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How to change the user agent string

Wednesday, 5. November 2008, 18:19:16

OMG WARNING !!!
At the moment, the use of this setting makes gmail go wild. See this.

You may want to edit your user agent.
Maybe you want to insert a special text in order to recognize yourself in a server log file or anything like that.

Here is where you can insert any text in Opera's user agent string : opera:config#ISP : Id

Type anything you like in the ID text field then hit the save button and it is done.
You can see your User Agent here or there.

(It is called ISP because it is usually used by Internet Service Providers to put their name in when you install your web browser thanks to their CD)

As a bonus, here is where you can do the same thing in Internet Explorer. Of course, as usual, it is much more difficult than in Opera.

You have to close all your IE browsers and then execute WIN+R ; regedit ; ENTER.

Unfold the folders to go to :
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent\Post Platform

Create User Agent and/or Post Platform in case they don't exist yet.

Now inside Post Platform, you can add as many new strings REG_SZ as you want. Their value should be empty but their name is what will appear in the UserAgent.

Here is a sample file that adds PROUTOR 2 and Opera, not :

ie-useragent.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent\Post Platform]
"PROUTOR 2"=""
"Opera, not"=""