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Opera has stopped being the default browser

There is a problem with Opera 3.62 where after a soft reset the Web application will revert to being the default browser. Associated files, such as those with a .HTML, .GIF or .JPG extension will lose the Opera icon and clicking on them will launch Web. If you have Opera installed on a CF card then simply close all programs/files and open the CF door for 10 seconds. Close the door again and after the machine updates the Extras bars, Opera will become the default browser again.

To restore Opera as the default browser when it's installed on the internal disk you will have to access the System folder:

1. Close Opera and from the System screen select the Preferences option from the Tools menu. In the dialougue that appears, choose to display the System folder.
2. Navigate through the System screen and find:
   C:\System\Apps\Opera\Opera.app
3. Rename this file to Opera.appX and wait for 10 seconds.
4. Now Rename the file back to Opera.app and leave the System folder. It is important that you don't manually delete unknown files from the System folder as doing so may cripple applications or permanently prevent them from accessing data elsewhere on the disk(s).

You should now find that all your web-related files have the Opera icon again and clicking on them will start it. Users of Neuon's popular nConvert conversion/viewing suite should note that the nConvert applet in the Control Panel can override both Opera and Web as the default application for Web-related files. To allow Opera to open HTML files from the System screen you must have the HTML files checkbox unticked.

For general control over file association you can use plOpen from PsiNT which allows the user to assign any app to any file extension, in a similar way to the Open file with... tool in the Windows File-type preferences.

When I start Opera it gives a 'Not found' error

This is most often caused by the removal of the Standard C Library either by un-installing other applications that share it, or by the user manually interfering with the System folder. If you do get this error simply download the library and reinstall it on your Symbian device.

I get an error message saying Opera.mbm isn't supported at startup

Opera.mbm is an image file containing all of the icons displayed in the Opera toolbar. ER5 editions of Opera (and above) come with colour icons for the benefit of devices such as the Psion Series 7 and netPad, and are simply displayed in greyscale on non-colour ER5 devices. Older ER1-4 machines are unable to read these colour MBM files and require the ER3 edition of Opera which contains 4-bit greyscale images.

If you get an error at startup saying Opera.mbm is unsupported then you have almost certainly installed the ER5 edition of Opera on an ER3/ER4 device. To remedy this simply download the correct edition for your ER3/ER4 machine and install it over the top of the ER5 edition. If the problem persists, remove Opera via the Control Panel and then make a clean install of the ER3 edition. If you're unsure which edition is required for your machine, a table of Symbian devices is available here.

Opera won't start on my Psion 5 or Osaris

These machines require the system components of EPOC Messagesuite to be installed before Opera can work, unlike later ER5+ devices which are supplied with the TCP/IP stack and networking software already in ROM. Messagesuite should have been supplied on the CD-ROM that came with the device. If you are unable to find a copy for the Osaris, you can try installing Psion Messagesuite, however the applications that come with that package are designed specifically for the Psion 5 so they may not work properly. You may therefore like to remove Web and Email (but not the Comms/networking components) via the Control Panel to save disk space.

I get a KERN-EXEC:3 crash when trying to start Opera

The most common reason for a KE3 error to occur at start-up is that there is insufficient RAM. Opera 3.62 requires at least 3.5MB to start safely and much more to be useful for normal browsing. If you have an 8MB machine it may be difficult to free up this amount of RAM. If your device has a CF slot, and you have a card, you should try to keep as many files and applications (including Opera) on that drive as possible. Programs may take a little longer to start up but the extra RAM will allow you to make more effective use of the browser.