[Fixed] Opera/OperaGX App Folder Profile No Longer Being Deleted On Exit

Hello,

I have the same profile problem.

In addition, the old profile is not taken over during the update.

It works here without issue on Windows 10 x64 from a path with spaces. Both Opera and OperaGX. Please supply the additional information requested for bug reports including your OS version, 32 or 64-bit, full install path, etc. Also please state how you're launching the app.

OS: Windows 10, 10.0.19043.1348 (21H1)
Arch: X64
RAM: 16 GB
PAF: 19.1
PAF folder: D:\PortableApps
OPERA's path: D:\PortableApps\PortableApps\OperaPortable
Opera's arch: I386 (32-bit) image [By Process Hacker]

Action: Opera was updated to 81.0.4196.37 version through PAF Platform.

Once updated, I launched Opera, but the whole session (Windows x tabs, sync) was gone. I tried three more times, but nothing changed.

Checking the content of folder %OPERA-PAF%\DATA\PROFILE, all of the files and folder appeared a recently created and modified (Timestamp at just after the updated and then app launching).
Then I decided delete the "profile" content and try to recover the 2 Windows and almost 50 tabs in them through the Opera's account synchronization feature, but when deleting the files and folder, noticed that Windows was deleting a "3GB folder". I canceled the "delete process".
The folder that was being deleted with a lot of data was"%OPERA's-PAF%\DATA\PROFILE\data". It was a surprise that was a Opera's profile folder. Sadly some profile's files were deleted, but mostly the Profile's folder weren't.
Moving the content of "%OPERA's-PAF%\DATA\PROFILE\data" to "%OPERA's-PAF%\DATA\PROFILE", then launching Opera, was possible recover the Windows x tabs that I was using, but (obviously) not the session's state (Sync, cookies, etc...).

Closing Opera, then Opening it back, the session was correctly brought back, only was needed configure the Opera's synchronization again.

OS: Windows 10 x64 (ver. 21H1, OS build: 19043.1348)
Opera GX Portable (ver. LVL3 (core: 80.0.4170.91))

I had the same issue, after latest update when I tried to launch Opera GX it showed me the "Duplicate profile found" error. Delete App/OperaGX/profile, it works again. But when I close the app, then launch it, "Duplicate profile found" error again.
After brief search and troubleshooting I found a workaround.
I wrote 2 lines to the App/Appinfo/Laucher/OperaGXPortable.ini:
[DirectoriesCleanupForce]
1=%PAL:AppDir%\OperaGX\profile

Now it works like it should: my profile is safe and App/OperaGX/profile folder is disappearing when Opera GX closes.

Hope this helps another people.

After updating manually using the .paf file to Opera GX 82.0.4227.25, this error occurred again. After deleting the temporary profile and adding the 2 lines as per comment https://portableapps.com/comment/248339#comment-248339, Opera GX can start and close without any error on subsequent start up and close.

Opera Portable no longer creates or uses a profile within the OperaPortable\App\Opera directory during use or upgrades. This will be created if you set Opera itself as your default browser, however. You must manually set OperaPortable.exe as your default browser using a third party utility or by editing the registry to use it as your default browser.

OperaGX is not my default browser. Portableapps.com is synced through OneDrive Personal.

The empty profile\data directory occurred again in PortableApps\OperaGXPortable\App\OperaGX recently. When I went through this steps:

1) Use on laptop
a) after I upgraded, I had the empty App\OperaGX\Profile\Data directory
b) delete this empy directory in
c) added the https://portableapps.com/comment/248339#comment-248339 workaround and it works perfectly on my laptop

2) Use on desktop
d) when I next used OperaGX on another computer, with OneDrive reporting all is sync, the empty from a) is present
e) I deleted the empty App\OperaGX\Profile\Data and all is well
f) I didn't need to add the workaround as it was already sync

3) Use on laptop again
g) the empty App\OperaGX\Profile\Data is back
h) again, after deleting the empty App\OperaGX\Profile\Data, OperaGX launches normally without any issues

At the moment, I am suspecting it is some interplay between OneDrive and this directory or empty directory in general.

Right now, it's just a minor issue, with a simple manual workaround. Recording my experience here, to inform that if other users encounter this same issue, they are not alone.

I'll put this as a very low priority issue, a nuisance but not a deal breaker in continuing to use PA.c

This is fixed in Opera GX, Portable Edition 82.0.4227.50 Rev 2. I'd inadvertently included some of the Opera settings unmodified so they weren't working with OperaGX with the alternate directory name. Sorry about that. You'll need to manually move your profile one last time.