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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 opera6*.adr/notes*.adr from profile\backups directory to profile directory and rename it to opera6.adr/notes.adr.

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

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Comments

z@h3k 23. November 2008, 21:09

Interesting and usefull tool.thanks tamil.

Anonymous 24. November 2008, 11:22

Anonymous writes:

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

Tamil 24. November 2008, 11:34

How would someone restore a backed up version?

See updated post.

Henry 24. November 2008, 12:37

Nice! :smile: 4 U :D

Tamil 24. November 2008, 12:42

Digital Raven 24. November 2008, 14:47

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

Anonymous 2. December 2008, 00:04

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 2. December 2008, 12:51

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 2. December 2008, 15:09

Anonymous writes:

Thanks Tamil!

Ben 13. December 2008, 13:40

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 13. December 2008, 15:23

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 17. December 2008, 11:47

thanks for the useful tool
:smile:

Anonymous 15. January 2009, 19:21

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 15. January 2009, 19:24

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

Anonymous 17. January 2009, 13:55

beise writes:

Hello,
nice tool you made. Can I help in translating this tool?

greetings
beise

beise at lycos.de

Tamil 17. January 2009, 15:07

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

Anonymous 8. February 2009, 07:49

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 8. February 2009, 08:10

I will try to add it soon.

Tamil 8. February 2009, 15:26

Done by adding only one word to source code. :D

Komodo 9. February 2009, 01:01

nothing banana ,only thank's :up: :up:

Anonymous 9. February 2009, 10:15

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 9. February 2009, 15:54

I will check it.

Tamil 10. February 2009, 03:41

Originally posted by anonymous user:

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

Fixed and thanks.

Anonymous 10. February 2009, 09:46

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 10. February 2009, 10:59

Download and check.

Anonymous 10. February 2009, 12:02

fp writes:

Works perfect. Thanks a lot!

Gampos 9. March 2009, 20:23

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 9. March 2009, 22:14

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 14. March 2009, 13:43

wish this would come in handy :smurf:

Anonymous 1. April 2009, 22:27

Anonymous writes:

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

Anonymous 3. April 2009, 14:53

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 6. April 2009, 12:09

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 10. April 2009, 16:19

Anonymous writes:

Great little piece of software!

Just one request: can you please make the background of the icon transparent? Thanks a lot!

Anonymous 19. April 2009, 01:12

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 24. April 2009, 15:23

Anonymous writes:

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

Tamil 24. April 2009, 15:30

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 24. April 2009, 22:06

Anonymous writes:

tq. Tamil Ji.

JR.

Anonymous 26. April 2009, 16:25

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 26. April 2009, 16:40

:sherlock:

Anonymous 11. May 2009, 05:57

Neko writes:

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

Tamil 11. May 2009, 06:49

Download new version. :smile:

Anonymous 11. May 2009, 09:54

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 11. May 2009, 14:23

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

Anonymous 13. May 2009, 04:53

Neko writes:

Thank you! :)

tunayx 16. May 2009, 21:40

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 22. May 2009, 08:47

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.

Angeliki 24. July 2009, 01:15

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z@h3k 24. July 2009, 13:58

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

Tamil 24. July 2009, 14:22

I have to check it. :wait:

z@h3k 24. July 2009, 19:40

ok

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