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Opera Launcher

By Tamil. Sunday, 21. December 2008, 17:53:23

Opera Launcher is a launcher for Opera with additional options. It can

disable crash startup dialog.
delete quick find search histories automatically.
empty Temporary Download Directory automatically (not Cache Directory).
create daily backup of bookmarks, notes & sessions with date stamp. Bookmarks & notes backups will be created in profile\backups directory.

Download (size: 204 KB), unzip, place OperaLauncher.exe inside Opera installation directory (C:\Program Files\Opera\) and run it to launch Opera. You will see the following settings dialog when you run Opera Launcher first time.

Opera Launcher settings dialog

To restore previous version of bookmarks/notes, close Opera, move a version of opera6*.adr/notes*.adr from profile\backups directory to profile directory and rename it to opera6.adr/notes.adr.

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Comments

XERSCROLL # 21. December 2008, 19:45

SupeR!!!

seemille # 22. December 2008, 02:26

Thanks

_deXter_ # 22. December 2008, 04:11

Nice program, but I have a doubt: Why would one want to disable the crash dialog? (Just curious...)

And Opera Link already does bookmarks and notes, so it'll be more useful if you implemented a wand and cookies backup.

Tamil # 22. December 2008, 04:30

Originally posted by _deXter_:

Why would one want to disable the crash dialog?

It will be useful when system shutdowns improperly or Opera crashes randomly.

Originally posted by _deXter_:

And Opera Link already does bookmarks and notes

but you can't use Opera Link to restore bookmarks to an earlier date. It is useful if you concerned about your privacy.

Originally posted by _deXter_:

it'll be more useful if you implemented a wand and cookies backup.

Already several programs are available to backup all settings. See Softwares to enhance Opera.

Mickeyjoe_irl # 22. December 2008, 12:08

Did you write this program Tamil?

Tamil # 22. December 2008, 12:35

Originally posted by Mickeyjoe_irl:

Did you write this program Tamil?

pejakm # 22. December 2008, 16:48

Anything similar for *nix?

Tamil # 22. December 2008, 16:53

Nope.

Mickeyjoe_irl # 23. December 2008, 00:52

@ Tamil

FataL # 23. December 2008, 21:12

Niiiiice!

Backups FTW!

ekoprabowo # 25. December 2008, 04:02

nice ^_^

G1000 # 25. December 2008, 16:05

Like to see this facility implemented for the Mac version of OP.

opera-amonamous # 25. December 2008, 16:29

nicely,,:-D but how can i use this,,i need to help use,,,thank's for All Team in opera.,,

Tamil # 25. December 2008, 23:43

Originally posted by opera-amonamous:

how can i use this,,i need to help use,

See line starting with download.

andreazz # 27. December 2008, 02:54

no Linux version?

Tamil # 27. December 2008, 02:59

Originally posted by andreazz:

no Linux version?

Yes.

yadavankur # 28. December 2008, 03:08

What does this option do - "Disable crash startup dialog."

Does it default to - restart session?

Tamil # 28. December 2008, 03:11

Originally posted by yadavankur:

Does it default to - restart session?

It will default to your preference in startup.

lexiz08 # 6. January 2009, 03:57

kewl tamil!

itcpeter # 8. February 2009, 07:56

hey Tamili, congrats! it's such a nice app.
I just have one comment/request...
In command line, when you invoke the original 'opera.exe', you can pass an url as parameter so the browser will open that page by default.
e.g.
>opera.exe www.mypage.com
will open mypage

Now, when I try
>OperaLauncher www.mypage.com

My default page is opened. Is there a way to read that url parameter using the launcher?

Thanks