Vivaldi becomes unresponsive upon Windows restart until reinstall
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Ah, great, the new snapshot (Vivaldi.7.4.3683.4) completely breaks period, no matter whether I restart my PC, have my antivirus running, have the computer connected to the internet, have any extensions, GPU problems, and probably more. I had to downgrade to the previous version for it to work, but I am scared it will once more freeze up next time I restart my PC.
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@Thaumatarge Downgrade to 7.3? Not recommended. Downgrade will give you a sack of worms, means unpredictable issues with browser.
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@DoctorG I am just downgrading to the previous snapshot which basically goes back to the original issue: After restarting the computer the browser falls apart in less than a second after starting (websites don't work, buttons don't work, moving the window doesn't work, the taskbar becomes uninteractable as if something fullscreen took over).
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@Thaumatarge Nevermind, apparently now the browser is just permanently broken... I am scared to do a completely clean install, but it might be the last thing to try...
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@Thaumatarge Doing a clean install seems to have made the issue disappear so it seems to be a corrupt session... How was it that I could safely remove the session file without destroying all of my settings or logins?
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@Thaumatarge said in Vivaldi becomes unresponsive upon Windows restart until reinstall:
How was it that I could safely remove the session file
With loss of workspaces and last sessions?
Exit Vivaldi
Open profile at %LOCALAPPDATA%\Vivaldi\User Data\Default\
Move folder Sessions to Desktop (for backup)
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@DoctorG It would see that it was indeed a corrupted session, as I have merely uninstalled Vivaldi without removing user data, then I renamed the folder in appdata to something else to create a backup, and then I installed vivaldi once more, which seems to have made the issue go away... What data is saved in the sessions folder?
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@Thaumatarge I have tested just moving the sessions folder from the default profile, and it would seem that isn't it... there seems to be something more going on in that User Data folder...
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@Thaumatarge User Data contains all your settings, bookmarks, etc. though not your cache. Sessions is only tabs, workspaces and windows (if you use Menu > Exit to close, or save multiple windows in a saved session).
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I have essentially restored the browser back to full functionality by means of just completely reinstalling it and starting from scratch (though not completely thanks to synchronization). Unsure what broke in the previous iteration, but the session wasn't it...
