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  1. How to disable default blank tab?
  2. How to disable BitTorrent?
  3. I can't see Create search... when I right click on search box.
  4. Create search doesn't work.
  5. I lost my custom search engines after upgrade.
  6. When I upgrade, windows installer gives error message.
  7. How to set number of search results?
  8. When I go back to the previous page it reloads.
  9. I am unable to rename feeds.
  10. When I zoom, text spacing increases.
  11. Is there a way to switch the keyboard shortcuts for new tab/new window/paste and go/bookmark page?
  12. When I open downloads, Opera downloads to ../cache4/temporary_downloads/ instead of download directory.
  13. Save image... on right click menu brings transfer window and downloads that file.
  14. When I move transferred files to another location, progress shown as Stopped in transfers.
  15. Unable to see some of the titles in the history window.
  16. Quick download missing when I right click on links.
  17. Texts are missing in menu, dialogs, etc.
  18. I lost my settings after upgrading.
  19. Do not ask for folder, but save directly to option doesn't complete downloads.
  20. I am unable to stick to Automatic selection in Encoding.
  21. How do I Identify as Opera, Firefox or Internet Explorer?
  22. When I point my mouse on a link unable to see address on little yellow box.
  23. How to disable Click to activate and use this control in flash plugin?
  24. Opera doesn't follow Opera Directory directive in opera6.ini.
  25. Where can I find older versions of Opera?
  26. You have not specified an external helper application. Do you want to modify the configuration now? message when trying to view source.
  27. Network tab missing in Site preferences.
  28. How can I turn off error console?
  29. I can't see Block content... in context menu.
  30. Is there any equivalents to Firefox extensions?
  31. How can I disable web page thumbnails when hovering tabs?
  32. How can I change find in page highlight color?
  33. Where can I download portable Opera?
  34. How to move toolbars up and down?
  35. I have enabled Accept Cookies but I'm unable to login to a particular site [or] I'm getting enable cookie error message from site.
  36. How can I increase the performance of Opera?
  37. Problems with some sites with slow internet connection.
  38. Properties... of my bookmarks are grayed out.
  39. How can I delete individual URLs in the address bar?
  40. Delete private data... removes bookmark/personal bar favicons.
  41. Some characters not displayed correctly.
  42. Is there a way to add Go button in address bar like the one in Internet Explorer?
  43. How do I delete typed URLs in address bar?
  44. How to automatically resize image to fit screen?
  45. How to add search engines?
  46. How to open email links in web mail (Gmail, Yahoo,...)?
  47. How to remove fraud protection question mark in address bar?
  48. How to block Sponsored Links text ads in Gmail?
  49. How to disable context menu on text double click?
  50. Getting Failed to find Opera.dll message.
  51. How to open home page automatically in new tab?
  52. How to open links from external applications in new tab?
  53. Is there any possibility to start widgets automatically when Opera starts?
  54. How to remove What is Speed Dial? and Hide Speed Dial buttons in Speed Dial?
  55. How to change Speed Dial search engine?
  56. Speed Dial keyboard shortcuts are not working.
  57. How to disable Speed Dial?
  58. How to start Opera with Speed Dial?
  59. What happened to Start bar in Opera 9.20?
  60. How to backup/transfer wand data?
  61. How to enable/disable mouse gestures?
  62. How to use another BitTorrent client?
  63. How to disable meta refresh tag?
  64. How to arrange bookmarks in my order?
  65. How to save background image?
  66. How to install/use spell checker?
  67. What is difference between Opera Classic Installer, English (US) & International installers?
  68. Some images are not loading.
  69. How to disable session restoring when Opera crashes?
  70. Web page shows download dialog or opens in another application instead of Opera.
  71. How to enable Speed Dial after hiding it?
  72. How to add/change a background image to Speed Dial?
  73. Why is Opera called Opera?
  74. How to add links by dragging in Opera 9.50?
  75. How to disable history search in Opera 9.50?
  76. I can't find Synchronize Opera... in file menu.
  77. What happened to single-key keyboard shortcuts in Opera 9.50?
  78. How to disable system tray icon in Windows?
  79. What happened to panel toggle in Opera 9.50?
  80. Where can I download old standard skin for Opera 9.50?
  81. How to get old keyboard shortcuts in Opera 9.50?
  82. I upgraded to Opera 9.50 and all my favicons are gone.
  83. I can't find my notes at Opera Link.
  84. Where can I download Opera classic installer?
  85. How to install Opera 9.50 with single user profile?
  86. How to disable address bar content search in Opera 9.50?
  87. How to disable address bar auto-completion dropdown in Opera 9.50?
  88. How to move New Tab button to left side of tabs in Opera 9.50?
  89. Why Cache, Images and Mail directories moved to Local Settings folder in Opera 9.50?
  90. What happened to cache file extensions in Opera 9.50?
  91. What happened to system integrated right-click menu in transfers?
  92. How to disable transfers tab when saving images in Opera 9.50?
  93. How increase the width of search box in Opera?
  94. Cursor jumps to first line after clicking a smiley in forums.
  95. Search engine favicons are not showing in Opera 9.50
  96. Why my opera:cache is empty in Opera 9.50?
  97. Mouse flip back to go back and flip forward to go forward is not working in Opera 9.50.
  98. Msimg32.dll missing warning message in Windows 95 or Windows 98.
  99. My toolbars are black. I can't read anything in them.
  100. No tooltips when I hover a link in Opera 9.50.
  101. How to copy text with formatting in Opera?
  102. How Opera Software makes money?
  103. How to set homepage button to open Speed Dial?
  104. In history, there is no items in Earlier this week/Earlier this month/Older.
