Opera tutorial

You download that urlfilter.ini from my link and place it here:

(XP/W2K) C:\Documents and Settings\"your username"\Application Data\Opera\Opera\
(Vista/7) C:\Users\"your username"\AppData\Roaming\Opera\Opera\

Did you get the new urlfilter.ini? That will block essentially the same ads as whatever you had before, just now its more compatible with Opera's native blocker they've had in place for years.

I don't know because I don't know how the adblocking extension works. It may well give you exactly the same blocking, but thats not fixing your problem of something being blocked on a page preventing you from seeing video. Doing it with the urlfilter and no adblocking extension I do not know how to check what is being blocked on a page and then specifically unblock it. There is probably a way, but so few of us use Opera here that that particular question may go unanswered for some time.

All you need to do is save that urlfilter.ini that you can download directly from the link I gave, into the directory that I gave you in post #42. If you can't find that directory, its possible you have hidden files turned off.

Ok... Assuming you are using Windows 7 or Windows Vista.

Open up My Computer.

Open your C drive

Open the Users folder

Open the folder with your username

Now. If you do not see an AppData folder, you need to unhide hidden files folders and drives. To do this, in that folder where I said AppData should be, hit the alt key on your keyboard. This brings up the File, Edit, View, Tools, and Help menu's (right under the address bar). Click Tools and choose Folder Options. Then go to the View tab. Next, under 'hidden files and folders' click the radio button that says "Show hidden files, folders and drives". Click ok.

Now open up AppData.

Open up Roaming.

Open Opera.

Open Opera. (yes, an Opera folder inside an Opera folder).

This is where you place that urlfilter.ini that you should download from here.

Now, when you open up Opera, it loads that (in the background) and ads are blocked.

Then you can do what I said above with going to your problematic page, right clicking, choosing block content, select details, and it will show you a list of what is blocked on that page. From there, you may be able to make an educated guess on what is being blocked that is preventing the video from working.

Ok. for XP:

Open up My Computer.

Open your C drive

Open the Documents and Settings folder

Open the folder with your username

Now. If you do not see an Application Data folder, you need to unhide hidden files folders and drives. To do this, in that folder where I said Application Data should be, hit the alt key on your keyboard. This brings up the File, Edit, View, Tools, and Help menu's (right under the address bar). Click Tools and choose Folder Options. Then go to the View tab. Next, under 'hidden files and folders' click the radio button that says "Show hidden files, folders and drives". Click ok.

Now open up Application Data.

Open Opera.

Open Opera. (yes, an Opera folder inside an Opera folder).

This is where you place that urlfilter.ini that you should download from here.

Now, when you open up Opera, it loads that (in the background) and ads are blocked.

Then you can do what I said above with going to your problematic page, right clicking, choosing block content, select details, and it will show you a list of what is blocked on that page. From there, you may be able to make an educated guess on what is being blocked that is preventing the video from working.

That is odd. I'd uninstall and reinstall. It should be there. What if you show your address bar in explorer, then from there (in your pic) tack on \Opera\Opera to the address?

If you found the 2 Opera folders, then inside the second one just drag and drop the urlfilter.ini that you downloaded.

Once you reopen Opera, ads will be blocked.

It has at the top:
Main List: urlfilter.ini

Just right click and save that somewhere and copy it over to the 2nd Opera folder. Or alternatively, just download/save it into that folder directly.