6.5 Stablisation begins – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 3206.24
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@zenonseth: Same for me, i was able to get it running again doing the same thing but I need the extensions -
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100% sure its the profile. ran it with extensions disabled and it worked, added new profile, it worked normally, but when going back to the original profile, it did the same thing where it opens for 1 second and closes. I sure hope this gets resolved quickly. Wasted a Friday evening on this!!
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@joebobby
But it is a snapshot, not a stable.With a bug report you help to make Vivaldi better and better.
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@joebobby It's not going to be extensions in general. It's going to be one single extension, almost for sure. And unfortunately if Vivaldi tried to chase extension compatibility, that would be all they would ever do. Development otherwise would cease. There are over 150,000 extensions.
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Is there a way I can get my settings/extensions loaded into stable build? Can I uninstall it without lose settings???
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@joebobby I assume you're running Snapshot. There are a few things you can try. Some entail risk as you are plugging Stable in to a Snapshot profile and it may not be entirely compatible. Before you do anything, though, back up your existing profile ("Default") folder, so that it's there if you have to go back to Snapshot.
Method 1: Install Stable in its own space (preferably standalone) Then copy the Default folder (Local\Vivaldi\User Data\Default) from your Snapshot directory into the new Stable directory. You can either rename the existing Stable Default folder first or, if you're adventurous, let your OS combine the old and new default folders. See if the new Stable install runs OK.
Method 2: Install Stable right over the top of your existing Snapshot build.
Method 3: (This is without risk, and it preserves all your data, but you have to spend a few minutes when you are done setting up your settings how you like, because you won't be transferring them over.) Install Stable in its own space. Preferably standalone. Then copy all of your data files one at a time from Snapshot and replace the ones in your Stable with them. This way you get a new Stable, but with the Bookmarks, Login Data, Cookies, History, Extensions, Sessions, Tabs, etc. that your existing install has.
Method 4: Use Sync. Install Stable, delete all of its bookmarks, and then sync it with Snapshot. You will transfer all of your data and some of your settings and will have to re-set the rest of your settings.
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@joebobby Yes, a normal uninstall does not disturb the profile ("Default") folder. Make sure you don't select to remove user data when uninstalling.
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@Ayespy THANK YOU. Installed into Sep folder and did #2 and it worked. - Got what I needed. Now, just hope this gets fixed or others are going to be complaining about the same thing
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@Ayespy
Thank you for your good description, I have saved it.I always try to use as few or no Bowser extensions as possible.
I always ask myself whether I would really need it longer.
Vivaldi already has a lot to offer.
Not only do these extensions often cause major problems, they all run via Google, collect data and send it to various places.A privacy-friendly browser is ruined by extensions.
If you want to 'un-Google' Vivaldi completely, you must not use any extensions.
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I'm writing this from google chrome. As of this version I cannot even start vivaldi
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@nutcracker For a test you can try start without extensions running command with cmd.exe:
start vivaldi --disable-extensions
For a test you can try start without Vivaldi UI, but losing sessions! if running command with cmd.exe:
start vivaldi --disable-vivaldi
If that starts the gray Chromium UI something broken with profile data and Vivaldi UI. -
@doctorg: nothing at all! Complete disaster! Do I have to delete Vivaldi and re-install it copying the profile folder in the new installation?
PS The disaster hit my laptop also. But while on my pc everything fell apart, in the case of my laptop I was able to open Vivaldi with "start vivaldi --disable-extensions". Of course I need my extensions. Right now I'm just exporting my bookmarks in case something worse will happen. -
@nutcracker and with a blank test profile?
start vivaldi --user-data-dir="%TEMP%\TESTVIV"
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@doctorg: Nothing on my pc. On my laptop, look at my previous PS
Update: I don't know if that helps but... my pc & my laptop work in windows 10. On the contrary my win tablet works in windows 11 and the update did not cause problems, at least until now. -
Where do I submit bug reports for this? I actually have 2 Vivaldi installations, one the stable as a regular install (from which I'm writing), and the snapshot as a standalone install - I just downgraded the snapshot to 3201.4 and that doesn't crash on me on startup. I am on Windows as well, just as the other reports I think.
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@zenonseth: how do you downgrade?
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@ZenonSeth You might try to do a new profile when launched with disable extension. If the new profile doesn't crash, is likely an extension issue. (Keep the profile selector on startup, as it will be easier to switch between the new and the old).
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@ZenonSeth Downgrade is not advised by Vivaldi team. That can lead to broken browser data and other unepected issues.
You should see that 6.5.3201.4 has Chromium core 120.0.6099.34 and 6.5.3206.24 has 120.0.6099.43. -
@nutcracker Disabled extension for testing could start on some device and not on the other. Weird.
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@doctorg: OK but how does it happen? I tried to install the previous version and Vivaldi wouldn't let me.