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Opera Launcher

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Opera Launcher was created using AutoHotkey. It can

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
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 bookmarks*.adr (opera6*.adr for Opera version below 10)/notes*.adr from profile\backups directory to profile directory and rename it to bookmarks.adr (opera6.adr for Opera version below 10)/notes.adr.

Changelog

Date Changes
Nov 28, 2010 Option to create new tab, focus & start Opera using Caps Lock key.
Oct 5, 2010
  • Updated for Opera 10.6x.
  • /notrayicon command line parameter removed.
Feb 5, 2010
  • Minimize to tray keystroke didn't work with Opera Unite enabled. Fixed by sending keystrokes after 10 seconds delay. Increase Keystrokes Delay Time value in OperaLauncher.ini file if it is not working. Thanks to tomassplatch.
  • Hide Opera title bar didn't work with minimize to tray keystroke. Fixed.
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 Empty temporary download directory didn't work 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.

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Comments

z@h3kZAHEK Sunday, November 23, 2008 9:09:17 PM

Interesting and usefull tool.thanks tamil.

Anonymous Monday, November 24, 2008 11:22:31 AM

Anonymous writes: Nice tool. How would someone restore a backed up version?

Tamil Monday, November 24, 2008 11:34:01 AM

How would someone restore a backed up version?

See updated post.

HenryAOTEAROAnz Monday, November 24, 2008 12:37:04 PM

Nice! smile 4 U bigsmile

Tamil Monday, November 24, 2008 12:42:25 PM

Digital RavenDigitalRaven Monday, November 24, 2008 2:47:48 PM

The only thing I have been doing separtely is exporting my opml file for atom/rss feeds.

Anonymous Tuesday, December 2, 2008 12:04:57 AM

Anonymous writes: Nice app. Can you add 2 more options: - Open with Startup Dialog (when its set to Continue from previous session in Prefs, and there was no crash or problem); - Open another Opera window instead of a new Tab. Is there any meaningful Command Line Switch Wiki (possibly reverse engineered, as official Ref contains almost no Win switches, which is absurd).

Tamil Tuesday, December 2, 2008 12:51:11 PM

Download OperaLauncher (Custom build for you). smile

Open another Opera window instead of a new Tab.

Click OperaLauncher New Window shortcut to open new window.

Is there any meaningful Command Line Switch Wiki

Nope.

Anonymous Tuesday, December 2, 2008 3:09:30 PM

Anonymous writes: Thanks Tamil!

Benben2talk Saturday, December 13, 2008 1:40:13 PM

Funny, if you don't like the features of Opera, why use it?

Why 'backup' when 'synchronise' automatically backs all the settings up online every time you use Opera?

If you surfed child molesters, why can't you click the 'Tools' menu and select 'Delete Private Data'?

It is easier, and more fruitful, to simply upgrade to a better OS.

Try a linux distro out, stop booting to crap mode, stop being paranoid!

Try Ubuntu and get Opera/10.00 (X11; Linux i686 ; U; en) Presto/2.2.0

Tamil Saturday, December 13, 2008 3:23:33 PM

Originally posted by ben2talk:

Why 'backup' when 'synchronise' automatically backs all the settings up online every time you use Opera?

Can you restore your bookmarks back to a month using 'Opera Link'?

There is no setting to delete Temporary Download Directory in delete private data.

AnOnY-Muse Wednesday, December 17, 2008 11:47:51 AM

thanks for the useful tool
smile

Anonymous Thursday, January 15, 2009 7:21:04 PM

Wazzup writes: hmmm... Since opera is installed by administrator on my win-xp machine I can't access the "c:\program files" dir. I tried to add Opera File Name=C:\Program Files\Opera\opera.exe into the ini file, but it will keep looking from the current dir.. so I can't use it in this way. Do you have a suggestion so I can use it ?

Tamil Thursday, January 15, 2009 7:24:41 PM

Why don't you install another copy of Opera inside your Windows profile using classic installer?

Anonymous Saturday, January 17, 2009 1:55:07 PM

beise writes: Hello, nice tool you made. Can I help in translating this tool? greetings beise beise at lycos.de

Tamil Saturday, January 17, 2009 3:07:59 PM

I have not build language option in this tool. Fell free to translate and post this blog post to your blog.

Anonymous Sunday, February 8, 2009 7:49:33 AM

itcpeter writes: This tool is awesome... I just found a problem. If you run it from command line, you can't pass an url as param so the browser can open it by default. Is there a way to do so? e.g. >OperaLauncher www.google.com could open the page. That's the normal behavior of the 'original' opera.exe executable. Thanks!

Tamil Sunday, February 8, 2009 8:10:40 AM

I will try to add it soon.

Tamil Sunday, February 8, 2009 3:26:09 PM

Done by adding only one word to source code. bigsmile

FX 4215 WDfxaris2 Monday, February 9, 2009 1:01:27 AM

nothing banana ,only thank's up up

Anonymous Monday, February 9, 2009 10:15:55 AM

Anonymous writes: Opera Launcher doesn't remove my temporary downloads in the folder C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\fp\Lokale Einstellungen\Anwendungsdaten\Opera\Opera\profile\cache4\temporary_download Instead it tries to open the folger C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\fp\Local Settings\Application Data\Opera\Opera\profile\cache4\temporary_download\ Seems to be a problem, because I use a german Windows XP. Any hints? Regards, Florian

Tamil Monday, February 9, 2009 3:54:18 PM

I will check it.

Tamil Tuesday, February 10, 2009 3:41:41 AM

Originally posted by anonymous user:

Seems to be a problem, because I use a german Windows XP.

