{"id":26882,"date":"2022-07-18T20:08:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T14:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=26882"},"modified":"2022-07-24T08:51:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T03:21:20","slug":"register-opera-portable-with-default-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/register-opera-portable-with-default-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Register Opera Portable with Default Apps or Default Programs in Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Opera, Portable Edition is the popular Opera web browser bundled with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app. It&#8217;s packaged in a portable browser version that you can always have at hand on a USB drive. The advantage of using the portable app is that you can take your bookmarks, browsing history, extensions, and saved passwords with you.<\/p>\n<p>This article covers a VBScript that can register Opera Portable Edition with Default Apps or Default Programs in Windows Vista through Windows 10\/11.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rp\"><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/register-firefox-portable-with-default-apps\/\">Register Firefox Portable with Default Programs in Windows<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Register Opera Portable with Default Apps<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Download the script <a href=\"https:\/\/gist.githubusercontent.com\/winhelponline\/4ecd35aa1349b3e1cb4fc8a6f063ccff\/raw\/8c3bde9e4966f3d9419267f6d9d8e4e6b45294ad\/operaportable.vbs\">operaportable.vbs<\/a> (right-click \u2192 &#8220;save target as&#8221; in your browser.)\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/gist.github.com\/winhelponline\/4ecd35aa1349b3e1cb4fc8a6f063ccff.js?file=operaportable.vbs\"><\/script><\/li>\n<li>Save the script to the same folder as <code>OperaPortable.exe<\/code>. It\u2019s an important step.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26883\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/operaportable-script.png\" alt=\"add opera portable to default apps - vbscript\" width=\"662\" height=\"214\" \/><\/li>\n<li>To add\/register Opera Portable with Default Apps, double-click <code>operaportable.vbs<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li>In the input box, type <code>REGISTER<\/code>, and click OK.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Opera Portable is now listed on Default Apps or Default Programs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26885\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/operaportable-default-apps.png\" alt=\"add opera portable to default apps - vbscript\" width=\"720\" height=\"663\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"qt\">\n<h4>Customization<\/h4>\n<p>You can customize the default app name by which the program appears in Default Apps or Default Programs. To do so, use Notepad and edit the <code>ApplicationName<\/code> value data in line <code>93<\/code> of the VBScript.<\/p>\n<p>Alternately, to restore the original app name in Default Apps, comment out (or delete) line #<code>93<\/code> in the script, save and run it. After doing so, the original app name\/description &#8212; i.e., <code>Opera, Portable Edition (PortableApps.com Launcher)<\/code> [as embedded in the executable] is shown in Default Apps.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26884\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/operaportable-default-apps-2.png\" alt=\"add opera portable to default apps - vbscript\" width=\"474\" height=\"289\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Remove &#8220;Opera Portable&#8221; from Default Apps<\/h4>\n<p>To remove &#8220;Opera Portable&#8221; from Default Apps, re-run the script. This time, when the input box appears, type <code><strong>UNREGISTER<\/strong><\/code> and click OK.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rp\"><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/register-google-chrome-portable-with-default-apps-or-default-programs\/\">Register Google Chrome Portable with Default Apps or Default Programs<\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s note:<\/strong> If the drive letter for your removable device (which contains Opera Portable) changes, you&#8217;ll need to re-register the program using the above script.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opera, Portable Edition is the popular Opera web browser bundled with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app. It&#8217;s packaged in a portable browser version that you can always have at hand on a USB drive. The advantage of using the portable app is that you can take your bookmarks, browsing history, extensions, and saved &#8230; <a title=\"Register Opera Portable with Default Apps or Default Programs in Windows\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/register-opera-portable-with-default-apps\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Register Opera Portable with Default Apps or Default Programs in Windows\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[878,137,363,881,441,480],"class_list":["post-26882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-utilities","tag-default-apps","tag-default-programs","tag-opera","tag-portable","tag-registry","tag-scripts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":499,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/register-firefox-portable-with-default-apps\/","url_meta":{"origin":26882,"position":0},"title":"Register Firefox Portable with Default Apps or Default Programs in Windows","author":"Ramesh","date":"August 26, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Mozilla Firefox\u00ae, Portable Edition is the popular Mozilla Firefox web browser bundled with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app, so you can take your bookmarks, extensions, and saved passwords with you. 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