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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 Thursday, March 4, 2010 11:11:55 AM

Bosco writes: Unable to see content of a rss feed, the bacground is dark gray how can i do change that or is it a bug ?

Unregistered user Thursday, March 4, 2010 11:28:01 AM

Bosco writes: Supplemental Info : roolled back to opera 10.10 and feeds are now visible. I'm french. I've tried Opera 10.50 using french language provided in international setup Thank's for your help

Tamil Thursday, March 4, 2010 2:54:46 PM

What is your OS and skin?

Unregistered user Thursday, March 4, 2010 4:19:37 PM

Bosco12 writes: Thanks for trying to help me. My OS is XP SP3 and the skin is the default skin of opera (Standard Opera) I've tried other skins : no change. As i said, after rollback to 10.10, all works fine I haven't found any location in 10.50 to change background or font color for feeds. The list of feeds is ok, but the display of selected feed has the problem described before. Bosco

Unregistered user Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:34:45 PM

Anonymous writes: I need help closing my Opera Mini Browser on my Blackberry 8530 Curve. The curser will not appear when I press the blackberry menu button. How can U close the browser with out cutting the phone off?

Tamil Tuesday, March 16, 2010 11:00:47 PM

Sorry, I don't know.

Charles SchlossChas4 Wednesday, March 17, 2010 5:03:57 AM

Anonymous you maybe able to get an answer here:

http://my.opera.com/community/forums/forum.dml?id=9

Unregistered user Friday, March 19, 2010 7:48:14 PM

OPERA USER writes: Please help me... How can stay in same TAB when I'm using Open Link in New Tab. So...i want to stay at first tab, not automatically go to the new opened tab. Thanks.

Tamil Friday, March 19, 2010 10:57:37 PM

Mouse middle click or Right click on link > Open in Background Tab

Unregistered user Monday, March 22, 2010 3:17:24 PM

Bosco writes: The problem I submit to you on march 4 is solved in 10.51 All works fine Bosco

Unregistered user Tuesday, April 6, 2010 1:55:27 PM

Anonymous writes: How do I disable history search on Opera 10.51?

Tamil Tuesday, April 6, 2010 2:24:23 PM

Disable Show History In Addressfield Autocompletion.

bubbah Sunday, April 18, 2010 8:26:20 PM

I have 10.52 which is wicked fast ...trouble with search pulldown ...doesn't respond to java editor and doesn't have the nice separators and is a full window size instead of a nice pulldown ...any ideas?

Charles SchlossChas4 Sunday, April 18, 2010 9:28:54 PM

10.52 is not final yet, 10.51 is the current stable version

Tamil Monday, April 19, 2010 12:35:10 PM

Originally posted by bubbah:

doesn't have the nice separators

yes but Search With shows separators.

Unregistered user Wednesday, April 21, 2010 12:50:07 PM

Manu writes: Hello Tamil, Could you please tell me how to disable the "Search the web for..." when writing a new address. And the same for the autocomplete in the Google box that appears when typing something... Thanks a lot!

Tamil Wednesday, April 21, 2010 2:47:56 PM

Not possible to disable them.

Unregistered user Wednesday, July 7, 2010 12:00:19 PM

Great W writes: Can I rerrange order of search engines somehow without deleting them all first, and adding them again?

Tamil Wednesday, July 7, 2010 12:06:35 PM

Can I rerrange order of search engines somehow
without deleting them all first, and adding them again?

yes Use SearchEdit.

Unregistered user Wednesday, July 7, 2010 1:15:22 PM

Coffee writes: There are a lot of improvements in Opera 10.60 that I've been hoping for since a long time. But there are also a number of regressions that I don't care for at all. And then there are of course tons of new (and old) bugs that really have to be ironed out as soon as possible. Err, where was I ... ahh, I wanted to ask you some questions, Tamil ... - I really don't like the new page search in 10.60. It's search bar is sluggish and jittery, it moves the page content down which I find highly irritating and the opacity is plain ugly. I have set the opacity to 0 in the Prefs which helps a little. But what I really want is the old search window from version 10.11 and previous. Do you have idea? - Since the menu bar in Opera 10.60 is turned off windows (tabs) no longer have the traditional minimize, maximize/restore, close buttons in the top right corner. I have replaced the default "close all" button at the right edge of the tab bar with a standard "close" button. But I cannot find a combined "maximize/restore" button on the OperaWiki buttons page. I tried to create one with this button maker ... http://nontroppo.org/tools/buttonmaker/ ... but this wouldn't toggle between maximize and restore. I also couldn't find the appropriate icons in that script. Can you help with some wizardry? - And lastly ... I'd also like a dedicated undo button for accidentally closed pages but there's nothing like this on the OperaWiki buttons page. Do you have any idea or suggestion?

wennen Wednesday, July 7, 2010 1:40:24 PM

I've seen explanation about adding mouse gestures, and when you start typing a command name, list of commands appears below. I've seen it on a screenshot, but when I start typing - nothing happens... :/

Tamil Wednesday, July 7, 2010 1:49:30 PM

I really don't like the new page search in 10.60. It's search bar is sluggish and jittery, it moves the page content down which I find highly irritating and the opacity is plain ugly. I have set the opacity to 0 in the Prefs which helps a little. But what I really want is the old search window from version 10.11 and previous. Do you have idea?

You can't get back old but you can reduce height using different skin like Opera Standard 10 Slim Skin.

I cannot find a combined "maximize/restore" button on the OperaWiki buttons page. I tried to create one with this button maker ... http://nontroppo.org/tools/buttonmaker ... but this wouldn't toggle between maximize and restore.

Maximize | Restore button.

I also couldn't find the appropriate icons in that script.

