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Brass Contributor

Oct 30, 2019

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Edge Chromium 78.0.276.20 run as admin not working?

Hi, I have Edge Chromium Insider installed on a Windows Server 2012R2 SharePoint 2013 server. When I want to create a new webapplication I have to run IE11 or Chrome as admin so the new button wi...

Waaromikniet
Oct 30, 2019
HotCakeX

I think I have found the solution. There is a flag in "Edge://flags" called "De-elevate browser on launch". This setting has value default. When I disable this flag, and run as admin I do see an elevated process..

MVP

Oct 30, 2019

Hi,
just to confirm, you are on the Beta channel, right?

Brass Contributor

Oct 30, 2019

I downloaded the stable version that was visible in Google. V78.0.276.20

HotCakeX
MVP
Oct 30, 2019
Waaromikniet
Waaromikniet wrote:
HotCakeX

I downloaded the stable version that was visible in Google. V78.0.276.20

Please take your time and read this article, I feel like this should be Pinned at the top of the forum.

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Discussions/Facts-about-Edge-Stable-version-Link-And-what-we-know-so-far/m-p/962321

also this article helps you understand the transition from old to new Edge.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployEdge/microsoft-edge-sysupdate-windows-updates
- Waaromikniet
  Brass Contributor
  Oct 30, 2019
  I understand. But shouldn't run as admin work?
  - HotCakeX
    MVP
    Oct 30, 2019
    When I installed Edge Beta channel, which has the same version as this so called stable version, on Windows server 2019, it didn't have problem running as admin. It was a DC server and was using built in Administrator with highest permission by default.
    
    so maybe you hit a bug in it. try see if you can uninstall it and replace it with Beta. I hope it didn't cause any serious problems for you 😕