I don't see this error related to Opera freeware on XP so may I ask what
the solution to this message might be.

I've repeatedly uninstalled and reinstalled the freeware Opera web browser,
which works, albeit very slowly, and always with the startup error:

Opera.exe - Unable to Locate Component
This application has failed to start because libcurl.dll was not found.
Re-installing the application may fix this problem.

I've installed opera into c:\proggies\browsers\opera but everything else is
standard about my installation and windows xp. 

Does anyone know what this libcurl.dll error is telling me to resolve?
When I search for libcurl.dll on my WinXP SP2 system, it comes up found in
c:\proggies\word processors\openoffice\program\libcurl.dll

I can workaround the problem by copying the libcurl.dll from Sun OpenOffice
freeware into c:\proggies\browsers\opera\program\libcurl.dll but I really
don't understand the error message.

Help! I hate it when I'm clueless.

What is libcurl.dll and why is Opera missing it yet Opera doesn't install
it yet it is only found in the OpenOffice freeware program directory?

Dori Singer wrote:

> I don't see this error related to Opera freeware on XP so may I
> ask what the solution to this message might be.
> 
> I've repeatedly uninstalled and reinstalled the freeware Opera web
> browser, which works, albeit very slowly, and always with the
> startup error: 
> 
> Opera.exe - Unable to Locate Component
> This application has failed to start because libcurl.dll was not
> found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.
> 


> I've installed opera into c:\proggies\browsers\opera but
> everything else is standard about my installation and windows xp. 
> 
> Does anyone know what this libcurl.dll error is telling me to
> resolve? When I search for libcurl.dll on my WinXP SP2 system, it
> comes up found in c:\proggies\word
> processors\openoffice\program\libcurl.dll 
> 
> I can workaround the problem by copying the libcurl.dll from Sun
> OpenOffice freeware into
> c:\proggies\browsers\opera\program\libcurl.dll but I really don't
> understand the error message. 
> 
> Help! I hate it when I'm clueless.
> 
> What is libcurl.dll and why is Opera missing it yet Opera doesn't
> install it yet it is only found in the OpenOffice freeware program
> directory? 
> 

Opera has no native dependency upon libcurl.dll, you must have done 
something in the past to create such a dependency.

libcurl.dll is part of cURL <http://curl.haxx.se> W32 distribution.

So you have some modified Opera .INI file(s) that reference cURL.

Search in Toolbar and Menu .INIs for 'Execute program' entries which 
include the reference(s) to cURL.

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In article <lxrFi.6804$JD.1236@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net>,
 Dori Singer <dorisinger45@gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't see this error related to Opera freeware on XP so may I ask what
> the solution to this message might be.
> 
> I've repeatedly uninstalled and reinstalled the freeware Opera web browser,
> which works, albeit very slowly, and always with the startup error:
> 
> Opera.exe - Unable to Locate Component
> This application has failed to start because libcurl.dll was not found.
> Re-installing the application may fix this problem.
> 
> I've installed opera into c:\proggies\browsers\opera but everything else is
> standard about my installation and windows xp. 
> 
> Does anyone know what this libcurl.dll error is telling me to resolve?
> When I search for libcurl.dll on my WinXP SP2 system, it comes up found in
> c:\proggies\word processors\openoffice\program\libcurl.dll
> 
> I can workaround the problem by copying the libcurl.dll from Sun OpenOffice
> freeware into c:\proggies\browsers\opera\program\libcurl.dll but I really
> don't understand the error message.
> 
> Help! I hate it when I'm clueless.

That might explain your cross-posting to a Mac group
> 
> What is libcurl.dll and why is Opera missing it yet Opera doesn't install
> it yet it is only found in the OpenOffice freeware program directory?

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