Brave browser wont open unless ran as administrator, which prevents me from using windows snapshot tool, drag and drop files into it, or open links from other apps with brave set as default browser.

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Recently i decided to switch over to brave from edge. So i installed it, but it requires me to open with administrator, otherwise it just wont open. Im not sure whats causing it, but its quite annoying cuz i cannot open links from another apps, cannot use windows snapshot for brave, and i cannot drag and drop files into it. But then, edge and chrome are working properly. I also installed opera gx to test, and it worked just fine too. Only brave has this problem. I also tried reinstalling brave with completely deleted browsing data. But same problem.

I’m on windows 11, and up to date.

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@Lilyene,
You’re saying that you can’t use those features when you run Brave as admin? You definitely should be able to. Are you not the admin of your machine?

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i am the admin of this device, it says so in windows settings. Still, shouldn’t i be able to open it without requiring admin privileges?