Minor update to Vivaldi 1.8
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@simbau:
OK, now I have narrowed it down even further.I can now now run Vivaldi with the standard, new Default folder.
So I decided to start copying over files from my old Default folder to the new default folder to see which ones work and which don't.I started with my Notes file (also because I made many notes and wanted access them again).
I copied the old Notes file over to the new Default folder and started Vivaldi again, and it worked.
Next, the bookmarks.
But after I copied my old Bookmarks file over to the new Default folder, Vivaldi would not start anymore...I don't know why the new Vivaldi version does not like my Bookmarks file, because the Bookmarks file was working fine in the old Vivaldi installation before I updated to the new version.
But at least I know where the stumbling block is ...
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@SimBau If you exported your bookmarks to html before the update, you could always bring them back.
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@SimBau Have you tried using the
Bookmarks.bak
file instead (by - obviously - removing the.bak
extension)?If it still fails, you could try importing them manually (make another backup of your profile before proceeding - just in case):
- Copy your
Bookmarks
file to some location, let's sayD:\New Folder\
- In Vivaldi click on Menu > File > Import Bookmarks and Settings...
- Select "Vivaldi" from the dropdown
- Uncheck "Use Default Profile Location"
- Click on the "Choose a Folder..." button
- Navigate to
D:\New Folder\
and select it - Hit OK. Imported bookmarks should now appear in a separate folder in your bookmarks in Vivaldi.
If you need more help with recreating your profile, you should probably check this article.
- Copy your
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@BradyBunchFan: There are two ways to update - and you're not ready for one of them (shapshot) yet, given that your system is blocking you from loading any "older" version. and the next snapshot won't come out before tomorrow or later.
First, if you are staying with the Stable stream, merely open Vivaldi. If there's a newer version, it will tell you automatically - BUT only once a day or so. If you skip the update it won't remind you for at least another 24 hours. If you want to check yourself, click on the Menu/help button, and select "about." Under that you will have the opportunity to "check for updates" which will let you download and install the most recent Stable if yours is not the most recent. If you do that, get the notice that there's a newer version and fail to install it, Vivaldi will not "AUTO" check for a newer version for at least another 24 hours, but you can still manually check and update any time you want.
If you want to install the latest Snapshot, and you are on Stable, Vivaldi will never tell you there is a new version. You have to go to the Blog https://vivaldi.com/blog and look. If you want to CHANGE from stable to snapshot, you can download and install the latest snapshot on the blog in the default location. Once you do, it will replace Stable and not update to Stable versions, but will update to each new snapshot version that comes out. OR, if you want to have BOTH on your system, you can download the latest snapshot and pick "advanced" in the installer, and pick to install it "Standalone," and then pick a different directory from the one Stable is in (which in Windows would be User/Appdata/Local/Vivaldi). When I want to do this, I just pick a new folder name like Vivaldi1.
If you have them installed side-by-side, EACH will check for a new version of its own stream every time you start it, but only once per 24 hours or so.
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YouTube videos using AVC are still dropping frames like mad.
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@pafflick:
Thanks for the suggestion.
I did try the .bak bookmarks file, but Vivaldi still wouldn't run.What I ended up doing (because I hadn't made any regular backups of my bookmarks) was I found a previous version of Vivaldi (by trial and error) that still worked with my old bookmarks file -- version 1.7.735.48 -- and installed it.
I then loaded my latest bookmarks file into the Default folder of version 1.7.735.48 and started it, exported my bookmarks as an html file, and then closed Vivaldi again, and deinstalled it.
I installed version 1.8.770.54 again, copied my entire old Default file over to the new 1.8.770.54 version (but kept the Bookmarks file of the 1.8.770.54, so I could run Vivaldi), and then imported the html file with my bookmarks.
So now I have a 1.8.770.54 running with my complete set of bookmarks, but I am left a bit more wary about future version updates of Vivaldi.
Because as I said, Vivaldi was running fine with my bookmarks until I installed 1.8.770.54 the first time, and I haven't gotten to the bottom of why there was a problem when I installed 1.8.770.54....
Your suggestion of trying a manual import looks interesting, I might try in future if something like this happens again.
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@SimBau If you didn't use bookmark's nicknames and descriptions then you're fine with importing the HTML file (it contains the titles and URLs of your bookmarks). The approach presented in my post should allow you to keep all the data regarding bookmarks including nicknames and descriptions (I'm not sure about the thumbnails, though).
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Advanced Tab Dragging. It doesn´t work from the version 1.7, by me. Do you have sililar experience?
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@BradyBunchFan: I have four different versions of Vivaldi on my system at the moment. If you install one (lets say Stable) by the installer's default settings and you want to also have a different one, then you click on "advanced" on the installer when installing that other one, and choose "standalone" and then choose a folder location other than the default one. A pretty safe standalone location would be user/appdata/local/VivaldiSA. (that last part is a made-up name for a StandAlone folder. You could also call it VivaldiSS (for SnapShot) or Vivaldi1, or PickledHerring. Whatever appeals to you. You could even install it on the root C: drive or any other drive in the computer. Once you are installing standalone, the location is fairly unimportant.
NOW - once you have both a Stable and a Snapshot version installed in different locations, they will each auto-update independent of each other, the Stable always updating to Stable builds, and the Snapshot always updating to Snapshot builds.
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I'm using Safari to post this comment because I can't "Login to join the conversation", even though I'm already logged in to the Vivaldi site and community.
My problem with the latest update is anchors. None of my bookmarks with anchored links are working now
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Well, forget that. Most of them have started working again this morning. Weird!
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@cherylfahling said in Minor update to Vivaldi 1.8:
I'm using Safari to post this comment because I can't "Login to join the conversation", even though I'm already logged in to the Vivaldi site and community.
If you're still struggling with logging in on the forums/blog, make sure you're not blocking 3rd party cookies or whitelist Vivaldi domains.
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please fix the regression with autocomplete always favouring bookmarks. it's been broken since 1.8 and it's driving me absolutely mad.
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@5eagull this!
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