okay. I would like to *totally* erase opera from my machine. I must have inadvertantly visited a dodgy site with a virus or something. When I go to Google Images, there are '.jpe' images where the normal current 'O' and 'G' images are (if you image google something, you'll see one red 'O' and one blue, lower-case 'G'...well...*he he*....*I* don't...instead I see someone's idea of a joke). anyhoo, I've tried trashing opera and emptying the trash and searching for 'opera' on the mac, trashing those files and emptying the trash but to no avail. Any ideas? do I have a virus? how do I get rid of those dispicable (and inexplicible) images?!
*completely* erasing a program and associated files
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ra3ndy
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There's very little chance you have a virus, as no one else has one. Odds are you've simply corrupted Opera. Does this problem persist if you use Safari or Firefox?
As an aside: Do you mind if I ask WHY youre using Opera? Only about .9% of the internet shares your opinion that it's a useful browser (then again, 70% think Internet Explorer is useful). In OS 9, Opera was better than IE, but nowadays Safari and Firefox are really your most reliable options for websurfing. Just a harmless query.
As an aside: Do you mind if I ask WHY youre using Opera? Only about .9% of the internet shares your opinion that it's a useful browser (then again, 70% think Internet Explorer is useful). In OS 9, Opera was better than IE, but nowadays Safari and Firefox are really your most reliable options for websurfing. Just a harmless query.
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To remove Opera, and any preference files that it uses, do the following:
1. Switch to the Finder.
2. Press Command+F to bring up the Find window.
3. In the search field, type "opera" (no quotes).
4. Wait a few seconds, and then delete the Opera application file, and any files that have "opera" in them and end in ".plist". (They will look something like: com.something.opera.plist - or a variation on that theme.)
1. Switch to the Finder.
2. Press Command+F to bring up the Find window.
3. In the search field, type "opera" (no quotes).
4. Wait a few seconds, and then delete the Opera application file, and any files that have "opera" in them and end in ".plist". (They will look something like: com.something.opera.plist - or a variation on that theme.)
Can't remember if I found it on Macupdate or somewhere else, but it's called AppZapper. Just drag the application icon onto the window and it automatically Zaps the application and all associated pref/plist/etc files. Awesome. One of the few shareware things I've gone and paid for after the very first use. I'm a freeware/shareware/demo junkie and this thing helps me get apps I don't like completely off of my machine.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
appzapper doesn't want to work. it says the app is 'safe or open' and won't let me modify the prefs without a purchase. i don't want to shell out the dough if it ain't gonna do the trick.
re: why i like opera. dunno. just do. i like mouse gestures, i guess and the fact that when i close and reopen, the pages i was visiting re-render. i also like being able to direct my downloads case-by-case. i use camino rather than safari or firefox and like it ok. it crashes sometimes and doesn't render video that well (youtubeit.coms anyway). i loyal to opera but more'n anything i want those 'jpe's off my computer.
i tried the first suggetion. reinstalled opera and deleted and reinstalled again. even just recently upgraded. nothin' doin'.
any other ideas?
re: why i like opera. dunno. just do. i like mouse gestures, i guess and the fact that when i close and reopen, the pages i was visiting re-render. i also like being able to direct my downloads case-by-case. i use camino rather than safari or firefox and like it ok. it crashes sometimes and doesn't render video that well (youtubeit.coms anyway). i loyal to opera but more'n anything i want those 'jpe's off my computer.
i tried the first suggetion. reinstalled opera and deleted and reinstalled again. even just recently upgraded. nothin' doin'.
any other ideas?