Leader RedBaird Posted August 17, 2021 Leader Share Posted August 17, 2021 (edited) ADDED 1 Nov 2021, this is a moot problem now, as I had a very strange Windows crash some 3 weeks ago and had to reset my system (the only option, given the limited tools that were still working for me ). I am slowly recovering things. One strange thing now is that I have two versions of Edge on my Taskbar: one that was installed via a 1607 DVD (I presume, which was the only ISO that would work ??? ) and one that Update installed, it seems. 😄 😄 😄 @GHARIB reminded me of this post via his reaction a short time ago. I now wonder if this problem was a pre-crash symptom. Thanks for the reminder, Kameraden! I am still having troubles with my very cautions attempts at a fix. @RainierWolfcastle is helping me along. First Principle = Save the Data! (I thought that I had a lot better backup system than I did, especially for passwords, which are scattered about casually.) ADDED (as below) Found out that none of my Taskbar-browser icons will open Private Modes. I have Opera in a tab on my Windows 10 taskbar. Right-clicking on it shows the menu as in the SS below. Left-clicking on the "new private window" should open Opera in Private Mode, but it quit doing so a couple of days ago. Right-clicking on the choice opens the 'open' tab, which does not work, either. One can open the 'normal' Opera and then select 'private mode' from the menu, or use ctrl-shift N to pop it up. I did not want to invoke the whole "many-tabs" Opera that I have been using just to use Private Mode for a short time. 😄 I did some research and found no direct fix, but did find out how to open-private-mode from a shortcut. The problem with the example that I found is that it did not work. It opened Normal Opera and tried to open a strange, non-existent address! I changed the "-" in the example to a "/" and now it works. I made a shortcut to "Launcher.exe" in the Opera Program folder and put it on my desktop. I edited the shortcut to put the following line into the "target" window. "C:\Program Files\Opera\launcher.exe" /private Now I will have to "roam" my registry and see what I can see. 😄 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Searching for "Opera" in the Registry taught me that many, many entries of "operation" appears in it. 😄 /moved from "Technology" forum. 🙄 Edited November 2, 2021 by RedBaird ack, none such will work, discovered today! ++ ADDED 'moot' paragraph 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader RedBaird Posted August 19, 2021 Author Leader Share Posted August 19, 2021 I discovered today that none of my Taskbar Browsers' Icons will open Private Mode Instances from their menus. (Opera, Chrome and Edge). This is not just an Opera problem. ACK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snuffs99 Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 You mean for example if you rt-click the edge icon on the taskbar and then select new inprivate window??? Working fine my end on both Edge and Chrome. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader RedBaird Posted August 20, 2021 Author Leader Share Posted August 20, 2021 17 hours ago, Snuffs99 said: You mean for example if you rt-click the edge icon on the taskbar and then select new inprivate window??? Working fine my end on both Edge and Chrome. Yes, and nothing happens. I have three browser icons on my taskbar the private-mode in their menus do not work. I will have to try to do a more selective search for the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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