  105. I got Redirection Status message even though I have enabled Enable automatic redirection.
  106. Getting jumble of characters in the flash content area.
  107. How to delete all bookmarks from Opera Link?
  108. I am getting lot of blank tabs when trying to open a image.
  109. Windows Task Manager shows Opera is running, but Opera doesn't appear in screen.
  110. How to focus next item in address field drop down using tab key?
  111. How to avoid multiple Transfer tabs?
  112. How to get out of full screen mode when viewing flash page?
  113. I can't find Application Data or Local Settings directory in my Windows user profile.
  114. How to remove the "menu" text from Opera "O" menu button?
  1. How to disable default blank tab? Enable Allow Empty Workspace [or] Tools > Preferences... > Advanced > Tabs > [Enable] Allow windows with no tabs
  2. How to disable BitTorrent? Disable Enable under BitTorrent.
  3. I can't see Create search... when I right click on search box. You are using old menu setup, update it by adding Item, 1560773594 = Create search under [Edit Widget Popup Menu] [or] Tools > Preferences... > Advanced > Toolbars > Menu setup > [Select] Opera Standard
  4. Create search doesn't work. When you create search enter Keyword.
  5. I lost my custom search engines after upgrade. Close Opera, open profile directory, delete search.ini, rename search.ini.bak to search.ini, open it and change File version=6 to File version=8.
  6. When I upgrade, windows installer gives error message. Try Classic Installer [or] install in a separate directory and copy your settings. See Migrating custom settings from one Opera installation to another & Migrating email from one Opera installation to another.
  7. How to set number of search results? Set Number Of Hits.
  8. When I go back to the previous page it reloads. Set History Navigation Mode to 3. See JavaScript and History Navigation for more information.
  9. I am unable to rename feeds. Bug. (Fixed in build 8509). See B9.8493 Edited feed names are not saved. Note path to mail directory, close Opera, open incoming[].txt and check whether it contains your feeds. If yes, change the Name of the feed.
  10. When I zoom, text spacing increases. Bug (Fixed in build 8505). See Too big text spacing in zoom mode (bug-214385).
  11. Is there a way to switch the keyboard shortcuts for new tab/new window/paste and go/bookmark page? See T stands for Tab.
  12. When I open downloads, Opera downloads to ../cache4/temporary_downloads/ instead of download directory. See Temporary Downloads. Warning: The contents of Temporary Download Directory will be emptied even if you change the location when you Delete private data or when cache set to Empty On Exit.
  13. Save image... on right click menu brings transfer window and downloads that file. Bug (Fixed in build 8509). Use Ctrl+Click on image. See Opera [8455] and image saving.
  14. When I move transferred files to another location, progress shown as Stopped in transfers. Bug.
  15. Unable to see some of the titles in the history window. Bug (Fixed in build 8573). See Page title is not shown instead URL is shown under name column in History.
  16. Quick download missing when I right click on links. It was renamed to Save to download folder.
  17. Texts are missing in menu, dialogs, etc. See No text visible in user interface after upgrading to Opera 9.
  18. I lost my settings after upgrading. Open operadef6.ini from Opera installation directory and change Multi User=1 to Multi User=0.
  19. Do not ask for folder, but save directly to option doesn't complete downloads. Bug. See Setting download path based on MIME type not working in TP2.
  20. I am unable to stick to Automatic selection in Encoding. Clear Force Encoding.
  21. How do I Identify as Opera, Firefox or Internet Explorer? Right click > Edit site preferences... > Network > Browser Identification [or] Tools > Preferences… > Advanced > Content > Manage site preferences... > Add... > [Type] Site > Browser Identification If you want it in Quick preferences F12 do the following. If you don't know how to edit menu setup see this. Remove semicolon for the following items under [Quick Preferences Menu] 
    ;Item, 52210 = Identify as, 0
;Item, 70478 = Identify as, 1
;Item, 52212 = Identify as, 2
  22. When I point my mouse on a link unable to see address on little yellow box. Tools > Preferences... > Advanced > Browsing > [Enable] Show tooltips & Tools > Appearances... > Toolbars > [Disable] Status bar [or] use MultiPopup UserJS. See [8473]No more tooltips...
  23. How to disable Click to activate and use this control in flash plugin? Use No click-to-activate Uses JS (see http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/operaStuff/userJavaScript.html#noclicktoactivate ) or patch opera.dll.
  24. Opera doesn't follow Opera Directory directive in opera6.ini. Bug (Fixed in build 8629). See 9.0.8031 - New opera.ini Settings?
  25. Where can I find older versions of Opera? http://arc.opera.com/pub/opera/
  26. You have not specified an external helper application. Do you want to modify the configuration now? message when trying to view source. Tools > Preferences... > Advanced > Programs > Choose application for viewing source > Edit... > Open with other application > Choose... > Select application & place double quote (") before and after the path See [8473] Cannot view source with external application.
  27. Network tab missing in Site preferences. Skin problem. Tools > Appearances... > Skin > [Select] Opera Standard
  28. How can I turn off error console? Tools > Preferences... > Advanced > Content > JavaScript Options... > [Disable] Open console on error & clear Error Console Filter or use Opera Error console Autoclose.
  29. I can't see Block content... in context menu. You are using old menu setup, update it by adding Item, -1745751818 = Content block mode on | Content block mode off under [Document Popup Menu] [or] Tools > Preferences... > Advanced > Toolbars > Menu setup > [Select] Opera Standard
  30. Is there any equivalents to Firefox extensions? See Top 150 Popular Firefox Extensions and Opera.
