This describes it pretty well... I lost *all* my history, again! Also my open tabs. This really sucks, even when Opera is 'just' my video browser

http://superuser.com/questions/136714/recover-accidentally-closed-opera-window-and-its-tabs-after-restarting

I accidentally closed an instance of Opera with multiple tabs. There was another window with a couple of tabs running.

I have closed and restarted Opera in the hope it will retrieve the windows at startup (it usually asks if I want to continue from last time).

Is there a way I can retrieve my closed window with all the tabs? I cannot see them in the history either, probably because when I switched on my PC the Internet connection was down and the pages didn't load.

When you are in luck, these two tips might save you:
http://superuser.com/a/190276
http://superuser.com/a/379031

It did not save me

So I created a few batch scripts to end this problem once and for all!

Assuming C: is your %SystemDrive%...

Create folder: C:\CheCKDiSK\Opera.bat\
Create file 1: start_and_backup-Opera.12.bat
Edit with the following content:
@echo off
echo Starting backup first...
cd\
cd "%AppData%\Opera\Opera Next\sessions"

IF EXIST auto*.-- copy auto*.-- auto*.---
IF EXIST auto*.- copy auto*.- auto*.--
IF EXIST auto*.bak copy auto*.bak auto*.ba-
IF EXIST auto*.win copy auto*.win auto*.-



cd\
cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Opera Next"
opera.exe


cd\
cd "%AppData%\Opera\Opera Next\"
xcopy .\sessions\*.* .\sessions.bak\*.* /Y


exit
Create 2nd file: GO.bat
Edit with contents:
@echo off
echo
cd\
cd "C:\CheCKDiSK\Opera.bat"
%comspec% /c start "" /min "C:\CheCKDisk\Opera.bat\start_and_backup-Opera.12.bat"
exit
Create 3th file: shortcut to GO.bat.

http://www.sevenforums.com/customization/279919-can-t-change-bat-file-icon-taskbar.html#post2304146

This works:
Create shortcut to your batch file GO.bat
Open shortcut Properties
Edit the Target, change it to:

Code: [Select]

%windir%\System32\cmd.exe /C "C:\Checkdisk\Opera.bat\GO.bat"

You can now pin the .bat file (tested Windows 8.0 x64)