Sync Setup not Completing
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Sync has never worked for me even with the same standalone version on just one desktop & one notebook: I ended up with duplicated/triplicated Notes, long-ago deleted Bookmarks re-appearing, random duplicates in Reading List and so on.
Following a clean install on desktop with new profile and no third-party extensions I wish to try sync again but I can't get started. I wanted to Reset Remote Data to clear out the old jumbled data but I don't see what is described in https://tips.vivaldi.net/tip-372/ or in https://help.vivaldi.com/desktop/tools/sync/ lor anywhere else.
I logged in and somehow managed to get the elusive 'Reset Remote Data' to appear and clicking on it invited me to set a new encryption password (so I guess it reset the data) - but creating new password and clicking on 'Save and Continue' does nothing!
Service Status is reportedly OK. Having logged out I see //sync-internals shows Setup In Progress as 'true' and Transport State as 'Pending desired configuration' with Sync First-Time Setup Complete as 'false'. How can I continue with initial setup?
Standalone 6.8.3381.46 on Win10
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@Society Any security tool or hardware firewall in use?
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@DoctorG Windows inbuilt firewall only.
Sync node content dump shows Server Connection as OK with a sync having taken place 4 minutes earlier plus Token Requests, etc. looking to be in order but many other values are 'uninitialized' or 0.
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Since you want to use Sync, you must have Vivaldi set up on other devices as well, right? What if you try setting up the encryption password on a different device and then try login on the Vivaldi in question.
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@jane-n, I used sync in the past in my old laptop, without second device, using sync as simple backup. Which also certainly was needed when my old Laptop died, without sync I would have lost all my bookmarks and passwords. Vivaldi sync has always been vital for me. Decrypt code is always save in two pendrives.
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True, though Sync's main purpose is to allow transferring browsing data between Vivaldis on different devices and keeping the data in sync, it can be used as a backup as well. But in order for that to work, it's vital to remember the Encryption Password and/or have a valid Backup Encryption Key stored somewhere.
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@jane-n, true, lost encrytion code = lost of all data, yes or yes. The price of privacy and security.
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@jane-n Aha! Approaching problem from opposite direction - excellent.
Same Standalone version on Notebook obviously required (and allowed me to enter) an Encryption Password and I was then able to select only 'Apps' (so as to minimise any unfortunate consequences). On the Desktop I found on Setting/Sync page that Vivaldi Account Log Out and then Login had to be performed first before a request for pre-existing Encryption Password appeared.
Sync proceeded and the node contents dump no longer shows 'Setup in progress' plus 'Sync First-Time Setup Complete' is now true. Many thanks.
