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tistou
Bronze Contributor
Feb 28, 2023

Red dot account icon

Hello   Is it possible to remove this red dot on the account icon ?     I don't use an MS or other account, but I would like to remove this red dot which must signal a new option, I guess ...
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tistou
Bronze Contributor
Mar 01, 2023
Ok thanks, with this command do we have an option to disable this or should we always use it?
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pbieker
Copper Contributor
Mar 13, 2023

tistou 

I managed to remove this red dot from the profile picture by adding an edge policy.
This policy stops Microsoft from testing new features in Edge:

 

Reg.exe add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge" /v "ExperimentationAndConfigurationServiceControl" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f

 

This worked for me!

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    pbieker
    Copper Contributor
    Mar 13, 2023
    Wow, I am surprised that your result is negative, thanks for the feedback, I will double check.
    If someone else could test this to verify this solution it would be helpfull. I am running 22H2 with latest updates. The red dot issue arrived after a recent update in the last 3 weeks.

    Policy reg:

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge]
    "ExperimentationAndConfigurationServiceControl"=dword:00000000
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    tistou
    Bronze Contributor
    Mar 13, 2023

    I just logged out/logged in but not restarted, I'm trying
    And add the registry key manually in the registry

     

    EDIT : rebooted but still not working (last Canary version)

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    pbieker
    Copper Contributor
    Mar 13, 2023

    tistou 

    Command Prompt as Administrator then add the registry key.

    I suppose you also did also the restart after applying this registry key ?

    Strange as I have got it working on 3 systems already, but I am using Win10Pro / Win11Pro.

    I haven't tested on Windows 10/11  Home.

     

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    tistou
    Bronze Contributor
    Mar 13, 2023

    Thanks for the info, I tried that but it didn't work. :sad:
    thanks anyway

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