 10.00 Alpha Build 1139. Opera Launcher can be placed anywhere, but path to Opera Installation Directory should be added in OperaLauncher.ini file.
Jan 8, 2009	Option to send keystrokes.
Nov 26, 2008	Option to empty temporary download directory.
Nov 23, 2008	Initial release.

Bookmarks search history

Close Opera, open opera6.ini from profile directory and remove unwanted line(s) starting with the following under [Matches] section.

Bookmarks View       Searches in manage bookmarks
Bookmarks View Small Searches in bookmarks panel
File_types_treeview  Searches in Tools → Preferences → Advanced → Downloads
Groups_treeview      
History View         Searches in history
History View Small   Searches in history panel
Input_treeview       Searches in keyboard setup, mouse setup & voice
Links View Small     Searches in links panel
Mail View            Searches in mail/feed
Notes View           Searches in notes
Notes View Small     Searches in notes panel
Server_treeview      Searches in server manager (cookies & wand)

[Matches]
Bookmarks View=""opera", "https""
Bookmarks View Small=""software""
File_types_treeview=""exe", "rar""
History View=""opera", "google", "www""
History View Small=""my""
Input_treeview=""gesture", "alt", "shift", "ctrl""
Links View Small=""unread""
Mail View=""rss""
Notes View=""bugs", "@""
Notes View Small=""shortcuts""
Server_treeview=""google""

Update: Jan 25, 2007