Does anyone else use Opera Browser?

[zedd151]

I am running Windows 7 and use opera web browser. I have this issue that opera says "Would you like to make opera your default web browser?" or something similar. Clicking yes has no effect. It will ask me all the time for this and its getting really annoying.
I cannot find any opera setting that helps. Does anyone know the registry key where the default browser is set?

[NoCforMe]

I use it. Like some things about it, hate others; found Opera to be the least bad choice out there (among Firefox, Chrome and Windows browser, forget the name). One nice thing is the "click on tab, go to top of page" feature.

Go to "Settings"; there's an item there to make Opera the default. Works for me (Windows 7-64 here).

[zedd151]

Nope. Doesnt change anything. I still get that message. I am going to investigate a little bit here. I will post the results...

[zedd151]

I used RegShot before and after clicking on "Make Default" in settings.
Nothing in the registry changed regarding web browsers.  Lemme look for any Internet Explorer entries and track this key down that needs to be changed. 

[zedd151]

Well thats going nowhere fast, too many keys. I'll google for a solution...

[hutch--]

I am a Google clone man myself, the browser is "Slimjet" and I use it because its FAST !

[zedd151]

After a complete reinstallation:

opera is you default browser

wtf anyway???
Now to reinstall it on 32 bit...

[NoCforMe]

Like a lot of software, you just have to beat it over the head a couple-three times until it gets the message ...

[zedd151]

I wonder if, when opera updates it is a full update or just a patch?
Anyway I reinstalled the latest version even though it supposedly was the latest in the first place. 
and that took care of the problem mentioned in the first post.

[TimoVJL]

Long time ago i used it. In update it created a new folder with version string ?
Later i started using Vivaldi, as it also based Chrome-code and didn't have bloated features.

[daydreamer]

I use chrome
Annoying when liked/got used to gui,new version change that
Less bloat/spam on webpages: lynx only reads text,not animated ads

[zedd151]

Hi Magnus
I like opera myself. It is a heavy browser (look in task manager) but I like that it has a built in ad blocker.

[jj2007]

My Win7-64 notebook is a bit weak on memory: 6MB. I tried several browsers in the past, and was a Firefox fan for many years. After lots of fights with high memory use and too many disk writes, I chose to try M$ Edge some months ago. So far it behaves well.

[daydreamer]

Hi Magnus
I like opera myself. It is a heavy browser (look in task manager) but I like that it has a built in ad blocker.

most android phones,tablets I had use chrome and sometimes comes with a alternative browser
whats ipad using?
Jochen 6MB,must be something serious wrong with memory hardware having DOS days mem size 

[zedd151]

Both my iPads have safari