• Posted: 2022-03-27
  • WIN7
  • SYS-CONFIG
  • Admin
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Removing the MS Edge message

Whenever MS Edge (in Windows 7) is launched, it shows a reminder telling me Edge is not supported any more and asks to get updated to a later Windows version.
This message appears in the top-bar of the application window.

Luckily, this behavior can be changed by editing the registry such as:

  1. Press WIN+R key combination to launch the RUN dialog box, then type regedit and press to open the Registry Editor.

  2. Browse down the registry tree to the following key:

    	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft

  3. Under the Microsoft key, create a new key and set its name to Edge

  4. Now select Edge key and in right-side pane, right-click and select

    New -> DWORD (32-bit) Value option.
    Set the new DWORD name as:

    	SuppressUnsupportedOSWarning

    Make sure there is no spelling mistake for the naming, otherwise it won’t work.

  5. Double-click on the DWORD and change its value to 1
    and finally set the value type to decimal.


Removing the Safari message

I edited the registry a while ago to achieve the same effect for Safari and surprise, it turned out that the same DWORD can be used.

Note that the DWORD entry in this case is located a bit differently but I suppose that both HKEY locations HKEY_CURRENT_USER or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE should work.

Here we go:

	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome
	SuppressUnsupportedOSWarning = 1