Tips and Tricks


Opera has many many features, some of them unique. These may be a bit confusing when you first start Opera, mainly because Opera behaves more like a standard application than a 'web browser'. So if you think of your web documents more in terms of normal documents and forget about what the competition tried to force upon you, you will find it incredibly easy to work with Opera.

Nevertheless, we have added a number of tips and tricks for an efficient use of Opera to this help system.

IMPORTANT: Please, if you haven't done so already, visit our support page on the Internet, which should answermost of your technical or operational questions relating to Opera.

[ General questions ] [ Operational questions ]
[ Opera with other applications ] [ Configuration issues ]
[ Bookmark issues ] [ Some troubleshooting ]
[ Miscellaneous issues ] [ Feature questions ]
[ Other operating systems ] [ More tips and tricks ]

GENERAL (INSTALLATION / USE ) QUESTIONS


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About testing Opera...

Opera is not for free. You may evaluate it for 30 user days, as opposed to calendar days, but after this, you will need to register Opera for US$35 (normal single licence price). The registration code you then receive will remove the time lock from Opera. For the test period, don't fill in any fields, but click on 'Evaluate' right away.
After Opera expired, you can no longer access sites other than Opera Software's own.
Opera cannot connect to the web. What's wrong?
Windows uses a communications module (winsock) to accomplish Internet connections. This file is either called winsock.dll (16bit) or wsock32.dll (32bit). It should exist ONLY ONCE, and ONCE ONLY! If you use Win 3.1x, make sure you only have this one copy of winsock.dll on your disk (usually the one that came with the dialer) and make sure it is in the path statement of your AUTOEXEC.BAT. Rename or delete all other winsock.dll copies from your computer.
Once you have followed these steps, you should NOT have any more problems, because a) Windows knows where to find the module, and there are no conflicts with other winsock.dll's on your disk.

There are several other things that can potentially hinder Opera from loading websites or displaying them properly. These include:
How can I make Opera work with AOL?
Install Opera in/underneath the AOL directory or wherever AOL's winsock.dll or wsock32.dll is placed. Alternatively, rename all winsock.dll and wsock32.dll that are not in use and make sure the AOL directory is in the path in autoexec.bat.
You also have to make sure that you use either the 32bit version of AOL and Opera or the 16bit version, but not the 16bit of AOL and the 32bit of Opera. That will NOT work.
How can I get Opera to open my dialer and connect to my ISP?
Windows will look for and load the closest winsock/dialer program when an application calls up an internet protocol such as http or ftp. This will most often start the dialer. Problems can arise on machines with multiple winsocks (this is a general problem for all browsers). We do not have our own dial-up program.
My registration code is not accepted when I enter it.
Try to copy (Ctrl + C) and paste (Ctrl + V) the code rather than enter it manually. That should work just fine. Please WRITE DOWN your registration code and save it somewhere -- as it makes things so much easier for us and you in case your PC crashes.
Lost registration code
If you have lost your code, you can send a mail to our Registration Dept. register@operasoftware.com Put LOST KEY in the subject line and ask them to re-send it to you. Once again, write this number down somewhere!
Opera opens with three empty windows. Nothing happens after that.
You have to be online, because Opera attempts to connect to its home page upon first startup. You can later close these windows and save these or your personal settings for the next launch.
I want to install the 32bit Java Plugin from Sun, but it doesn't recognize Opera. What now?
  1. Download the plugin (http://www.java.sun.com).
  2. Run the installer.
  3. Copy NPJava32.dll from the the plugins "bin" directory (where you installed the Plugin, ie c:\Java Plugin) into pera's "plugins" directory (ie, c:\Program Files\Opera\Plugins).
  4. Do a "Find plugins" in Opera's associations dialog.
OPERATIONAL QUESTIONS
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I have lost my menu bar? How do I get it back?

