Opera released the stable version of Opera 89 last week , bringing a number of new features and bug fixes, but recently ghacks found that this version also seems to introduce some problems for the browser. This issue causes the Opera browser to start with multiple entries in the Windows Reliability Monitor, causing confusion, and these applications are not themselves related to the Opera browser.
Now as soon as Opera is launched, there are dozens of more entries in the Reliability Monitor on Windows that state as "Application reconfigured successfully", and each is a program unrelated to the Opera browser itself, where Includes KeePass, Windows PC Health Check, Microsoft Visual C++, and more. It's unclear why these applications were added to the Reliability Monitor when Opera was launched.
Windows Reliability Monitor is an application that comes with Windows that helps users identify software issues in the Windows operating system that can affect system performance and reliability. Just as a car's onboard computer continuously monitors key performance values such as fuel consumption, tire pressure, engine speed, and valve loads, Windows continuously monitors the system state of the operating system between initial login and system shutdown.
Critical system components (memory, data drives, fans, and CPU) are continuously probed and results are collected in performance counters. System and application events (such as Outlook send/receive activity, Word document open, etc.) are tracked separately, and the relevant information is saved as event tracking data. Reliability Monitor uses both types of data (counters and events) to create a visual summary of performance-related events happening on the system in an easy-to-understand format.
After testing, this problem currently exists in the development version of Opera 89, and this problem has also been brought to the stable version of Opera 89, and Opera 90, which is still under development, also has this problem. Despite this problem, the Opera browser does not have any problems with startup, daily use, shutdown, etc., and there is no obvious delay.
While the issue doesn't affect the browser for now, the researchers have referred the issue to Opera, and it's unclear when and if the issue will be fixed.
This issue affects Windows 11 and Windows 10 users with Opera 89 installed, Windows users running the above systems can check for the issue on the device as follows:
- Use the keyboard shortcut Windows-R to open the run box
- Type perfmon /rel and press Enter to start Reliability Monitor
- it takes a few seconds to populate the list
- Launch the Opera web browser, make sure the Opera version is 89 or higher
- Click View > Refresh to refresh the chart