Can one stop Opera from auto starting after a manual update?

Can one stop Opera from auto starting after a manual update?

I just downloaded the latest Opera (Opera_1162_en_Setup.exe) using MSIE and then ran thru the update process. At the end of the updating process Opera automatically started much to my annoyance!
I don't remember seeing any check box that *most apps* display politely asking the user if they want to start up the app in question afterwards.

Have I missed something here?

Originally posted by yacce3:

Have I missed something here?

No, but there are some options as to where and how to install it, and that dialogue gives you the option of cancelling the installation.

Why get annoyed by trivial things like this?
You could have chosen to run the installation program when you were ready to. The installation is not completed until Opera has been run (that shows the welcome screen only the first time).

Well, it's not so trivial for me otherwise I wouldn't have posted. You see my last sessions in all of my browsers (MSIE, Opera, Chrome and Firefox) almost always consists of many, many windows and tabs and this naturally take quite a time to load (my ADSL line gets bogged down for many minutes) and not seldom is my 8GB RAM very taxed so then also my disk drives really have to work to earn their living.

Sure I could wait - and it seems I must (and must remeber this is the case for Opera) - until most of my resource hungry apps are closed but Opera is actually the ONLY app I 've seen that is NOT including a check box giving you the option not to start up after a manual (.EXE file) install/update is done.
And that's is a REALLY BAD design miss in my book at least!

(Hard to figure out why a simple check box question is a NO-NO for the Opera team)

Originally posted by yacce3:

Opera is actually the ONLY app I 've seen that is NOT including a check box giving you the option not to start up after the install/update is done.

Are you sure Google Chrome does?

Originally posted by yacce3:

Have I missed something here?

You can stop Opera from auto starting after a manual update by extracting the content of the install package manually.

Originally posted by Krake:

Originally posted by yacce3:

Have I missed something here?

You can stop Opera from auto starting after a manual update by extracting the content of the install package manually.

OK - but how do I extract and then what ? Is there some command line argument to the EXE file to use ?

http://www.opera.com/docs/switches/ - Nothing here that would apply it seems...

And opening the EXE file with IZARC reveals nothing...

Originally posted by Krake:

You can stop Opera from auto starting after a manual update by extracting the content of the install package manually.

Surely it shouldn't have to result to that ?. What about users that are less experienced, Or even those that are.

A simple tick-box would make things so much easier for like minded users.

After all, Most installable apps/software offer this option, And it's an option i always use when given the choice.

Originally posted by LinuxMint7:

Originally posted by Krake:

You can stop Opera from auto starting after a manual update by extracting the content of the install package manually.

Surely it shouldn't have to result to that ?. What about users that are less experienced, Or even those that are.

A simple tick-box would make things so much easier for like minded users.

After all, Most installable apps/software offer this option, And it's an option i always use when given the choice.

@LinuxMint7 (my bad!)

@Krake
Do YOU know how to extract etc ?

Originally posted by yacce3:

Do YOU know how to extract etc ?

What kind of response is that? Of course LinuxMint7 knows how to extract archives. I don't even know how to install Linux.

In Windows, right-click on a file in Windows Explorer and use the extract menu option. If you don't have such an option, then install an archive utility such as WinZip, LHArc, or 7-Zip (recommended).

The selection in the screen shot would extract the files to the current folder. I usually opt to extract the contents of the Opera installer to a newly created folder (the next option. The folder will be created and a portable installation of Opera will be extracted to it.

Thanks for your response Pesala !
(My earlier response should have been directed towards Krake of course and not LinuxMint7 - a pure criminal mistake on my part!)

Had to install 7-zip as my IZARC install didn't had a clue regarding delving into this Opera EXE file! Then one has only to copy all the files and folders into the existing (old) Opera folder.
But hopefully nothing should go wrong with any *Opera settings* if anybody tries this slighly awkward (nibbāna) and surely not officially sanctioned update method...

Much obliged!