Hold down the CTRL key while pressing F11
Opera made itself m default browser. How do I change it to another browser?
Usually from the browser you want to make default. Both IE and NS defaults to display a dialog at startup when the .htm, .html, and http associations points to another browser. However they both offers an option in this dialog to hide the dialog in the feature.

To enable this dialog in NS 3.x goto the registry key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Netscape\Netscape Navigator\Main" and set the value key "Ignore DefCheck" to "no".

To enable this dialog in IE 3.x goto the registry key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main" and set the value key "Check_Associations" to "yes"

Another option is to use the "Explorer->View->Options->File Types" dialog.
Whenever I submit a form, Opera warns me that this form is sent non-encrypted. Can I disable that warning?
Yes. Preference/Security/Show an Alert before... - DISABLE it.
I can't get the main window to open to a full-screen view.
Go to 'Preferences/Generic' and turn 'Automatic window tiling' ON.
Is there any way to transfer my cookie file from Netscape to Opera?
No. It's a different format, but we may support this at a later stage.
Is there some way I can open Opera without getting the Opera Home page?
Preferences/Generic/Start -> Saved windows and history. If you want to get rid of the windows, close them all and save the window settings (Preferences/Save Window Settings....)
My Bridge version (software for blind) doesn't support a configuration for Opera. Have you same advice for blinds?
There are some settings under Preferences/Hotlist that allow you to tune Opera into screenreaders, or make Opera more suitable to use with screen readers. Also under Prefs/Fonts and Background you can ENABLE 'Invert Marked Text', so that the screen reader picks it up when you navigate via E and D keys.
Whenever I try to access a URL I get en error message saying, "Could not find PROXY server".
Turn the proxy off if you can. Also, Opera doesn't support automatic proxy configuration (.PAC) at the moment, but you can check the .PAC file and take the real proxy server from that file.
When I choose "Help" the helpfile viewer comes up with "illegal address" in an alert box.
Check to see if your help files are in \Opera\help. Check in opera.ini if there are spaces in the HELP DIRECTORY string Remove them if necessary: C:\Program Files\Opera\Help. Should look like this: C:\Progra~1\Opera\Help
I cannot download from a specific download site.
Please tell us the URL of that site and we will investigate. Try another download site in the meantime.
My page counter doesn't work with Opera. It shows 888.888.
It's the "Referrer" setting (Preferences, Advanced). If you set referrer "unchecked," the CGI counter will not work.
Do Opera and other browsers co-exist on my harddisk?
Yes. Opera is just like another application. You can use it without any problems with MSIE and/or Netscape.
Can I make Opera even faster?
A user writes: Speed Tuning!
In Opera: Size of Network Buffer: 16K
In System.ini: For 28.8 & higher modems with 16550 UART:

[386Enh]
COM2Buffer=16384
COM2FIFO=1

These setting came from my Boca Rep - for 16550 UARTs the COM Buffer should be increased or it slows down the Modem (my com port is 2). With Opera's Network Buffer set to the same size, the transfer is very fast. Also, should add I'm using Helix Hurricane's Ram Drive set @ 8K as my cache - keeps the disk drive from trashing - only danger is when Opera fills up the 8K you get a "Cannot write to Drive" error!!!! Just hit the IGNORE button until the page is written, then empty the cache!
What about multi-byte code support for other language sets, ie Japanese, Russian, etc?
We are aware of this limitation and are planning the inclusion for a later version. However, this is quite a bit of work that may take some time to complete. Please bear with us for the time being.

