"Assistance from Microsoft Edge" popup breaking script

[JoeBly]

Hi folks,

With the latest update from Microsoft Edge, I'm getting this popup:


It intercepts keypresses, which derails the running script. While still in test mode, I tried "edge://flags/#edge-show-feature-recommendations" and disabling the "Assistance from Microsoft Edge" feature, but since there is no specific profile to save the settings to, it doesn't work. The popup still appears.

For now, we'll be rewriting all of our 50+ scripts to use Chrome. I'm hoping before we begin switching over all our scripts, someone might have a solution.

-Joe

[Grovkillen]

Tried this: https://winaero.com/add-or-remove-assis ... -edge/amp/

[JoeBly]

Grovkillen>> Yes, I tried that, hoping it would work. However, settings get saved in the "user directory". But, when Edge starts up with the edgedriver in automated test mode, it creates a *temporary* user directory for that session, and all changes to preferences or settings disappear when Edge closes and the temp directory gets removed. I wish there was a global registry setting, but I can't find one.

[edited to add:] I've switched all our scripts over to use Chrome instead of Edge, which does solve the problem in a heavy-handed, time-consuming way.

[Grovkillen]

Thanks for the feedback. Good to know for my future endeavors.