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Opera crash! - another instance of opera is still in the process.....
The error:"another instance of opera is still in the process of shutting down.
Please wait until it finishes, or terminate it using the task manager.
Pres retry to restart Opera, or cancel to quit."
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My OS is Windows 7 x64 Ultimate.
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I really have enough of this error. Really - I'm highly frustrated.
Till now I've done this:
Reinstall Opera permanently - including deleting of all folders (in users, and program files)
Cleaning registry after uninstall and before install, to make sure nothing's left.
Didn't work.
After clicking retry or cancel on pop-up window. Window is being closed, but without effect.
Opera is still in "crash mode".
I can't even close this process by ctrl+alt+del. It's just frozen to death.
Only thing - ONLY - thing that I can do, is to restart whole system, to shut this bug, and run again opera.
Please help.
This is my favorite browser, but with such "cr...y" error, I can't use it.
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p.s.
searched of course before for this bug, and such answers like:
- reinstall opera (didn't help)
- delete some files in session (in users catalogue)(didn't help)
- ctrl+alt+del (please.....)(didn't help)
- wait after close opera each time for 1-2 minutes before opening it again (cause someone said, opera is doing some thing after closing, so if you do reopen to fast it'll crash)(didn't help - i've waited one time - about 10minutes.... )
and the last one
- reinstall system (buahahahah, my god, what an brilliant answer - if someone will try to write something like this under the topic - then he/she can punch him/her-self in the face from me).
Regards in advance.
If someone have idea what the catch I'm ready to try it, and reply.
Just to clarify, Is the problem that Opera crashes or that after it has crashed the process is still in memory? y
NB: These steps outline how to kill the process as opposed to ending the Task
You can kill the opera process by ctrl+alt+del to bring up task manager ctrl+shift+escape (for windows vista and up, or XP with the old user screen) under the processors tab, find opera (I usually click on a random process and hit 'o' for opera). > hit end process.
Do you mind giving your system specs. I too have a old system and it takes Opera quite a long time to terminate itself after I have closed the application.
NB: These steps outline how to kill the process as opposed to ending the Task
You can kill the opera process by ctrl+alt+del to bring up task manager ctrl+shift+escape (for windows vista and up, or XP with the old user screen) under the processors tab, find opera (I usually click on a random process and hit 'o' for opera). > hit end process.
Do you mind giving your system specs. I too have a old system and it takes Opera quite a long time to terminate itself after I have closed the application.
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When you close Opera, it does some final writing and tidying up before the process terminates. On my Core2 Duo @3GHz and 3GB of RAM, with Opera 10.10, it typically takes 3-4 seconds in my tests, but can be up to 6 sec.
If Opera has problems writing to one of these handles, perhaps it keeps trying endlessly. I don't know under what circumstances it might do this, or that this is your problem, but it's easy to check with a simple tool.
Process Monitor http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx will show you what files and registry keys are being accessed.
Starting from a fresh boot, Start Process Monitor, switch off File / Capture Events if they are on, add a Filter: "Process Name is opera.exe then Include". Start Opera. Now in Process Monitor, switch Capture Events on, then close Opera. Process Monitor will show you what Opera is trying to do. If it keeps trying the same file over and over, then that file is likely your problem.
If Opera has problems writing to one of these handles, perhaps it keeps trying endlessly. I don't know under what circumstances it might do this, or that this is your problem, but it's easy to check with a simple tool.
Process Monitor http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx will show you what files and registry keys are being accessed.
Starting from a fresh boot, Start Process Monitor, switch off File / Capture Events if they are on, add a Filter: "Process Name is opera.exe then Include". Start Opera. Now in Process Monitor, switch Capture Events on, then close Opera. Process Monitor will show you what Opera is trying to do. If it keeps trying the same file over and over, then that file is likely your problem.
sorry for not response for such long time (being v. busy).
ctrl+shift+del doesn't work (neither ctrl+shift+esc).
It crashes after closing opera, not when I work with it.
I'll try this second method with processes, and we'll see what's the problem.
Thanks very much for response.
Regards
ctrl+shift+del doesn't work (neither ctrl+shift+esc).
It crashes after closing opera, not when I work with it.
I'll try this second method with processes, and we'll see what's the problem.
Thanks very much for response.
Regards
Well it's really pain in the a.. . I was trying with Process Monitor, and couldn't crash opera.
Sometimes, when I wasn't prepared it crashed and then after running process monitor it was looping in some temp files (in opera cache).
Now it can crash even when I do nothing with it! I mean I run it, click on some sites, like YouTube or others, minimize it, in that time do something else, like gaming or watching movies... then backing to opera and - it's crashed. (the same problem as above, can do nothing else but restart PC).
Now I have one strange question about it - how is it plausible that I can download opera x64 on Linux (which I use with pleasure on Linux Kubuntu 10.04 x64, without any errors or compatibility problems like flash or other things that people are afraid of), and there's none of such version on windows?!?!?!?!
does it can have an influence in opera working? I mean it's memory addressing, so could it be the point of all? (I have 4GB o RAM, maybe x32 opera have problem with that?) I know that the main board is taking care of memory usage, but You know that Murphy doesn't sleep - if something could not work - it will not work.