  31. How can I disable web page thumbnails when hovering tabs? Disable Use Thumbnails in Tab Tooltips.
  32. How can I change find in page highlight color? Windows XP, Control Panel > Display > Appearance > Advanced > In Item, Selected Items & 3D Objects Windows 2000, Control Panel > Display > Appearance > In Item, Selected Items & 3D Objects [or] Use Ultimate Search Highlighter UserJS. Highlight color option available in Opera from build 8643.
  33. Where can I download portable Opera? Portable Opera using Windows virtual drive Opera USB Opera Portable OperaTor - Opera + Tor + Privoxy
  34. How to move toolbars up and down? See Tab bar below address bar in Opera.
  35. I have enabled Accept Cookies but I'm unable to login to a particular site [or] I'm getting enable cookie error message from site. Did you add that site in site preferences? If so, check whether you have enabled cookies for that site in site preferences.
  36. How can I increase the performance of Opera? See http://operawiki.info/OperaPerformance
  37. Problems with some sites with slow internet connection. See this comment.
  38. Properties... of my bookmarks are grayed out. Bug (Fixed in build 8584). If Properties... grayed out in bookmark tab use bookmark panel and vise versa. See Disabled "properties" menu entry for bookmarks.
  39. How can I delete individual URL in the address bar? See How to delete typed-in addresses without affecting history in Opera?
  40. Delete private data... removes bookmark/personal bar favicons. Disable Clear bookmark visited time in Delete private data [or] set Read-only attribute to images directory in profile. If you concerned about privacy don't use this as Opera saves favicons for all visited sites.
  41. Some characters not displayed correctly. View > Encoding > Automatic selection
  42. Is there a way to add Go button in address bar like the one in Internet Explorer? Tools > Appearance... > Buttons > Browser view > Drag & drop Go button in between address and search field in address bar
  43. How do I delete typed URLs in address bar? Tools > Delete private data... > Details>> > [Disable] Clear history of typed-in addresses > Delete
  44. How to automatically resize image to fit screen? Use autosizer User JS.
  45. How to add search engines? See Search engines in Opera 9 Technology Preview 2.
  46. How to open email links in web mail (Gmail, Yahoo,...)? See Mailto-to-webmail.
  47. How to remove fraud protection question mark in address bar? Disable Enable Trust Button
  48. How to block Sponsored Links text ads in Gmail? Use Gmail Ad Remover User JS.
  49. How to disable context menu on text double click? Tools > Preferences... > Advanced > Toolbars > [Disable] Double-click text to display context menu
  50. Getting Failed to find Opera.dll message. Install Opera again and set Read-only attribute to Opera.dll. See this.
  51. How to open home page automatically in new tab? If you don't know how to edit keyboard setup see this. Tools > Preferences... > Advanced > Shortcuts > Keyboard setup > Edit... > Search for t ctrl and select it > Edit... > Replace New Page, 1 with New page & Go to homepage in action
  52. How to open links from external applications in new tab? See this.
  53. Is there any possibility to start widgets automatically when Opera starts? Open those widgets you always want, save session File > Sessions > Save this session... and set this as your startup session Tools > Preferences... > General > Startup > Continue saved sessions [or] Open those widgets you always want and Tools > Preferences... > General > Startup > Continue from last time
  54. How to remove What is Speed Dial? and Hide Speed Dial buttons in Speed Dial? Set Speed Dial State to 2. This will also remove X in the upper right corner.
  55. How to change Speed Dial search engine? See How to set default search engine & Speed Dial search engine in Opera?
  56. Speed Dial keyboard shortcuts are not working. You are using old keyboard setup update it [or] Tools > Preferences... > Advanced > Shortcuts > Keyboard setup > [Select] Opera Standard
  57. How to disable Speed Dial? Press keyboard shortcut, Ctrl+T and click Hide Speed Dial button at bottom right corner [or] set Speed Dial State to 3. This will also remove Show Speed Dial button in bottom of blank tab.
  58. How to start Opera with Speed Dial? Tools > Preferences... > General > Startup > Start with blank page or Start without open tabs & Tools > Preferences... > Advanced > Tabs > Additional tab options... [Disable] Allow window with no tabs
  59. What happened to Start bar in Opera 9.20? By default, it is disabled. Tools > Apperance > Toolbars > [Enable] Start bar
  60. How to backup/transfer wand data? Backup/copy wand.dat, opcacrt6.dat, opcert6.dat & opssl6.dat files from/to profile.
  61. How to enable/disable mouse gestures? Tools > Preferences... > Advanced > Shortcuts > [Enable] Enable mouse gestures
  62. How to use another BitTorrent client? See How to change download action for a particular file type in Opera? & select Open with default application or Open with another application.
  63. How to disable meta refresh tag? Disable Client Refresh or use no-meta-refresh User JS.
  64. How to arrange bookmarks in my order? Bookmarks > Manage Bookmarks... > View > Sort by my order
  65. How to save background image? Add this JavaScript to your bookmarks and use.
  66. How to install/use spell checker? If you have administrator privileges install Aspell. See Spell-checking With Opera. Otherwise use OSpell UserJS.
  67. What is difference between Opera Classic Installer, English (US) & International installers? Classic installer uses WISE installer. It is the best if you use only English, its a smaller download and you can install it without administrator privileges. English (US) is a MSI package. It better supports network installations & integrates Opera more with Windows, to better support Windows install, uninstall and upgrade. International is same as above but it has more language support.
  68. Some images are not loading. Reduce Max connections to a server in Tools > Preferences... > Advanced > Network

