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- Backing up Opera
Backing up Opera
It is recommended that you regularly back up your most important Opera files. You should also always back up your files before upgrading.
The tips below are also useful if you need to move your Opera files from one computer to another.
Press Page Down and Page Up to switch slides
Locating your files
From the menus, choose , or go to opera:about to find the exact paths for your profile and data folders.
Selecting files
Not all files and folders listed below will be relevant for all users. If you have made no changes to the keyboard, mouse, toolbar, or menu setups, for example, there is no reason to make copies.
| Description | File name |
|---|---|
| Blocked content | urlfilter.ini |
| Bookmarks | bookmarks.adr |
| Certificate authorities | opcacrt6.dat |
| Contacts | contacts.adr |
| General settings | operaprefs.ini |
| Notes | notes.adr |
| Personal certificates | opcert6.dat |
| Searches | search.ini |
| Site-specific settings | override.ini |
| Speed Dial | speeddial.ini |
| Password Manager data | wand.dat |
| Widgets | widgets.adr |
Note: To back up your Opera Widgets, you need to back up both the file widgets.adr and the folder \widgets .
| Description | Folder name |
|---|---|
| E-mail, newsgroups, chat, and feeds | |
| Sessions - saved window setups | \sessions |
| Skins | \skin |
| Keyboard setup | \keyboard |
| Mouse setup | \mouse |
| Menu setup | \menu |
| Toolbar setup | \toolbar |
| Widgets | \widgets |
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