However, I followed your workaround and installed Opera without problem.

Super, but as noted, it does not explain the initial problem.

what it does is extract Opera Installer.exe to your %tmp% directory then run it to do the actual install. This will be

C:\Documents and Settings\<yourserid>\Local Settings\Temp

I note it "should be" on C drive, but only if Windows was installed on C drive and the default has not been changed. When you entered %tmp% in the Run box, where did it take you? To C drive, or F?

I would hope the Opera developers used %tmp% and did not hard-code C drive.

Hi Digerati,

As you say, problem is not solved, but end has been achieved.

%temp% takes me to temp folder on 'F' drive.

It would be interesting to learn why the machine is reacting as it does.


Regards,


Tom Green.

Good, glad that worked for you.

%temp% takes me to temp folder on 'F' drive.

Which is what I would expect since you said you installed Windows on F drive. So that makes me wonder why Opera had a hard time?

I am a Domain Admin. With the same installation file, some other workstation work flawlessly. One workstation just could not EXTRACT successfully to the C:\temp. Only some files extracted to the newly automatic created folder in C:\temp.