    Originally posted by yngve:

    4 persistent connections to a server is usually enough, which is what Opera will use when 8 max to server is configured. My testing indicates that the optimum number of persistent connections to a server is either 4 or 8, and 4 is the "nicer" option. Some servers may refuse to establish more than a certain number of connections from a given client (or IP-address).

  69. How to disable session restoring when Opera crashes? Use Opera Launcher [or] Create a batch file with the following contents with bat extension and use this script to run Opera. 
    REM @ECHO OFF
DEL /Q "C:\Program Files\Opera\profile\sessions\autosave.win"
DEL /Q "C:\Program Files\Opera\profile\sessions\autosave.win.bak"
START "C:\Program Files\Opera\Opera.exe"
    Modify path if yours is different.
  70. Web page shows download dialog or opens in another application instead of Opera. See How to change download action for a particular file type in Opera?, search for htm and change action to Open with Opera.
  71. How to enable Speed Dial after hiding it? Press keyboard shortcut, Ctrl+T and click Show Speed Dial button at bottom right corner [or] set Speed Dial State to 1.
  72. How to add/change a background image to Speed Dial? See Example 3: adding a background image to Speed Dial.
  73. Why is Opera called Opera? See Where did you come up with the name Opera for your company?
  74. How to add links by dragging in Opera 9.50? Hold down Shift key to drag & drop links on toolbars [or] open the Tools > Appearance dialog to enable dragging.
  75. How to disable history search in Opera 9.50? Tools > Preferences... > Advanced > History > [Disable] Remember content on visited pages & Addresses > Clear [or] disable Visited Pages & Tools > Preferences... > Advanced > History > Addresses > Clear
  76. I can't find Synchronize Opera... in file menu. You are using old menu setup, update it by adding the following under [Browser File Menu] 
    Item, M_SYNC_LOGIN = Sync login | Sync logout, , , M_SYNC_LOGOUT
    [or] Tools > Preferences... > Advanced > Toolbars > Menu setup > Opera Standard [or] see this.
  77. What happened to single-key keyboard shortcuts in Opera 9.50? Disabled by default. Tools > Preferences... > Advanced > Shortcuts > Enable single-key shortcuts
  78. How to disable system tray icon in Windows? Opera 10.52 & above: Disable Show Tray Icon, save and restart Opera. Below Opera 10.52: If you don't use mail/RSS, disable Show E-mail Client [or] Right click on Opera shortcut > Properties > Target > Add /notrayicon at end so it looks like the following
    "C:\Program Files\Opera\Opera.exe" /notrayicon
    When you hide Opera, click Opera shortcut to restore Opera with a new tab.
  79. What happened to panel toggle in Opera 9.50? Disabled by default. Tools > Apperance > Panels > Show panel toggle at edge of window
  80. Where can I download old standard skin for Opera 9.50? Download from Opera 9 Classic Skin page.
  81. How to get old keyboard shortcuts in Opera 9.50? Keyboard shortcuts were changed in Opera 9.50. See Changes in keyboard shortcuts between Opera 9.27 and Opera 9.50. To get Opera 9.2x keyboard shortcuts, Tools > Preferences... > Advanced > Shortcuts > Keyboard setup > Opera 9.2 Compatible
  82. I upgraded to Opera 9.50 and all my favicons are gone. Favicons from previous version won't be shown because Opera 9.50 uses new format (idx file stores favicon information for each web page).
  83. I can't find my notes at Opera Link. Currently, there is no web interface to see notes. Available from Sep 22, 2008.
  84. Where can I download Opera classic installer? Click Show other versions link at Download page or download from ftp://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/win/.
  85. How to install Opera 9.50 with single profile for all users? Use classic installer [or] install Opera 9.50, open operadef6.ini from Opera installation directory and change Multi User=1 to Multi User=0.
  86. How to disable address bar content search in Opera 9.50? Disable Addressbar Content Search.
  87. How to disable address bar auto-completion dropdown in Opera 9.50? Disable Auto Dropdown. This will remove dropdown completely including typed-in address dropdown, auto-completion dropdown, bookmarks in dropdown, etc. To disable bookmarks in dropdown, disable Show Bookmarks In Addressfield Autocompletion.
  88. How to move New Tab button to left side of tabs in Opera 9.50? Hold down Shift key, drag & drop New Tab button to left side of tabs, then right click on New Tab button on right side of tabs and select Remove From Toolbar.
  89. Why Cache, Images and Mail directories moved to Local Settings directory in Opera 9.50? Cache, Images and Mail directories have been moved to Local Settings folder in order to limit amount of data in the roaming profile. You can change Cache Directory4 & Mail Root Directory (Make a backup, change and restart Opera) or install Opera with single profile for all users (See Opera FAQ #85).
  90. What happened to cache file extensions in Opera 9.50? Removed. Use opera:cache with advanced search, thumbnails & sorting.
  91. What happened to system integrated right-click menu in transfers? Removed. See Transfers Tab Shell Context Menu Workaround. Support Restore the System Integrated right-click menu in the Transfers window wish. (Readded in build 10100)
  92. How to disable transfers tab when saving images in Opera 9.50? Not possible. Use Opera 9.51.
  93. How increase the width of search box in Opera? Not possible but you can use address field for search by typing <search engine keyword><space><search term> example: g opera tips will search for opera tips in Google.
  94. Cursor jumps to first line after clicking a smiley in forums. Bug. (bug-325950) (Fixed in build 10100)
  95. Search engine favicons are not showing in Opera 9.50. From http://my.opera.com/community/forums/findpost.pl?id=2609499

