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Why I'm seeing "Administrator Mode Detected Warning" in Chromium Edge
vineydhiman Edge Classic cannot be launched with administrative privileges, period. Edge Chromium can be launched with administrative privileges, and that is dangerous, despite the warning.
Edge Chromium typically launches in Administrator mode because another program with administrative privileges (usually an e-mail program) contains a link that launches the browser with inherited privileges from the other program. The warning is a good thing (Chrome doesn't warn users, which is dangerous), but setting Edge Chromum up like Edge Classic so that it cannot be launched with administrative privileges would be a much, much better solution.
Edge Classic uses a distinct kernel, as I understand it, effectively sandboxing the browser. That is a basic, but important, security feature. I assume that making Edge Chromium similarly secure is on the development list. If it isn't, it should be.
This is an odd one. On my laptop I am an administrator. I never get that pop up. When I was building a laptop and installed Edge DEV and ran is as my Domain admin user I then get the message.
In both cases the user I am logging in with is a member of the local admin group. Not sure what the difference is.