Alan Barbour wrote: I have Japanese working pretty well with Opera under English Win-OS/2, and the same methods should work fine for Windows 3.x, also for Chinese and Korean. Details at my web site, http://userzweb.lightspeed.net/~abarbour/os2cjk.htm

Avraham Hanadari wrote: The solution I offered works with most, perhaps all, of the non-Western alphabets. Give it a try and look at the Pickering East page: http://www.pickeringonline.com/coop
I can't get Opera to load an HTML document when I click on OPEN in Explorer?
Go to Explorer/View/Options.
Click on File Types
Move down in the list until you hit 'html' or 'htm' or both Click on Edit Under 'Actions' it should say 'open'. If not add it by clicking on 'New' Under 'Application used to perform action' select Opera with the complete path (ie. E:\Net_Apps\OPERA\Opera.exe)

ENABLE DDE
Enter in DDE message 'open %1' without the marks
Click on OK
Click on Close
Click on Close

Now Explorer will load Opera, open the document, and do the same for subsequent documents you want to open via Explorer.
What are SOCKS and does Opera support it?
SOCKS is used to go securely through a firewall with authentication. Some Winsock implementations (like OnNet 4.0 from FTP software) lets an application use SOCKS transparantly. Others may not do so, and requires the application to explicitly use the SOCKS interface. Opera will include support for SOCKS in a future version.
How can I install Security Certificates in the Database?
1. Personal Certificates

Personal Certificates that you use to identify yourself to sites that require such identification are issued by a Certificate Authority, which is a Third Party that is trusted by you personally and those operating the service you want to use, to not issue fake certificates on your name and to verify that the information certified is correct.

The process involves these steps:

  1. Register with your selected Certificate Authority. Make sure that they can issue certificates for Opera. If they do not support Opera you will have to ask them to add Opera to their list of supported browsers.
  2. Depending on what kind of information the certificate shall include, you may have to provide the Certificate Authority with certain information or documents, either via forms, email, ordinary mail, and in certain cases by peronally visiting one of the Certificate Authority's offices to give the the necessary information. Some Certificate Authorities require this information before allowing you to request a certificate, others have other practices; consult the information from your selected Certificate Authority to find out what they need.
  3. Visit the Certificate Authority's webserver, navigate to the page where you submit the request for a certificate. Fill in the necessary information they require for this particular certificate. Select the number of bits the private key shall have (at least 1024 is recommended). When the form is submitted Opera will generate a private key/public key pair that is inserted into the password protected database. The public key is then sent, along with the other data entered, to the Certificate Authority to be included in the certificate. NOTE: the private key *never* leaves your computer, and is not known to the Certificate Authority. It only knows that you have the private key associated with the public key it received, which cannot be used to easily find the private key.
  4. The Certificate Authority will then process your request, this process may take a few days. If necessary you may have to provide certain documents that are needed and authorize payment for the certificate. When the certificate has been issued you will most often receive an email that gives you an URL where you can download the certificate.
  5. When you download the certificate from the Certificate Authority, Opera will automatically start the installation procedure (*** link to the installation helpfile entry ***)
    If you received your certificate as an email-attachment you must point Opera at the file containing the certificate. Installation will start automatically provided that the fileextension matches the ones in the Preferences->Associate for "application/x-x509-user-cert" (default ".usr")
    In some cases certificates are distributed as PEM-files (PEM=Privacy Enhanced Mail) and generally have the fileextension ".pem" (associate type "application/x-pem-file".
    These files always starts with the line "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----" followed by a lot of seemingly random letters and digits ending with the line "-----END CERTIFICATE-----". As above, point Opera at the file, Installation starts automatically.
  6. You can now start using your certificate. When the server asks for a certificate Opera will open a dialog-box asking you which certificate (if any) you wish to use with that particular server.


2. Installation of Certificate Authority certificates:

Certificate Authorities creates special certificates to themselves that certifies their master private keys. These certificates are called Root Certificates, and each particular certificate level generally have their own (e.g., one for email-only certificates, another for full name peronal certificates, and a third for servers). Opera is shipped with a number of such certificates. But this list does not contain all available root certificates.Sometimes you may have to install certificates for unknown authorities.

For personal certificates these Root Certificates are often included with the certificate that is issued to you, and therefore installed automatically if it is not already installed. If Root Certificates are not shipped with the certificate, the Certificate Authority should provide links to the certificates, Installation is usually automatic (*** link to the installation helpfile entry ***).