Fixed and thanks.

Anonymous Tuesday, February 10, 2009 9:46:10 AM

fp writes: Thanks for the fast response. The fix doesn't seem to work on my system. FileMon reports that OperaLauncher tries to access H:\fp\\%USERPROFILE%\Lokale Einstellungen\Anwendungsdaten\Opera\Opera\profile\cache4\temporary_download\ whereas the correct path should be C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\fp\Lokale Einstellungen\Anwendungsdaten\Opera\Opera\profile\cache4\temporary_download My USERPROFILE variable points to C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\fp Thanks for your help. Great tool!

Tamil Tuesday, February 10, 2009 10:59:20 AM

Download and check.

Anonymous Tuesday, February 10, 2009 12:02:15 PM

fp writes: Works perfect. Thanks a lot!

Gampos Monday, March 9, 2009 8:23:37 PM

Great tool.

Tamil could You change the icon of Opera launcher to the same as Opera uses? Thanx!

[edit]I did this by editing the shortcut's icon. So simple wink.

Tamil Monday, March 9, 2009 10:14:54 PM

Originally posted by Gampos:

Tamil could You change the icon of Opera launcher to the same as Opera uses?

I want different one compared to Opera icon.

reeboker Saturday, March 14, 2009 1:43:10 PM

wish this would come in handy smurf

Anonymous Wednesday, April 1, 2009 10:27:23 PM

Anonymous writes: Thank you, works perfect! I only wanted to use "Disable crash startup dialog" and it works! :jester:

Anonymous Friday, April 3, 2009 2:53:30 PM

David writes: Great! There is a version of linux? If it is not there a command to disable crash startup dialog when I launch opera?

JOERODEO Monday, April 6, 2009 12:09:13 PM

Salutations and Greetings.

well what can i say than Much.
ThankYou ThankYou unlimited.

This app made my life harried much much more no.
ThankYou Again.

btw. check this opera fly.

opera 9.6 works fine.

http://my.opera.com/VJgamer/blog/operafly?cid=7384173#comment7384173

BackUps and Restores all widgets, session and errr didn't get that far..
winks!

JoeRodeo
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Anonymous Friday, April 10, 2009 4:19:23 PM

Anonymous writes: Great little piece of software! Just one request: can you please make the background of the icon transparent? Thanks a lot!

Anonymous Sunday, April 19, 2009 1:12:26 AM

Anonymous writes: Greetings annd Salutations You Guys. Dear Tamil, I found that the app did not update often enough. 02- the app opens the one before the previous session. is it possible to set it to save session every 15 minutes and the option to delete old saved session every 20 minutes? 03- now that I'm running the app I found that option to continue from last time is not lit up. 04- I've reinstalled opera9.6 and cleared window/prefetch opera .pf files and still the option didn't lit up. is there any way to settle this? since it is that much to delete that much old opened tab once start. TQVM for this innocvation. JR.

Anonymous Friday, April 24, 2009 3:23:24 PM

Anonymous writes: Greetings and Salutations You Guys. TQVM for this innovation. i stand to be corrected. bad eye candy bad eye candy JR.

Tamil Friday, April 24, 2009 3:30:56 PM

can you please make the background of the icon transparent?

Sure.

is it possible to set it to save session every 15 minutes

Why do you want it? Opera saves it automatically.

now that I'm running the app I found that option to continue from last time
is not lit up.

Check whether disable crash startup dialog is enabled.

Anonymous Friday, April 24, 2009 10:06:27 PM

Anonymous writes: tq. Tamil Ji. JR.

Anonymous Sunday, April 26, 2009 4:25:56 PM

DJRome writes: Hi, but this has made my MX revolution keystroke assignments no longer work in the browser. I can still do the shortcuts with the keyboard, but my mouse shortcuts through the logitech software no longer work. They still work outside of Opera though.

Tamil Sunday, April 26, 2009 4:40:39 PM

sherlock

Anonymous Monday, May 11, 2009 5:57:59 AM

Neko writes: I think this is not work with 10.00 Alpha build 1491? At least it is not backup anything here :(

Tamil Monday, May 11, 2009 6:49:29 AM

Download new version. smile

Anonymous Monday, May 11, 2009 9:54:14 AM

Neko writes: Hmm, maybe I done something wrong but Opera\profile\backups -folder stay empty. This is with XP Pro SP3 and Opera 10.00 build 1491. I'll try with Vista at night...

Tamil Monday, May 11, 2009 2:23:52 PM

Nope, backup is created in wrong folder when you run first time. bug fixed and thanks.

Anonymous Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:53:24 AM

Neko writes: Thank you! :)

tunayx Saturday, May 16, 2009 9:40:00 PM

Can you add option for removing confirmation dialog of each time asking "are you sure?". Also an option; doesn't show the launcher dialog but automatically apply the settings I choose and launch Opera. That would be much convenient.

Tamil Friday, May 22, 2009 8:47:05 AM

Originally posted by tunayx:

Can you add option for removing confirmation dialog of each time asking "are you sure?"

confused Can you post a screenshot?

Originally posted by tunayx:

Also an option; doesn't show the launcher dialog but automatically apply the settings I choose and launch Opera.

I will add it in next update.

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z@h3kZAHEK Friday, July 24, 2009 1:58:25 PM

Tamil, may I tranlste it in turkish? if yes , how smile

Tamil Friday, July 24, 2009 2:22:29 PM

I have to check it. wait

z@h3kZAHEK Friday, July 24, 2009 7:40:44 PM

ok

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