Q:

Why does the settings application start up after I click on the Opera icon in my panel?

When I click the Opera icon on my panel, Opera opens and settings also starts up, Why is this?
I've checked my Opera settings and I can't find which setting triggers this.
How do I stop this from happening?
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.

A:

That's because Opera is not updating the Preferences file for some reason. See if this helps.
Close all instances of Opera.
Open this folder:

C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable

Rename the file Preferences to Preferences.OLD
Start Opera.
When it asks: "Would you like to set Opera as your default browser?", enable "Don't ask again" checkbox and click No.
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