If you encounter a server with a certificate issued by an unknown ertificate Authority you will be asked if you accept the certificate. If the certificates sent by the server contain the Root Certificate from that Authority you will be offered the possibility to install its certificate and to set the guideflags for that particular Certificate Authority.

Most Certificate Authorites provide links to their Root Certificates (the top entry pages of some services may also have such links). Clicking these links will automatically start the installation procedure (*** link to the installation helpfile entry ***).

If you received the Root Certificate as an email-attachment or file you must point Opera at the file containing the certificate. Installation will start automatically provided that the fileextension matches the ones in the Preferences->Associate for "application/x-x509-ca-cert" (default ".crt" or ".ca").

In some cases certificates are distributed as PEM-files (PEM=Privacy Enhanced Mail) and generally have the fileextension ".pem" (associate type "application/x-pem-file".

These files always starts with the line "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----" followed by a lot of seemingly random letters and digits ending with the line "-----END CERTIFICATE-----". As above, point Opera at the file, Installation starts automatically.

OPERA AND OTHER APPLICATIONS
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Opera works with most plugins. Check the supported ones here. Opera also works well with a number of third party applications. More info on that can be obtained at our support site and also on our internal news server. Both can be accessed via our home page.

I can't get Opera to work with RealAudio. Any advice?

Most Opera users find success by following the instructions on either of the following Real.com sites:
http://service.real.com/solutions/RAP00836.HTM
or
http://service.real.com/help/faq/pp5cfg.html
There is also an explanation on our support site.
How can I link MS Internet Mail from Opera?
C:\WIN95\EXPLORER.EXE /root,C:\WIN95\Internet Mail.{89292102-4755-11cf-9D C2-00AA006C2B84} Use your own directory settings, and let us know if it works, please.

Henri Karrenfeld wrote: Assume your mail program is MAPI compliant, (ahem, and you use Windows95, of course, else the following will make very little sense, I guess), try this at the 'external mail application' in the mail preferences:
C:\WINDOWS\Rundll32.exe url.dll,MailToProtocolHandler
(Assuming you have Win95 installed in C:\WINDOWS).
This doesn't work with me for starting Eudora Pro 3.05 via MAPI, however, but since you want to use M$ Internet Mail, (that's M$ Exchange, right?) this should be no problem. (Actually Eudora doesn't want to start up at all when an email address is specified, even started by clicking an icon, so I'll assume here my problem is caused by Eudora, not Opera).
Does Opera support DDE calls from another application to navigate to a URL?
Yes, it does.
Method: Request
Topic: WWW_OpenURL
Message: "%1" (or the actual URL)
App name: Opera
I cannot get my plugins to work with Opera.
Remember that not ALL available plugins are working with Opera, but Shockwave Flash, RealAudio, Quicktime, Crescendo, VDO-Player do work.
See http://www.operasoftware.com/plug_in.html for a list of "plug-ins" that work with Opera.
The following page explains in detail how to get other applications, including mail clients and several plug-ins, working with Opera: http://www.operasoftware.com/config.htm
CONFIGURATION QUESTIONS
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How can I set my cache directory in Opera?

