Every Folder Reads "Opera Image" file or "totalplayer" file

I was unable to see images at websites such as imageshack so I investigated and found to check the images I wanted to be able to view via opera
Setting > Preferences > Advance > Programs >Details

Well after checking said boxes opera has taken over all over my folders in my pc with the "Opera Image" file for ALL of my image files except for my PSD's and all of my audio files with "totalplayer" file. I can NOT have this for these files are my bread and butter and I need to know what their extensions are are the fly.

Everything under >Details is now grayed out and I am unable to uncheck them. I have uninstalled opera three times with no luck. I have went into my "Folder Options" and pointed every file type to open with Photoshop and Windows Media Player and still opera has control over my folders and or file extensions.

I have combed the forum and google for the answer with no joy. Can someone PLEASE tell me how t correct this. My next options which I really do NOT want to do is a "system restore". If I have to do so I am not going to be a very happy camper with the opera browser!

Thanks in advance.

Windows XP Home

Originally posted by poshlife:

I was unable to see images at websites such as imageshack so I investigated and found to check the images I wanted to be able to view via operaSetting > Preferences > Advance > Programs >DetailsWell after checking said boxes opera has taken over all over my folders in my pc with the "Opera Image" file for ALL of my image files except for my PSD's and all of my audio files with "totalplayer" file. I can NOT have this for these files are my bread and butter and I need to know what their extensions are are the fly.

It seems that you've set up Opera to be defalult handle program for (some) image files.

You can open another program and set it as default one for images or you can change it using Windows Control Panel. Don't remember om which part of CP you could change it on XP`, sorry.

On Win7 it's on Control Panel > Default Programs.

I've been all through the CP with no joy.

Opera should NOT have such an ability to run and take over someones entire OS as such! Even after an uninstall!

Which program do you use to open images? Just run it and see if you can set as default viewer for images or associate some extensions to the program.

Originally posted by poshlife:

Opera should NOT have such an ability to run and take over someones entire OS as such! Even after an uninstall!

Lots of programs do it. And not every time a uninstall changes it because not very time the uninstall process changes the registry.

I use PhotoShop CS and I have been all through PhotoShop to see if there is an option to correct this.
Also as I mentioned, it not just my image type files, but also any audio file that would be played with any standard audio player.
I have uninstalled 3 times.

WHY has opera grayed out all of the check boxes under Settings > Preferences > Advanced > Details? This is where the problem began and still is.

File Types Handled By Opera:
Are all checked and grayed out and cannot be unchecked to hopefully end this problem!
How to correct this?

Are you logged as admin? It was that way before you had uninstall Opera for the first time?

Originally posted by poshlife:

... Opera should NOT have such an ability to run and take over someones entire OS as such! Even after an uninstall!

Please understand that the Opera panel you used to check the file-type boxes under WinXP merely sets up instructions that are immediately handed off to Windows for its use when you click on Details under Preferences > Advanced > Programs. The file associations are actually made by Windows at your direction, and saved in Windows - regardless of whether the related program (Opera) is later uninstalled. The OS is an appropriate place to set file-type defaults for the system. (Under Win7, this is more clearly visible to a user since Opera directly invokes a tailored subset panel of Windows Control Panel to offer the user the choices for default settings.)

You should be able to manually access and alter file associations directly via Windows Control Panel, assuming you have the appropriate user account privileges to alter Windows settings. For WinXP and with Opera off, open the Control Panel and navigate: Folder Options > File Types > highlight a file extension you wish to change > Change > choose the program you want as a default to open that file type from the "Other Programs" list (assuming Opera is the current default choice) > OK. Rinse and repeat for each file type you want to change. If you're unable to make changes to file associations directly via the Windows control panel, it indicates either a permissions problem with the user account you're using or with the operating system itself. If the problem actually lies in the OS, then you may be facing a system restore to get things in the OS back right.

blackbird71 thank you for your reply however, I have done as you instructed BEFORE turning to opera for help. Might I also add I not only did this action once, but several times in several instances by direction of two different computer specialist (Microsoft Windows).

The fact is I now treat opera as hostile and basically a virus to this computer as the only way I and computer tech's much more intelligent than I were able to reverse this issue was to use "System Restore" which in turn made me lose some work and made more work for me I could have done without: Since opera is basically holding my login and passwords hostage I have to go to every site I trusted opera with and retrieve both as well as my bookmarks.

I say USER BEWARE if you are using an older version of XP with opera however, I am NOT putting all the blame on opera for I am NOT a huge fan of Windows either and I know it is not without it's "bugs" and hostilities.