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Anyone Else Getting Administrator Mode Detected When You Open Edge Insider
When opening the Dev Chromium Edge, I am getting a popup stating administrator mode detected and prompting me to close the browser and open as a standard user. I am opening the program as a standard...
I am seeing the same behavior in the Dev channel build. UAC setting is at default and I am running as a standard user. I see the prompt any time edge is opened by an external link (ex. click link in email)
fourbadcats "UAC setting is at default and I am running as a standard user. I see the prompt any time edge is opened by an external link (ex. click link in email)"
It sounds as if Edge Dev is inheriting administrator rights from your e-mail program. This is not supposed to happen (Edge Classic prevents the browser from inheriting administrative rights). I suggest that you open a support ticket at https://microsoftedgesupport.microsoft.com/hc/en-us to identify and resolve the issue.
