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evilduck on Nov 16, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Visual Studio for Mac Preview

The Intel HAXM Android emulator requires kernel extensions. I'm puzzled why anything else needs admin though.

joncp on Nov 16, 2016 [–]

It's Microsoft's habit. Even Outlook for Mac requires admin access (which scares the crap out of me).

duaneb on Nov 16, 2016 | [–]

Microsoft was never good at avoiding installers.

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