Close Opera.
Open OPERA.INI (usually in C:\Windows)
    [USER PREFS]
    CACHE DIRECTORY=C:\data\opera\cache (or whatever it may be)
I like the adjustable cache feature, since I have 32MB of RAM, what would be the optimum RAM cache for docs & images?
I have my RAM cache at around 5MB, but you need to find what's the best for you. Unless you surf a lot on the same site, a smaller RAM cache is better, but it's entirely up to you. The disk cache shouldn't exceed 5MB - otherwise the startup gets very slow.
Is there a way to see which places I have been into in the Internet?
Window/Special Window/History gives you access to the places where you have been. You can change the number of entries via Preferences/General/Global History. There you can also turn off that option.
How can I open a window in the background?
Make sure 'Auto Tile' is off (Pref/Generic). Then press SHFIT+CTRL, and only THEN move with the mouse pointer onto the link and click. Now the new window will be opened in the background without resizing the current document window.
How do I configure my proxy settings?
You will have to consult with your system provider/administrator to get proper settings. Then you can configure your proxy settings in Opera. Examples of the syntax: (use your own numbers, these are fictional) Put http://proxy.myproxy.com:8080 or 111.0.0.1:8080 in each of the protocol boxes that you wish to use (and check the box in front).
That is:
HTTP : for HTTP servers (ordinary web documents)
HTTPS : for secure documents (use ONLY if you are behind a firewall)
FTP : for FTP files
Gopher : Always needed if you want access gopher servers
WAIS : Always needed if you want to access wais servers
The No Proxy field can be used to specify which HTTP servers should be accessed directly because they are so close that the proxy would be a bottleneck even if it had the document stored locally.
I would like to use Opera for offline browsing.
Opera is not an offline browser, but we have built in a special feature that lets you browse pages in your cache offline with ease and WITHOUT any of the other add-on products. Go to Preferences/Cache and ENABLE 'Offline Browse Mode'. The same toggle is available under the File menu.
Third party cache explorers like Secret Agent and Francois Crevola's 'About my Cache' work fine.
Windows settings file
The default windows settings file is called opera.win. Information on Opera's window sizing and the “saved ” windows information is stored here. If you are getting the following error message when you try to load Opera 3.21 or an earlier Opera version: “The windows settings file is corrupt or not an Opera windows settings file.” it is because you also have installed Opera 3.50 on your computer...and both copies of the the program are pointed to use the same opera.win file at startup. When Opera 3.21 does a check on the version number of the opera.win file, it finds the version number is (naturally) different in Opera 3.50 and gives you the above error message. This is no big problem.

What you can do is point each copy of Opera that you are using to its own .win file. For each version of Opera, go to Preferences/Save Window Settings, and edit the “Filename” field. It should point to a directory and a filename with the .win extension where you would like to store the window settings information for that version of Opera.
For example: C:\Program Files\Opera\opera2.win
A logical place is in the main Opera program directory for that particular version, but you can place it anywhere you like.

Additionally, you can have multiple copies of .win files for each version. This allows you to store different windows settings in separate files and save them to call up for later use.

BOOKMARK QUESTIONS
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How do I open/close the docked hotlist window?

There are 4 different ways that will "toggle" the Hotlist:
  1. View/Hotlist
  2. Hold down Ctrl and press F2
  3. Shift-F7 (open only)
  4. Hold down Ctrl and click on the hotlist icon in the tool bar.
How can I use/import my Netscape/Explorer bookmarks?
With version 3.x, Opera can import both MSIE and Netscape bookmarks, even merge them with your existing Opera hotlist.

There's another, 'memorialware' product for merging all sorts of bookmark merging and sorting: Columbine Bookmark Merge, from Gary Cramblitt. You can find at http://www.clark.net/pub/garyc.

Another tool is PowerMarks. PowerMarks recognizes Opera and the new version has support for the Opera 3.x Hot Lists, as well as NS's bookmarks and IE's favorites. http://www.kaylon.com/power.html
Other than hotlist, is there anyway to quickly get to places visited in current session?
Yes. Press H for history, or look in your cache.
GENERAL ISSUES AND TROUBLESHOOTING
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Viewing webpages:

Often, when a page is not displayed properly, it's because the author used tags that are not part of the HTML 3.2 standard, which Opera supports.
Visit http://www.operasoftware.com/support/misc.htm for further explanation. There is a forum for discussion regarding page display problems on our newsgroups: news://opera.nta.no/opera.page-display
If you would like to report problems with Opera that you feel are not HTML-related please go to: http://www.operasoftware.com/bugreport.html and fill in the form. We will be able to investigate these problems, and fix them if necessary in the next version of Opera.
I would like to buy stock/shares in Opera. How can I do this?
Opera is not a public company. If we decide to go public, we hope to do this in a manner different to what is known today. If you would like to support Opera, you are more than welcome to pay more than the $35 we are asking for it. The more funds we have, the more we can do to improve Opera and the support of the product.
Also, the company laws in Norway are rather different to the ones in the US, so for the time being there is no public placement planned. Opera will continue to remain a private company, although the requests have been numerous. However, we don't think it's a good idea at this particular stage.
Could you give more details about the Speech Reader compatibility?
There is an entry in Preferences called 'hotlist'. If you enable the bottom option, the hotlist menu is shown without the folder icons, making it more screenreader friendly.
Also, the keys E and D jump from element to element that the screenreader can identify. Also, under Preferences/Font and Background you can ENABLE 'INVERT MARKED TEXT', making it easy for the screenreader to identify the text it should read.
MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES
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FEATURE QUESTIONS
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Does Opera support ActiveX?

ActiveX is not currently being considered for development within Opera.
What about Email/Addressbook?
A full Email client is being worked on as we speak. It is planned to be available in version 4.0
I posted some mail to my friend. How can i check whether the mail has been posted. Where is the icons for mail box?
Opera stores all outgoing mail in a file of your choice if you so prefer, but you cannot check if it has been sent successfully. Opera only displays a message when it has sent the message - no 'late' check possible. There are no icons for a mailbox because you cannot receive mail with Opera - as pointed out in detail in the help files.
Can I send a page/link to someone like Netscape does?
No. This is not implemented at the moment.
How can I open another window for viewing or downloading?
Just 'shift-click' on a link rather than 'click'. Or select the "blank page" icon at the far left of the toolbar.
PLATFORM QUESTIONS
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Is there going to be a Mac, Be, Amiga, OS/2, Linux/X11, PSION, Windows CE version?

Please refer to our http://www.operasoftware.com/alt_os.html page for more exciting information about these OS, and for the latest status/progress on the development of the respective operating system versions.
How about a GEOS, DOS... version of Opera?
Currently we have no plans for porting Opera to these platforms. If demand justifies it, we may consider it though. We are always interested in cooperation on this front, if a company wants to port Opera.
EVEN MORE TIPS AND TRICKS
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  1. If your images show a raster, and therefore not as clearly as you expect, your zoom is not set to 100%. Resetting it to 100% zoom (shortcut: 6) removes the raster.
  2. The font on the hotlist can be changed via Preferences/Hotlist/Custom.
  3. We recommend not having too large a disk cache, as Opera tends to become instable or slow to start with caches larger than 4MB.
  4. If you have problems running Opera, try ENABLING Synchronous DNS under Preferences/Advanced
  5. You can switch off both cookies and referrer logging. Simply go to Advanced Preferences and leave the two bottom boxes UNTICKED.
  6. Please report all bugs to us via our online bugreport form at http://www.operasoftware.com/bugreport.html .
  7. The currently selected hotlist folder is also automatically the active one to which bookmarks will be added via Ctrl-T.
  8. You can switch off the Splash screen by editing your OPERA.INI.
         [USER PREFS]
         SHOW SPLASH SCREEN = 0
    
  9. It is a very good idea to backup your Hotlist from time to time. Make a copy to floppy disk of the file named opera3.adr which is located in the main Opera program directory. The default location is C:\Program Files\Opera
  10. If you want to use the feature 'Automatic background loading' via SHIFT-CTRL-CLICK, you need to make sure that you have 'Automatic Window Tile' switched OFF.
  11. If you have problems with SSL, make sure you have all the certificates ENABLED under 'Preferences | Security'
  12. The warning 'this document will be sent without encryption' can be turned of via Pref./Security/Show and Alert before...
  13. If your menu bar is switched off, Ctrl-F11 will make it reappear. Alternatively, you can edit OPERA.INI under [USER PREFS]. Look for a line called SHOW MENU=0 and change it to 1 .
  14. If you want to disable Javascript, you need to DISABLE 'Scripting Languages' in Preferences/Multimedia.
  15. If you want to fit more on one page upon printing, you can reduce the scaling via File/Print Scale and Margins.
  16. The address book icon on the tool bar ALWAYS shows the currently ACTIVE sublist of your bookmarks. You can make another sublist ACTIVE by either clicking on the appropriate folder in your docked hotlist, or by selecting it via the 'Lists' menu.
  17. If you want to let Opera tell you when it's finished with the loading of a page or a file download, the SOUNDS section under Preferences is very useful. There you can determine which sound should be played.
  18. A quick shortcut to know is 'G' which toggles your graphics settings. Another one is F2 which opens the 'Direct Addressing' box where you can enter a URL directly.
  19. You can also get rid of the Exit dialog box by adding this line to opera.ini under:
         [USER PREFS]
         SHOW EXIT DIALOG = 0. 
    