Regards/
very tired, but still user and big fan of opera (please do something to check opera on all kinds of PC before release.. )(and make x64 bit version - I mean it really should be done a long time ago)
Sometimes, when I wasn't prepared it crashed and then after running process monitor it was looping in some temp files (in opera cache).
Now it can crash even when I do nothing with it! I mean I run it, click on some sites, like YouTube or others, minimize it, in that time do something else, like gaming or watching movies... then backing to opera and - it's crashed. (the same problem as above, can do nothing else but restart PC).
Now I have one strange question about it - how is it plausible that I can download opera x64 on Linux (which I use with pleasure on Linux Kubuntu 10.04 x64, without any errors or compatibility problems like flash or other things that people are afraid of), and there's none of such version on windows?!?!?!?!
does it can have an influence in opera working? I mean it's memory addressing, so could it be the point of all? (I have 4GB o RAM, maybe x32 opera have problem with that?) I know that the main board is taking care of memory usage, but You know that Murphy doesn't sleep - if something could not work - it will not work.
Regards/
very tired, but still user and big fan of opera (please do something to check opera on all kinds of PC before release.. )(and make x64 bit version - I mean it really should be done a long time ago)
26. August 2010, 03:06:17 (edited)
So do I. Opera on my computer also meets this problem frequently, and CANNOT be ended from the task manager, all I can to is to reboot my computer to restart opera. It makes me to decide to migrate to another web browser...
BTW, my platform is win7 x86, on a E5300 and 3G RAM, another platform is win7 x86 too, on a sempron 3200+ and 2G RAM. This problem took place on the both platforms.
BTW, my platform is win7 x86, on a E5300 and 3G RAM, another platform is win7 x86 too, on a sempron 3200+ and 2G RAM. This problem took place on the both platforms.
Hello, I too have this problem, but I can terminate the process from the Task Manager. The only problem is that it happens way to often.
I have a 1.6 Ghz CPU and 512 mb RAM. I know it's an old PC, but Opera just doesn't close. The process lingers in the Task Manager, hogging up CPU, even after 30 minutes after I closed Opera. Actually even more than that. I'm also running Windows XP SP2.
A small note, I started encountering the problem after I installed the 10.61 update. On 10.60 it worked just fine. Never had this problem.
Please help, it gets quite annoying at times, especially when I have work to do. It's a great browser, my favorite so far, and I don't want to give it up over this.
I have a 1.6 Ghz CPU and 512 mb RAM. I know it's an old PC, but Opera just doesn't close. The process lingers in the Task Manager, hogging up CPU, even after 30 minutes after I closed Opera. Actually even more than that. I'm also running Windows XP SP2.
A small note, I started encountering the problem after I installed the 10.61 update. On 10.60 it worked just fine. Never had this problem.
Please help, it gets quite annoying at times, especially when I have work to do. It's a great browser, my favorite so far, and I don't want to give it up over this.
instead of terminating the program with the cross and because using task manager is veryyyyyyy boring, I made a Cygwin script (installed with gawk package) to kill Opera process. The file called killopera.sh and placed in user directory (cygwin\home\username) contains :
/bin/kill -f `ps -W|grep Opera|awk '{print $4}'`
when launching cygwin, first make the script executable : chmod +x killopera.sh
Then, any time u want to stop opera, launch cygwin and type killopera.sh
/bin/kill -f `ps -W|grep Opera|awk '{print $4}'`
when launching cygwin, first make the script executable : chmod +x killopera.sh
Then, any time u want to stop opera, launch cygwin and type killopera.sh
Best thing to do instead :
Install cygwin as said previously and create killopera.sh
All you need to do now is creating a batch ms_dos file named opera.bat that contains :
@echo off
I:
chdir I:\Cygwin\bin
bash --login /home/CR/killopera.sh
start /MAX I:\INTERNET\Opera\opera.exe
Replacing I with the drive you installed your apps in and CR by your own username. Then create a shortcut of it on your desktop and change the icon to opera's one if you want. Now, when wanting to start Opera, just use that new shortcut and bye bye the "another instance" message. The new opera start will be longer of course, trying to kill first another instance that would remain in memory.
Install cygwin as said previously and create killopera.sh
All you need to do now is creating a batch ms_dos file named opera.bat that contains :
@echo off
I:
chdir I:\Cygwin\bin
bash --login /home/CR/killopera.sh
start /MAX I:\INTERNET\Opera\opera.exe
Replacing I with the drive you installed your apps in and CR by your own username. Then create a shortcut of it on your desktop and change the icon to opera's one if you want. Now, when wanting to start Opera, just use that new shortcut and bye bye the "another instance" message. The new opera start will be longer of course, trying to kill first another instance that would remain in memory.