[OU] Opera 10 installed: How do I fix it?

[Finnigann]

I recently learned to use a command line/address bar command: ABOUT:opera

I installed Opera 10 and it failed to see my existing installation of
Opera 9.xx.

The good news is that I can still run my older version AND the newly
installed 10 version. Of course that's not the intended outcome.

Now for the ABOUT command. I saved the info from ABOUT:opera and I think
if I can update the Opera 10 version with the info, I can make this pig
fly (sorry Opera devs).

How do I do this minor miracle? Where can I enter this data so that
version 10 finds my mail Passwords and contacts etc.?


Or would it be easier(re: neater) to unistall and re-install correctly
(supplyiing the missing info to start with?


btw, what else works with the ABOUT: command?
I don't recall reading about it in any help files.

[James Card]

Post by Finnigann
btw, what else works with the ABOUT: command?
I don't recall reading about it in any help files.

<opera:about>
<opera:config>
<opera:plugins>
<opera:drives> (on Windows machines)
<opera:history>
<opera:historysearch>
<opera:cache>

There may be one or two more that I've forgotten about.

[Finnigann]

Post by James Card

Post by Finnigann
btw, what else works with the ABOUT: command?
I don't recall reading about it in any help files.

<opera:about>
<opera:config>
<opera:plugins>
<opera:drives> (on Windows machines)
<opera:history>
<opera:historysearch>
<opera:cache>
There may be one or two more that I've forgotten about.

Excellent!


opera:config looks like it has the most potential. Where is the 'paths'
data stored? If I can edit that with the earlier versions data locations,
I might pull this off yet.

Thanks again!


BTW Opera 10 works fine with FACEBOOK.

[David Hayward]

When I've had problems upgrading in the past (when I was running the Friday
builds during the 9.xx series and my profile got hosed) I was mostly able to
save it all just by copying the existing files over to the new ones. I just
grabbed the data path from opera:about (ie. C:\Documents and
Settings\Spidah\Application Data\Opera\Opera\) and copied my file in to it.
Not sure how it'll work copying from 9.xx to 10.xx as they seem to have
renamed the preferences file finally (I think it was still named opera6.ini
even in the 9.64 release). Might have luck just renaming to operaprefs.ini
and see if that works.

Post by Finnigann
opera:config looks like it has the most potential. Where is the 'paths'
data stored? If I can edit that with the earlier versions data locations,
I might pull this off yet.

[Finnigann]

Post by David Hayward
When I've had problems upgrading in the past (when I was running the
Friday builds during the 9.xx series and my profile got hosed) I was
mostly able to save it all just by copying the existing files over to
the new ones.

Ever the chicken, I renamed the existing files with an additional .BAK

There was no mail folder with O-10 so I copied it over entirely. That
didn't work... So I started over I was going to re-create my mail account
and low and behold there was an IMPORT choice... guess which one I did.
(-:

Like I said somewhere else. I save EVERYTHING mail wise. So far it's
working great. I need to look for the filters control file, whatever/where
ever that might be.

Post by David Hayward
I just grabbed the data path from opera:about (ie. C:\Documents and
Settings\Spidah\Application Data\Opera\Opera\) and copied my file in to
it. Not sure how it'll work copying from 9.xx to 10.xx as they seem to
have renamed the preferences file finally (I think it was still named
opera6.ini even in the 9.64 release). Might have luck just renaming to
operaprefs.ini and see if that works.

I renamed the 9.x file opera6.ini operadiffs.ini after I renamed
operadiffs.ini to operadiffs.ini.BAK Perhaps this is where the filter info
is at.

Opera could have made this alot easier with a couple of utils... [hint,
hint]

Oh well I'm tickled that O-10 is working as well as it is...