  20. Opera and multiple file downloads: Opera opens a separate file download window showing all the currently active downloads. If you want to abort/cancel a download, click on the square icon button and select "Cancel Download".
  21. How can I switch between different online accounts using Opera? Simply edit your OPERA.INI and fill in the fields for the other account. Then save it under a _new_ name. Then create a shortcut for Opera that specifies the respective .INI on the commandline. Opera will then start using that .ini file with the settings for this specific ISP, rather then defaulting to OPERA.INI
  22. How can I get any program to load Opera when I click on an http:// link?
    The Registry has an entry under:
         HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/http/shell/open/command
    
    Change the entry value to the path where Opera is, ie. C:\Opera\opera.exe %1
  23. You can open HTML documents simply by dragging them from your file manager (Explorer, File Manager, etc.) onto the Opera workspace.
  24. If your prev/next buttons do not work, you may need to check under 'Preferences | Generic' to see that your History settings have a value higher than zero.
  25. If you would like to subscribe to our one-way mailing list, please do so at: http://www.operasoftware.com/mailinglist.html
  26. You can now also download JPG images from the newsgroup. Just click on the article and a link will show up. Clicking on that link will download the image.
  27. You know that you can save your Opera desktop state (including Windows and history) in Opera's ".win" files. These files can also be loaded while Opera is running.
  28. To access local files, just press Ctrl-N to get a new window and then C: [Enter], or whatever drive you'd like to access.
  29. By defining the Opera user directory in Pref/Advanced, all Opera user files except the opera.ini file will be stored in that directory.
  30. Opera makes a backup of your old version (including your Hotlist) upon installation. This will be placed in the opera\backup directory. If you are happy with the latest version, you can delete the files in your backup directory.
  31. Opera doesn't delete those files from the cache that are currently in RAM. You will need to delete them by hand if required.
  32. You can use the docked hotlist also to drag and drop bookmarks. Dropping them on a window will open the document in that window. Dropping them on an empty space will open a new window
  33. Under Preferences/Generic you can also enter personal information for quick retrieval in forms via the right mouse button (RMB).
  34. The Problem Dialog that pops up after an unclean exit of Opera can be removed by editing your Opera.ini under
    [USER PREFS]
    SHOW PROBLEM DIALOG=0
    
  35. Want to customize your toolbar? No problem! (You must set the full toolbar type under 'Preferences') Then add the following to your opera.ini file:
            [TOOLBAR]
            SHOW NEW BUTTON=1
            SHOW OPEN BUTTON=0
            SHOW SAVE BUTTON=1
            SHOW PRINT BUTTON=1
            SHOW COPY BUTTON=1
            SHOW SEARCH BUTTON=0
            SHOW PREV BUTTON=1
            SHOW RELOAD BUTTON=1
            SHOW NEXT BUTTON=1
            SHOW HOME BUTTON=1
            SHOW OPEN URL BUTTON=1
            SHOW HOT LIST BUTTON=1
            SHOW TILE BUTTON=0
            SHOW CASCADE BUTTON=0
    
    0 means off, or no.
    1 meants on, or yes.
    Set the above parameters as you please.