So I was wondering why my 64-bit system had 32-bit Vivaldi. Looks like the older forum posts are saying 64-bit is not ready for prime time, but now it seems the web page just defaults to 32-bit unless you dig for the "other systems" page and explicitly choose 64-bit. So I installed 64-bit. It first opened with the brag page about the new Quick Commands, and About showed that in the command line:
Command Line "C:\Program Files\Vivaldi\Application\vivaldi.exe" --flag-switches-begin --flag-switches-end https://vivaldi.com/newfeatures?hl=en-us&version=2.1.1337.47&os=W10.0.17134
I closed it and re-opened it (had to replace my taskbar icon), and the link was gone from the Command Line. So I guess that "About" display shows whatever started the current run of the browser - not some cast in stone default command. The Economist suspicion above was probably meaningless.
@gwen-dragon said in How to set a local file as Home Page.:
Please, your mentioned bug is not a Linux issue, remember this is a Linux thread.
The OP stated:
Start box it prepends https://
Which is the same as in Windows, and why I replied to this thread to confirm that I reported a bug for this. It seems to affect both Linux and Windows.
@Gwen-Dragon Thanks for the reply! I did some digging and found a pertinent blog post that I was able to use to get it working (and another source of useful info). In the Registry Editor (so use this information solely at your own risk), I:
Removed HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AppKey\7
Added HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AppKey\7\ShellExecute = the path to Vivaldi.
Works fine now! The REG file is below in case it helps anyone.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AppKey\7]
"ShellExecute"="C:\\Users\\me\\Vivaldi\\Application\\vivaldi.exe"
Save it as WebHomeKeyVivaldi.reg, edit it in Notepad to change C:\\Users\\me\\Vivaldi to wherever your Vivaldi installation is, and double-click to merge it.
@Pesala
While the Downloads and Capture locations want a path to a folder in your File Manager and the "Select Folder" button makes sense there, the expected input for the Homepage is a custom web link.