    Originally posted by Rijk:

    In search.ini you can read what icon files Opera wants to use for the default searches, for example:
    ICON=http://redir.opera.com/favicons/google/favicon.ico
    These icons are retrieved from the redir.opera.com server on first start of the browser. These icons are lost after deleting private data, and because you are not actually visiting redir.opera.com when doing searches on Google, the favicon never gets retrieved again. We'll have to find a better way to handle this...

  96. Why my opera:cache is empty in Opera 9.50? Bug. Disable Empty On Exit in disk cache.
  97. Mouse flip back to go back and flip forward to go forward is not working in Opera 9.50. Tools > Preferences... > Advanced > Shortcuts > [Enable] Enable mouse gestures
  98. I'm getting following warning message in Windows 95 or Windows 98.

    The system library Msimg32.dll is missing or too old, so certain transparency effects will be slow and possibly not drawn correctly.
    Obtaining the library from a Windows ME installation and placing it in your Windows system directory will fix this.

    Download msimg32.dll from here and place it inside Opera installation directory [or] disable Show MSIMG32 Warning.
  99. My toolbars are black. I can't read anything in toolbars. Try another skin or click this to download Opera 9 classic skin.
  100. No tooltips when I hover a link in Opera 9.50. You can see tooltip information in status bar or disable status bar to get tooltips Tools > Apperance > Toolbars > [Disable] Status bar
  101. How to copy text with formatting in Opera? See http://my.opera.com/community/forums/findpost.pl?id=1969979
  102. How Opera Software makes money? Opera Software makes money from Opera Mobile, Opera Mini (when preinstalled by mobile manufactures) & various inbuild searches in Opera Desktop. See http://www.opera.com/company/investors/faq/#faq3 & Financial Reports.
  103. How to set homepage button to open Speed Dial? Delete homepage button and drag & drop Homepage button to toolbar.
  104. In history, there is no items in Earlier this week/Earlier this month/Older. Increase number of addresses to a large value. Tools > Preferences... > Advanced > History > Addresses
  105. I got Redirection Status message even though I have enabled Enable automatic redirection.

    Redirection Status
    The URL was redirected to . Please click the link to go there.
    You can enable the automatic redirection in Preferences.

