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GuessWho

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Dec 31, 2009, 4:59:37 AM12/31/09
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ive just reformatted my HDD and got everything up and running but for some
reason my password for Yahoo.com isnt available,and when i enter it
manually Opera isnt asking me if i wish to save it or not.Is this
something thats happened since Yahoo changed their site or is it a quirk
in Opera 10.1.TIA


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Eik

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Dec 31, 2009, 9:05:50 AM12/31/09
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On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:59:37 -0000, GuessWho <i...@home.now> wrote:

> ive just reformatted my HDD and got everything up and running but for
> some reason my password for Yahoo.com isnt available,and when i enter it
> manually Opera isnt asking me if i wish to save it or not.Is this
> something thats happened since Yahoo changed their site or is it a quirk
> in Opera 10.1.TIA

Did you restore your profile directory from a CDR or something? Perhaps
that folder or its files have become write-protected?

GuessWho

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Dec 31, 2009, 10:11:08 PM12/31/09
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i transfered my wand file to disc and when i reformatted and reinstalled
Opera i transfered it back to Docs and
settings\Admin\AppData\Opera\Opera,all other passwords are working
correctly its just not working with the new Yahoo,as i said earlier Opera
isnt even giving me the option to save the password in Yahoo.

Nisse Engström

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Jan 1, 2010, 4:17:42 AM1/1/10
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On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:59:37 +1100, GuessWho wrote:

> ive just reformatted my HDD and got everything up and running but for some
> reason my password for Yahoo.com isnt available,and when i enter it
> manually Opera isnt asking me if i wish to save it or not.Is this
> something thats happened since Yahoo changed their site or is it a quirk
> in Opera 10.1.TIA

Opera loses my Yahoo! ID on <https://login.yahoo.com/>
from time to time (but surprisingly not the password!).
I have to store a new Wand entry and delete the old one.
No idea why...


/Nisse

Swifty

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Jan 1, 2010, 12:55:59 PM1/1/10
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GuessWho wrote:
> ive just reformatted my HDD and got everything up and running but for
> some reason my password for Yahoo.com isnt available,and when i enter it
> manually Opera isnt asking me if i wish to save it or not.Is this
> something thats happened since Yahoo changed their site or is it a quirk
> in Opera 10.1.TIA

If you restored just the wand file then that's what caused this; there
is some other file that you have to backup/restore in parallel with the
want dat file, but I don't recall what it is.

The bypass (as Nisse pointed out) is to delete the wand entry for any
site that refuses to store your password. Then it will work.

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Steve Swift
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GuessWho

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Jan 1, 2010, 7:02:44 PM1/1/10
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I am presuming that Opera has my password causing the box not to appear
but its just not activating the Login button.

Is there somewhere in Opera that i can check for saved passwords or are
they too encrypted to access?

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