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dslinger
Copper Contributor
Apr 09, 2019

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...
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edrcx
Copper Contributor
Apr 30, 2019

dslinger It's not a bug it's a feature in chromium
See: https://geekermag.com/microsoft-edge-administrator-mode-detected/


proposed solution from the blog:
"If you ever see a message that Microsoft Edge – Administrator Mode Detected, all you need to do is to close the browser and relaunch it from the desktop icon so that it won’t runs with administrator privileges."

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Discussions/Why-I-m-seeing-quot-Administrator-Mode-Detected-Warning-quot-in/td-p/450129

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    magius1962
    Copper Contributor
    Jul 16, 2019

    I'm running Edge (Chrome version) version 77,0,.... on Windows 7.
    I get this error if I run it from a pined icon, an icon on the desktop, icon in the favourites menu or from the Windows start menu.
    I am not menu clicking then 'Run as administrator'.
    Get the same message if I run as administrator or not.

    Just hope it will be OK with version 77,1

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