What's with the "briefcase" tag on the edge icon?

Anonymous
2023-08-22T07:43:13+00:00

I don't really appreciate random unidentified things like this that just turn up, especially on a work laptop.

Microsoft Edge | Other | Windows 10

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Anonymous
2023-08-22T21:36:19+00:00

Try this:

Edge > Settings > Search for "Briefcase" > Customize appearance > Show briefcase icon on work profiles | Are you satisfied with seeing the briefcase icon on work profiles?

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Anonymous
2023-08-22T08:22:02+00:00

Hello Jamie,

I am Jaspreet Singh.

The icon change is for "edge for business" mode of the brower which was announced to be coming in an update later a couple of months back

https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-announces...

A few more functionalities have been added in this month : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/mi...

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-08-22T20:15:27+00:00

    Agreed. A red (brown? dunno, same to me, color-blind over here) envelope-looking badge on an icon is distracting.

    While I appreciate the addition and will give it a try on other computers, when I'm using Edge on a business-only computer I'd prefer if I could configure the feature to show no indicator when in business mode.

    Edit: ah ha! Found the setting for this option. Nice!

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-08-23T00:52:40+00:00

    I don't want this at all, why can't I simply turn it completely off?

    My computer is mine. I use Office 365 apps through my school. I don't want a personal microsoft account. I don't want to install apps from the microsoft store. I don't want to use onedrive.

    Now every time I open edge, I get a second shortcut (Work - Edge) planted on my desktop linking to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --profile-directory="Default" and i get that annoying red tag on my taskbar.

    Why? What does --profile-directory="Default" add to my user experience?

    Why am I getting **** like "Welcome to Microsoft Edge for Business, the new experience when signed in with your work account." banners on top of what I am typing right now? I don't care, and I don't want it. How do I stop it?

    Windows 11 is pure trash. Win8, Vista, and ME have nothing on it (and they were terrible). This approaching Bob-level stupidity.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-08-22T19:06:10+00:00

    Here's Microsoft's page about it (this opened by itself for me today in a new browser tab):

    Edge for Business (microsoft.com)

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