Opera Launcher
By Tamil. Sunday, December 21, 2008 5:53:23 PM
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.



XerscrollXERSCROLL # Sunday, December 21, 2008 7:45:25 PM
Misty Blueseemille # Monday, December 22, 2008 2:26:24 AM
Dexter Mdextersgenius # Monday, December 22, 2008 4:11:32 AM
And Opera Link already does bookmarks and notes, so it'll be more useful if you implemented a wand and cookies backup.
Tamil # Monday, December 22, 2008 4:30:56 AM
Originally posted by _deXter_:
It will be useful when system shutdowns improperly or Opera crashes randomly.Originally posted by _deXter_:
Originally posted by _deXter_:
Already several programs are available to backup all settings. See Softwares to enhance Opera.Uncle MickMickeyjoe-Irl # Monday, December 22, 2008 12:08:24 PM
Tamil # Monday, December 22, 2008 12:35:26 PM
Originally posted by Mickeyjoe_irl:
pejakm # Monday, December 22, 2008 4:48:53 PM
Tamil # Monday, December 22, 2008 4:53:20 PM
Uncle MickMickeyjoe-Irl # Tuesday, December 23, 2008 12:52:51 AM
FataL # Tuesday, December 23, 2008 9:12:24 PM
Backups FTW!
ekoekoprabowo # Thursday, December 25, 2008 4:02:46 AM
Gordon GriswoldG1000 # Thursday, December 25, 2008 4:05:30 PM
henkyopera-amonamous # Thursday, December 25, 2008 4:29:46 PM
Tamil # Thursday, December 25, 2008 11:43:09 PM
Originally posted by opera-amonamous:
See line starting with download.
andreazz # Saturday, December 27, 2008 2:54:24 AM
Tamil # Saturday, December 27, 2008 2:59:45 AM
Originally posted by andreazz:
Yes.Ankuryadavankur # Sunday, December 28, 2008 3:08:32 AM
Does it default to - restart session?
Tamil # Sunday, December 28, 2008 3:11:52 AM
Originally posted by yadavankur:
It will default to your preference in startup.Alexislexiz08 # Tuesday, January 6, 2009 3:57:22 AM
itcpeter # Sunday, February 8, 2009 7:56:24 AM
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
Tamil # Sunday, February 8, 2009 3:27:00 PM
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