Those using opera 8.6

[rblover69]

Hey when reciving a email and trying to click a link instead of the link being opened in a web browser whether it be opera or IE i get a error saying The file operalaunch cannot be opened . And isnt signed or truste certificate. Any clue on how to fix this so that i can open links directly from my email.

[princeasi]

about a year and a half ago, i ran into this problem. I googled and found a reg hack for it. After growing out of opera and into netfront, i lost the reg hack. Well just recently i decided to reinstall my old opera 8.6, and thru the time of having netfront installed i lost the reg hack info. I tried to google again, but this time i had no luck in finding it. If you happen to stumble upon it please tell! Good luck!

[johnburn]

You only need to make one change:

In HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shell\Rai\: DEFBROWSER is a key called "1". Change the string value from "OperaLaunch.exe" to "\Program Files\Opera\OperaLaunch.exe" (or whereever Opera is actually installed). You need to include the quotes around the string. Save and restart your device.

John

[rblover69]

thanks im trying that right now

[rblover69]

Originally Posted by johnburn You only need to make one change: In HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shell\Rai\: DEFBROWSER is a key called "1". Change the string value from "OperaLaunch.exe" to "\Program Files\Opera\OperaLaunch.exe" (or whereever Opera is actually installed). You need to include the quotes around the string. Save and restart your device. John

tried and doesnt work...quotes n all could u point me to the thread i tried looking and searching cant find that thread u menitoned.

[Binyo]

Originally Posted by rblover69 tried and doesnt work...quotes n all could u point me to the thread i tried looking and searching cant find that thread u menitoned.

work for me with little mod to the reg string
Change the string value from "OperaLaunch.exe" to "\Program Files\Opera\Opera.exe"

[rblover69]

yea i think i misspelled aword thats why..checking now lol thanks

[rblover69]

i see what the problem was the first link to change the value data ending with the operalaunchexe isnt correct when applied the same error continues

but adding just opera/opera.exe corrects it and it works fine thanks all.

[johnburn]

Originally Posted by Binyo work for me with little mod to the reg string Change the string value from "OperaLaunch.exe" to "\Program Files\Opera\Opera.exe"

I am not sure how that could work, because there is no executable file called Opera.exe. There are two, one called OperaLaunch.exe and the other is OperaWM.exe. You can just run OperaWM.exe, I am not sure what OperaLauch.exe does (probably just memory checking and other housekeeping).

John

[johnburn]

Originally Posted by rblover69 i see what the problem was the first link to change the value data ending with the operalaunchexe isnt correct when applied the same error continues but adding just opera/opera.exe corrects it and it works fine thanks all.

The reason the error message appears with the default setting (which is just OperaLauch.exe) is that the operating system can't find it. Think of your PC which has the PATH variable which tells the OS where to look for executables in common folders such as \WINDOWS. Well the PPC doesn't have that concept (as far as I can tell). You have to tell the OS exactly where the file is located, either in a "path" string such as in this case, or referenced in another section of the registry.

Of course, if you installed Opera somewhere else (e.g. on the Storage Card), then the path would have to be adjusted accordingly.

John