See Icon List.

I'd also like a dedicated undo button for accidentally closed pages but there's nothing like this on the OperaWiki buttons page.

Undo button.

wennen Wednesday, July 7, 2010 2:23:29 PM

I found the way to disable autocomplete for search engine...

Tamil Wednesday, July 7, 2010 2:29:50 PM

Did you disable Auto Dropdown?

wennen Wednesday, July 7, 2010 3:08:39 PM

No, I tried to delete file "search_field_history.dat", later I found your FAQ about setting it's attributes to "read only" smile Thanks... Now I have problem with search in panel, there are not the same search fields like those in a quick search box, how can I edit those searches?

wennen Wednesday, July 7, 2010 5:23:05 PM

Can I make mouse gesture for "save to download folder"?

Unregistered user Thursday, July 8, 2010 12:37:11 AM

Coffee writes: Thanks very much for the buttons and the link to the Opera icons, Tamil. Especially the Maximize/Restore button has done a lot to improve my customization of Opera 10.60. But this release is so buggy that I'm thinking about temporarily going back to 10,11 until there's a bug-fix release. In any case, I'll keep your buttons in a safe place for 10.63 or so ... :-)

Tamil Thursday, July 8, 2010 7:50:08 AM

Originally posted by wennen:

Can I make mouse gesture for "save to download folder"?

yes Change action for GestureLeft or GestureRight or GestureUp or GestureDown to Download URL and perform gesture over link.

Unregistered user Tuesday, July 13, 2010 10:43:39 AM

shaihkritzer writes: hi. nice faq, but I couldn't find my question. I don't know how to disable search in the adressbar. the one which begins with "search the web for". is there any way to disable this search without disabling history and url search? thanks

Tamil Tuesday, July 13, 2010 11:29:23 AM

is there any way to disable this search without disabling history and url search?

Nope. sad

Unregistered user Tuesday, July 13, 2010 12:48:29 PM

shaihkritzer writes: well, thanks anyway

Unregistered user Tuesday, July 13, 2010 3:33:07 PM

zombee writes: 78. disable tray icon: opera:config to search bar: tray menuitem: Show Tray Icon [SAVE] to change this function you need to restart the browser.

Tamil Tuesday, July 13, 2010 5:09:58 PM

Updated and thanks.

Unregistered user Monday, August 2, 2010 1:31:56 PM

Anonymous writes: Hi Tamil, so many questions, all answered (and many of mine answered too!) THANKS!

Asep Dadangasepd2 Sunday, August 8, 2010 6:09:43 PM

Your blog is always the best mate, very usefull content.

Unregistered user Monday, August 9, 2010 7:34:57 AM

Georgi Todorov writes: Opera SUX, doesn't accept cookies, all other browsers works perfect except Opera, i have the latest Opera for now: Version 10.60 Build 3445 Platform Win32 System Windows XP XHTML+Voice Plug-in not loaded Just shitt, fire the developer who broke the Opera!!!

Charles SchlossChas4 Monday, August 9, 2010 1:54:04 PM

Originally posted by anonymous:

Georgi Todorov writes:

Opera SUX, doesn't accept cookies,


Opera accepts cookies just fine, you may have set it to not allow cookies for sites

Jannah AminJazMinderr Friday, August 13, 2010 5:12:46 PM

How do I restore the original search engines? Right back to before I deleted them or edited them? i deleted all of them and remade them but am having a problem with the wikipedia search - when i enter a search term it shows suggestions but when I press enter or click the search icon nothing happens. I always have to use google again sad also the favicon doesnt show

Tamil Friday, August 13, 2010 5:23:52 PM

Remove/Rename search.ini inside Opera directory (click to see path) and restart Opera.

jonkimnicko Wednesday, September 1, 2010 10:45:40 AM

i have a question, how do you enable the error messages again? i accidentally ticked the dont show the message again (the one that says that there is an error connecting in the IMAP, etc.) i want to enable this again so that i will be notified whether my message has been sent or not sent because of other errors (like too large attachment, attachment not allowed or error in connection.) thanks for the reply. smile

Tamil Wednesday, September 1, 2010 11:03:22 AM

Enable Show Mail Error Dialog.

jonkimnicko Wednesday, September 1, 2010 11:16:19 AM

whoa. i never thought that was in opera:config thanks! that helped a lot. smile

fessyfessyvolta Friday, September 24, 2010 8:46:43 PM

How do i remove the preview address of a photo or link that i hover on ?


For example.. when you place the mouse on some photo or some link.. it shows you the full address of it.. in a small window underneath the mouse pointer.. its anoying cuz it covers half of the page sometimes.. or it covers the words im trying to read..


Is there a way to cancel that.. to not have the browser show me the address of the photo or link that i have my mouse pointer on ?? thank you

Tamil Friday, September 24, 2010 11:51:28 PM

CTRL+F12 > Advanced > Browsing > Show tooltips

Unregistered user Monday, October 4, 2010 7:38:58 PM

Anonymous writes: how to read tamil in opera version 10

Unregistered user Thursday, October 7, 2010 7:53:27 PM

Anonymous writes: tamil sir i am using nokia symbian mobile in the earlier version i enabled use bitmap fonts for complex scripts. The same thing how to do it in version 10?

Tamil Thursday, October 7, 2010 10:44:03 PM

Sorry, I don't know.

Unregistered user Sunday, October 10, 2010 2:08:53 AM

Dave writes: I would also like to be able to disable the "Search the web for..." when typing a new address. In Opera 10.00 it was simpler: just start typing the address and then just press the down arrow once to select the address that is already in my bookmarks. Now in 10.62 I must press the down arrow twice if it's an address I've visited before.

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