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Posted on 11/09/2021 10:50:51 AM PST by Still Thinking
So I was standardized on Opera for several years, tried Brave, didn't really like it, and then someone on here recommended Vivaldi. I tried it and really like it, it's my main browser now.
Problem is, it seems to lose the file-type association for web links and http files and so on. I clicked on a link in an email and it opened the box inviting me to tell it what program to use, and -- Vivaldi wasn't even one of the pre-registered options, only Opera.
So I browsed to the location (which is oddly in %APPDATA%), and explicitly told Widows to use it. It did work, but it's been associated for a while, so why would it break? Also, immediately after installation, it seemed like it hadn't set itself as the default, NS for like two days after that, every time I'd run it I'd get the prompt to make the default (again) even though I'd already done so.
Anyone have any idea why it would do this? I've never had that happen before with Firefox or anything else. Is it a known thing with Vivaldi?
(Win 7 BTW)
No I don't have a pancake on my head.
This is hugh and series!
Wondered if either of you-all, or your lists, would be able to help.
I used Vivaldi a few years ago on a Windows 7 work laptop, and did NOT have that problem. I like Vivaldi because it has a proper menu bar, not the stupid hamburger.
I did not have that problem. I suspect that you have another program (anti-malware?) that thinks that Vivaldi is Chrome and is running interference. Just a guess.
I used Vivaldi a few years ago on a Windows 7 work laptop, and did NOT have that problem. I like Vivaldi because it has a proper menu bar, not the stupid hamburger.
I did not have that problem. I suspect that you have another program (anti-malware?) that thinks that Vivaldi is Chrome and is running interference. Just a guess.
The Windows auto-update will sometimes screw up the registry. Also updates to apps, especially browsers, will silently try to take ownership of extensions. My Chrome update last week decided it wanted to own “.pdf” which I despise as Acrobat Reader is the only correct way to work with them (despite the fact we cannot get rid of that stupid helper panel on the right).
I suspect it will get worse under Windows 11, although the UI is a little better.
Offhand, I’d say updates or a registry cleaner. I had my anti-virus package “protect” me by doing that to a couple of my extensions, too, but that’s been a while ago.
That might be it. Brave is showing an install date of 11/1, which is definitely not the original date, and might be around the time the problem surfaced, so it may be an auto-update of that that caused the problem. If so, though, it’s odd, because the Windows dialog only lists Opera, and neither Brave nor Vivaldi.
However, Brave is the one I almost never use, so I’ll get rid of it. I do still very occasionally use Opera.
Could be that too. I switched AVs a couple weeks ago. Auditioning Total AV now. So far don’t love it, don’t hate it.
Here’s an odd one for you.
Something is messing with your registry..................
Before You do anything else- Try putting the pancakes on your head, see if that helps- lol
Can’t offer suggestion- sounds like an odd one to me-
Just loaded Fedora Server on an old laptop. Loaded like a champ and I am having fun back in Linix World.
IIRC some apps like Oracle will “ask” the OS if it is Red Hat and Fedora says “yes” to it.
God I forgot a freaking lot!
I will probably load Fedora WS on another old laptop. My home network will then have a Windows Server, Fedora Server, Fedora Workstation and several Windows desktops.
It will be fun as I want to deploy some ERP apps and work on some specific cross-domain stuff I wrote.
Just loaded Fedora Server on an old laptop. Loaded like a champ and I am having fun back in Linix World.
IIRC some apps like Oracle will “ask” the OS if it is Red Hat and Fedora says “yes” to it.
God I forgot a freaking lot!
I will probably load Fedora WS on another old laptop. My home network will then have a Windows Server, Fedora Server, Fedora Workstation and several Windows desktops.
It will be fun as I want to deploy some ERP apps and work on some specific cross-domain stuff I wrote.
>>Could be that too. I switched AVs a couple weeks ago. Auditioning Total AV now. So far don’t love it, don’t hate it.<<
How’s the sex?
;)
Thanks to Still Thinking and MikelTackNailer for the pings!
Well, it IS an antivirus, so...........
Go back to Opera v80.0.4173.63 and stay away from Vivaldi.
You can always tell the Linux pimp, but you can’t tell them much.
Care to elaborate?
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