    This happens when link matches an entry in content blocker. Disable content blocker and try.
  106. Getting jumble of characters in the flash content area. See How to change download action for a particular file type in Opera?, search for swf and change action to Use plug-in (Shockwave Flash).
  107. How to delete all bookmarks from Opera Link? Close Opera, rename bookmarks.adr to bookmarks-backup.adr, start Opera, sync, delete all bookmarks, empty trash & close Opera. Delete bookmarks.adr and rename bookmarks-backup.adr to bookmarks.adr. (opera6.adr in version below Opera 10.50.)
  108. I am getting lot of blank tabs when trying to open a image. See How to change download action for a particular file type in Opera?, search for image extension (gif,jpg,png,...) and change action to Open with Opera.
  109. Windows Task Manager shows Opera is running, but Opera doesn't appear in screen. Close Opera, rename mail directory and try.
  110. How to focus next item in address field drop down using tab key? If you don't know how to edit keyboard setup see this. Tools > Preferences... > Advanced > Shortcuts > Keyboard setup > Edit... > Advanced > Widget Container > Change action for tab to Next item
  111. How to avoid multiple Transfer tabs? Tools > Transfers > View (change it and change again back to previous one)
  112. How to get out of full screen mode when viewing flash page? If you have more than one window in taskbar, press Alt+Tab twice and then Esc otherwise press keys Win, Alt+Tab and then Esc.
  113. I can't find Application Data or Local Settings directory in my Windows profile. They are hidden directories. Win+E > Tools > Folder Options... > View > [Enable] Show hidden folders and files or Win+R > Type %APPDATA% to view contents of Application Data directory or %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings to view contents of Local Settings directory > OK
  114. How to remove the "menu" text from Opera "O" menu button? Right click on Opera "O" menu button > Customize > Appearance... > Toolbars > Style > Images only
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Comments

Unregistered user Saturday, June 24, 2006 5:22:25 AM

Anonymous writes: Thanks for explaining how to disable the default blank tab-- it was really bugging me.

Pallab DeIndyan Saturday, June 24, 2006 1:42:37 PM

Good job man smile
Will certainly help a lot of people. Thanks for that Ctrl+Click in #13

patryk_m Sunday, June 25, 2006 7:34:15 AM

great
good job

GeekK Thursday, June 29, 2006 7:24:27 AM

Great faq. smile

ohme Thursday, June 29, 2006 12:11:28 PM

Verry usefull, Thank you. bigsmile

DigitalScribe Thursday, June 29, 2006 2:19:39 PM

Excelent !

ChristianResearchWizard Friday, June 30, 2006 11:28:12 PM

Good link for IRC #Opera. Thanks smile

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rseiler Tuesday, July 4, 2006 11:45:34 PM

Here's one that is extremely obscure but nice for those who have no interest in M2 (that's mail, and consequently Opera's RSS handling as well as IRC):

opera:config#UserPrefs|ShowE-mailClient

Set to 0.

Likewise, for Opera 8.x, edit opera6.ini, and in the [User Prefs] section add:

Show E-mail Client=0

Adam23 Friday, July 7, 2006 3:42:02 PM

#23 solves what I was looking for.

Unregistered user Friday, July 7, 2006 7:03:30 PM

Anonymous writes: The quick identify entries needed in standard_menu(1).ini should be: Item, 52210=Identify as, 0 Item, 70478=Identify as, 1 Item, 70479=Identify as, 4

Unregistered user Sunday, July 9, 2006 9:27:18 PM

jnulu writes: I'm unable to see 'Bittorrentenable' check box in preferences. I'm a newbie and would appreciate specific instructions so that I can uncheck it. Thanks! :)

Tamil Monday, July 10, 2006 12:39:17 AM

Originally posted by jnulu:

I'm unable to see 'Bittorrentenable' check box in preferences.

You can see Enable option in Preferences Editor under BitTorrent.

compn Sunday, July 16, 2006 3:25:55 AM

wow, non reload when back +1111111111

that was one of the best features i've ever used smile

also ... #14 bug scared me ...

thanks for tips.

Sergey Anatol`evich Zolotychanatolich Wednesday, July 26, 2006 6:16:28 PM

Version 8543 - images in letters and dispatches are not kept. At repeated opening empty frameworks. At closing a browser there is a spontaneous removal. On version 8.54 of problems was not.

Unregistered user Thursday, July 27, 2006 7:40:34 PM

Idichekop writes: Please, fix the bug in "Do not ask for folder, but save directly to option doesn't complete downloads."

~{MartY3}~MartY3 Friday, July 28, 2006 5:26:40 AM

why not use a decent browser like maxthon or avant ?

Unregistered user Friday, August 4, 2006 11:44:55 PM

Brandi writes: Thanks! My husband just asked about #31 the other night...

Unregistered user Monday, August 14, 2006 10:15:27 PM

Peter Basil writes: The Error Console continues to pop up. The solution offered in the help category does not work. We have had both our in-house techs as well as outside firms attempt to resolve the problem by following all of the information provided. Nothing works. After reading all of the comments in the forums, apparently no one else has been succesful at resolving the issue either. It appears that the Opera team is at a loss to correct the problem.

amoebios 4mamoebios Friday, August 18, 2006 6:27:50 AM

I tried to make Opera open links in other browsers, but it didn't work with %c. I tried %l and it worked.

