Opera FAQs, Tips, Tricks & Tweaks

I have added an option to hide title bar in Opera Launcher as several users want it [1, 2, 3, 4, 5].

To hide/unhide title bar, use Titlebar button^! or create new keyboard shortcut/mouse gesture in application section with the following action.

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

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

Huge bookmarks file will affect the performance of Opera. Opera Bookmarks Description Remover was created using AutoHotkey to reduce bookmarks file size by removing descriptions.

Download (size < 210 KB), unzip and run OBDR.exe.

• Backup of original bookmarks file will be created inside bookmarks directory with bak extension.
• Silent mode will remove all bookmarks description without any prompt.

Opera Bookmarks Description Remover

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:

Action	Keyboard Shortcut	Keystrokes
Enter fullscreen	F11	{F11}
Hide Opera	Ctrl+Alt+Shift+H	^!+h
New tab	Ctrl+T	^t
Minimize Opera	Alt+Space+N	!{Space}n

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.

Opera Shutdown was created using AutoHotkey to shutdown/hibernate computer when Opera completes transfers. Size is 203 KB and installation is not required.

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When there is a transfer, Opera title bar will contain Transfers XX:XX - Opera and this will change to Transfers - Opera when transfer completes. OperaShutdown.exe will check periodically for this change and will show the following dialog box when transfer completes. If there is no response from you during timeout period, it will shutdown/hibernate computer.

Confirmation dialog

• OperaShutdown.exe will beep and run in background.
• You must keep transfers tab in Opera active.
• To close OperaShutdown.exe at any time use keyboard shortcut, Win+X. Opera Shutdown will beep before exit. To change exit keyboard, open OperaShutdown.ini and change the value for Exit Shortcut. See this to know modifier symbols to define hotkeys.
• If you use other than English language, open OperaShutdown.ini and change the value of Trigger Text to <Transfers as in your language file> - Opera.
• To shutdown instead of hibernate, open OperaShutdown.ini and change the value of Hibernate to 0.
• To close Opera without system shutdown/hibernate, open OperaShutdown.ini and change the value of Test to 1 and in Opera disable confirm exit in Tools → Preferences... → Advanced → Browsing

Changelog

Date	Changes
Mar 14, 2009	Added option to change exit keyboard shortcut.
Mar 12, 2009	Added option to close Opera without system shutdown/hibernate.
Jan 24, 2009	Added option to hibernate.
May 17, 2008	Initial release.

You can install & run Opera alpha/beta version without affecting your current Opera settings.

Windows
Install Opera beta in different folder such as Opera Beta. Your settings will be stored inside %APPDATA%\Opera\Opera Beta folder.

Linux
Download Opera beta package in TAR.GZ or TAR.BZ2 format, extract it and run opera shell script. Your settings will be stored inside profile folder.

Mac
Running Multiple Versions of Opera on OS X

See How to transfer all settings from one Opera installation to another? & Test Opera weekly/beta/final with & without changing current Opera settings using Sandboxie.

Update: Feb 20, 2009