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Test Opera weekly/beta/final with & without changing current Opera settings using Sandboxie

Sunday, 1. July 2007, 12:30:18

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If you want to test Opera weekly/beta/final you have to copy your current Opera settings & modify the paths. If you use Sandboxed Opera, it will eliminate the above.

1. Download Sandboxie (Size < 350 KB) and install it.

2. Right click on Opera installer and select Run sandboxed. Select Installation Directory same as your old Opera directory & finish installation.
Run Opera Installer Sandboxed
Run Opera Installer Sandboxed


3. Create a shortcut with the following and change those shown in red color with correct path. "C:\Program Files\Sandboxie\Start.exe" "C:\Documents and Settings\<USER NAME>\Application Data\Sandbox\DefaultBox\drive\C\Program Files\Opera\Opera.exe"

4. Click shortcut, Opera will start and you will see [#] in title bar which indicates Opera is running in sandboxed mode.
Sandboxed Opera
Sandboxed Opera will have [#] in title
If old and sandboxed Opera installation paths are same, when sandboxed Opera runs first time it will use old Opera settings but it won't modify old settings and save modifications inside sandbox.

5. To reset sandboxed Opera settings with old Opera settings, delete profile & mail directory in C:\Documents and Settings\<USER NAME>\Application Data\Sandbox\DefaultBox\drive\

To delete sandboxed Opera installation, Right click on Sandboxie icon in system tray → Contents of Sandbox → Delete Contents
Delete Contents of Sandbox
Delete Contents of Sandbox

Update Opera custom keyboard/menu/mouse setup files using WinMergeOpera backup list and WinRAR command line shortcut creator

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Anonymous writes:

Oh God, I love Linux. Main Opera installed as RPM, every weekly downloaded as .tar.bz - that's all :smile:

By anonymous user, # 1. July 2007, 21:30:38

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Thanks very much Tamil. Sandboxie is great ! :up:

Right click on Sandboxie icon in system tray → Run Sandboxed → Windows Installer Service

Windows Installer is not available in v3.00 (because it automatically runs the service).

Originally posted by Sandboxie - Version Changes_3_00:

  • Sandboxed Windows Installer
    • Starts and stops automatically as needed
    • Run Sandboxed -> Windows Installer has been discontinued
    • Can install packages from network shares



And sandboxie is not free (remove it from your Freeware links section)

By AyushJ, # 26. July 2007, 02:27:10

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Originally posted by AyushJ:

Sandboxie is great !
:yes:

Originally posted by AyushJ:

And sandboxie is not free
You may use Sandboxie free of charge for any length of time that you desire. However, if you use Sandboxie for more than 30 days, the software will occasionally remind you to consider paying the registration fee.
Moved to nagware.

By Tamil, # 26. July 2007, 04:24:04

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Oh.. Thanks for the info. Now it's greatest :D

By AyushJ, # 26. July 2007, 04:26:28

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