Paste this in your copy of "standard_menu.ini" to open a link simultaneously in IE, Firefox, Netscape and SeaMonkey all at once:
Item, Open in all browsers = Execute program, "%PROGRAMFILES%\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe","%l" & Execute program, "iexplore","%l" & Execute program, "%PROGRAMFILES%\Netscape\Netscape Browser\netscape.exe","%l" & Execute program, "%PROGRAMFILES%\mozilla.org\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe","%l"

and this to open the active page:
Item, Open in all browsers = Execute program, "%PROGRAMFILES%\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe","%u" & Execute program, "iexplore","%u" & Execute program, "%PROGRAMFILES%\Netscape\Netscape Browser\netscape.exe","%u" & Execute program, "%PROGRAMFILES%\mozilla.org\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe","%u"

Adjust the script to fit your browsers and respective paths.

Thanks for the FAQ! smile

Snowit Saturday, August 19, 2006 11:45:28 PM

problem fixed with "save image (by ctrl)" because this bug always exist in 9.01

Thank you

Thọ TrungThoTrung Friday, September 1, 2006 3:13:34 AM

I tried to make Opera open links in other browsers, but it didn't work with %c. I tried %l and it worked

Tamil Tuesday, September 5, 2006 5:28:48 AM

Originally posted by gimpy:

WHO are the moderators of D&D forum? All I get is rude comments from an idiot named Garydenness?

See http://my.opera.com/lounge/about/

Sergey Anatol`evich Zolotychanatolich Friday, September 8, 2006 6:27:07 PM

Dear Tamil. Explanatories are very useful and original for many, continue to help to master to people subtleties of the Opera.

Unregistered user Wednesday, September 27, 2006 5:55:16 PM

Anonymous writes: How can I disable EROR CONSOLE?!

BarryMah Sunday, October 1, 2006 2:21:42 PM

Great FAQ, many thanks. I was browsing for specific mentions of migrating version 9 or even 9.02 to another PC, most of the stuff on here refers to older versions, are there any specific issues with 9?

Bye, Barry

Phoenixw2phoenix Thursday, October 12, 2006 9:43:59 AM

opera is becoming a memory hog.. i am told that duplicate copies of plugins slow opera?? is it true..how to overcome this..

i have shockwave plugin one from Opera/plugin folder,
opera/program/pluign and one more from mozilla firefox/pluign

same plugin but from 3 different paths..how to solve this..

any other sol..i ave also decreased the history to 100

http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=146689

..u have a great number of tweaks that makes life ease with opera

thanks a lot smile

Emis Friday, November 24, 2006 9:14:20 PM

in opera 8.54 pressing F12 buton I can OFF and ON "Proxy servers"
but in Opera 9.02 I can't do it! why..?

it's very useful then I brauzing in a blocked sytes be admins

Unregistered user Thursday, December 14, 2006 1:27:56 AM

Anonymous writes: Why the hell is enable proxy screwed with 9.02, for gods sake I expect the bugs to become less not bloody more. Fix it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A.RuzanovLex1 Monday, January 29, 2007 10:09:45 AM

21
Remove semicolon for the following items under [Quick Preferences Menu]
;Item, 52210 = Identify as, 0
;Item, 70478 = Identify as, 1
;Item, 52212 = Identify as, 2


Wrong. Correctly so:
Item, 52210		= Identify as, 0
Item, 70478		= Identify as, 1
;Item, 52212		= Identify as, 2
;Item, 52213		= Identify as, 3
Item, 70479		= Identify as, 4


22
[UNCHECK] Status bar


Not needed. Set opera:config#UserPrefs|StatusBarAlignment = 0

Richard RiegerHighlandCreek Tuesday, April 3, 2007 5:21:58 PM

If the E-mail less Opera is called OperaFox, would the Next version of Huggin be called OperaBird?

Great FAQ. Any stats kept on the FA portion of the Q regarding Opera 9.20 and any other type things.

Can one get a job fixing bugs in SMTP implementation and or find out details of the SPAM filters in Opera.

Cheers, smile

Richard Rieger
Highland Creek, Ontario
CANADA.

Unregistered user Friday, May 4, 2007 2:35:53 PM

Dill Pickle writes: I cant get the damn proxy to work in "slopera" 9.2. Any ideas?

Unregistered user Friday, June 8, 2007 6:49:53 PM

victoryguy writes: hi!! i saw some guys talking about posting in tamil see this site http://quillpad.in/tamil it helps in posting tamil articles very easily u just need to know to speak the language . it will convert into the script as needed it comes handy in publishing big blogs

Unregistered user Friday, June 29, 2007 9:41:08 AM

Jenna writes: I'm using a urlfilter.ini file to block ads, however i need some whitelisting done on some sites, is this possible?

Tamil Friday, June 29, 2007 12:34:23 PM

Originally posted by Jenna:

I'm using a urlfilter.ini file to block ads, however i need some whitelisting done on some sites, is this possible?

Currently, it is not possible.

A.RuzanovLex1 Thursday, July 12, 2007 9:36:47 AM

Getting Failed to find Opera.dll message.
Install Opera again and set Read-only attribute to Opera.dll.


