Microsoft Edge can’t be opened using the Built-in Administrator account – Password Recovery https://www.top-password.com/blog Provide useful password recovery tricks, guides and software Sat, 21 Jan 2017 10:08:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 Windows 10 Fix: This app can’t be opened using the Built-in Administrator account https://www.top-password.com/blog/windows-10-fix-this-app-cant-be-opened-using-the-built-in-administrator-account/ Sat, 21 Jan 2017 10:08:53 +0000 http://www.top-password.com/blog/?p=8724 Today when I tried to open either the Settings app or Microsoft Edge in Windows 10, I kept getting a blue popup message like this:

This app can’t open. Microsoft Edge can’t be opened using the Built-in Administrator account. Sign in with a different account and try again.

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The error message is quite confusing. Because I was logged on as a standard administrator account, and the built-in Administrator account remains disabled on my computer. Eventually I resolved this issue by turning on UAC. If I turn off UAC, this issue will occur again.

I also tested this on another computer running an old build of Windows 10. When I turned off UAC and tried to launch Microsoft Edge browser, I got the similar popup, but with a true reason behind this error:

This app can’t open. Microsoft Edge can’t be opened while User Account Control is turned off. Turn on User Account Control

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Solution:

To fix this issue, you have to turn on UAC or change the UAC level in Windows 10. Follow these steps:

  1. Open the Control Panel. Type the word “UAC” into its search box in the upper right corner, and then click the “Change User Account Control settings” search result.

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  2. The User Account Control Settings window is now opened. Move the slider from “Never notify” to any other level of security, and click OK.

    change-uac-level

  3. Reboot your computer for the UAC settings to take effect. You can then open Windows 10 apps without running into the issue “This app can’t be opened using the Built-in Administrator account“.
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