Other wrong answer. Need delete trojan (mostly Trojan-Spy.Win32.BZub.hv) and do reinstall Opera. There is it mainly on Windows XP without SP2.

It deletes the following files:
• %PROGRAM FILES%\Mozilla Firefox\xpcom.dll
• %PROGRAM FILES%\Mozilla Firefox\softokn3.dll
• %PROGRAM FILES%\Mozilla Firefox\nss3.dll
• %PROGRAM FILES%\Mozilla Firefox\js3250.dll
• %PROGRAM FILES%\Opera\opera.dll
• %PROGRAM FILES%\Opera\spellcheck.dll

AyushAyushJ Saturday, July 21, 2007 2:58:54 PM

Originally posted by 20:

I am unable to stick to Automatic selection in Encoding.
Note the path to profile, close Opera, Open opera6.ini from profile and delete the line starting with Force Encoding.

Why not use opera:config to set Force Encoding to blank ?

Originally posted by 58:

How to start Opera with Speed Dial?
CTRL+F12 → General → Startup → Start with blank page &
CTRL+F12 → Advanced → Tabs → [UNCHECK] Allow window with no tabs

Or Save a session with speed dial page open and tick the option Show these tabs and windows every time I start Opera when saving

Tamil Saturday, July 21, 2007 3:05:06 PM

Thanks AyushJ.

Wallpapers Tuesday, August 21, 2007 10:31:20 PM

Just, Thanks for all the information smile

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Unregistered user Tuesday, September 25, 2007 5:05:45 PM

Macbeth writes: Hi Tamil, this blog is great. (really, it is) I'd like to know few more things: 1. In Operas rightclick-menu, there is a "Search"-option, when some text is highlighted. How could I add "Search in background tab"-option? 2. I put the Browser menu bar in to the rightclick-menu, and that's a pretty handy way to access Bookmarks. Even better would be a direct "Bookmarks"-menu in the rightclick-menu, or maybe all the bookmarks could be straight in the r.click-menu. (menu might get pretty big, but I could live with that.) Is something like this possible? I've removed almost all the buttons from the Operas UI and I'd like to remove rest of them. I like to use mouse gestures and r.click-menu as much as possible.

Tamil Wednesday, September 26, 2007 11:37:53 AM

Originally posted by Macbeth:

How could I add "Search in background tab"-option?

You can add individual search engine to search in background. Add the following under [Hotclick Popup Menu]
Item, Google Search in Background Tab = Copy & New Page & Go to page, "http://www.google.com/search?q=%c&sourceid=opera" & & Minimize page

See Ways to open Opera bookmark/link/go to URL/search in new tab

Originally posted by Macbeth:

Even better would be a direct "Bookmarks"-menu in the rightclick-menu

Add the following under [Document Popup Menu] in your menu file.
Submenu, 67398, Browser Bookmarks Menu

Originally posted by Macbeth:

or maybe all the bookmarks could be straight in the r.click-menu.

Create a new mouse gesture with the following under [Application]
GestureDown, FlipBack = Show popup menu, "Browser Bookmarks Menu"

Originally posted by Macbeth:

I've removed almost all the buttons from the Operas UI and I'd like to remove rest of them.

Why don't you switch off menu instead of removing buttons?

Unregistered user Wednesday, September 26, 2007 6:36:58 PM

Macbeth writes: Thanks Tamil I did what you suggested and everything works great. And what I ment to say about the UI was, that I've switched off most of the menus and removed some buttons, like back, forward and reload. Here is the result: http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=myoperash2.jpg

Unregistered user Sunday, October 21, 2007 6:01:46 PM

Donald writes: Is it possible to add more fields to the Wands autofill for log-in names, email-addresses etc.? They don't need to be recognized by magicwand, but it would help alot, if I only had to type in the first letter of the word.

el_esponjoso Thursday, October 25, 2007 1:35:02 AM

Hi Tamil
¿How did you do so that the links of the questions direct to a answer in the same page?

Tamil Thursday, October 25, 2007 3:09:36 AM

Originally posted by el_esponjoso:

¿How did you do so that the links of the questions direct to a answer in the same page?

<A HREF="#1">How to disable default blank tab?</A>


<A NAME=1>How to disable default blank tab?</A>
Check <A HREF="opera:config#Allow Empty Workspace">Allow Empty Workspace</A> <FONT COLOR=GREEN><B>[or]</B></FONT> CTRL+F12 → Advanced → Tabs → <B>[CHECK]</B> Allow windows with no tabs

el_esponjoso Friday, October 26, 2007 9:00:23 AM

Thank you very much for your help, Tamil
up up up

M3CSL Saturday, November 3, 2007 4:25:54 PM

Hi!

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54. How to remove What is Speed Dial? and Hide Speed Dial buttons in Speed Dial?
Set Speed Dial State to 2. This will remove X in the upper right corner.
------------

How can I remove a Speed Dial site, if I set Speed Dial State to 2?

Thank you in advance!

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