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New User: Expanded on how Frontier Authorization works 

Key thing is it's a two stage process, and you might only need stage
one.
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@ -30,12 +30,28 @@ other expansion) and log all the way in (i.e. select 'Open Play',
'Private Group', or 'Solo' mode and end up in space, docked at a
station, or on a planet/moon surface).
## Some Frontier Authentication Quirks
##The Frontier Authorization Flow
Once this application knows your Commander name it will prompt you to
authorize it to use the Frontier CAPI service by opening a web browser
window/tab.
window/tab. This will use your system's default web browser.
There are two stages to Approving this Application on the Frontier site.
1. Login on the site, using the correct email address and password for the
Cmdr name shown in the Application window.
2. If prompted, press the 'Approve' button to add this Application to the
Approved list for your account.
If you had previously Approved the Application on the Frontier auth site then
after pressing the 'Login' button in step 1 this Application should
show 'Authentication Successful', and you are finished.
If you had not previously Approved this Application (or had removed it
from the Approved list) then after pressing 'Login' you will go to the second
screen to Approve the Application. After pressing the 'Approve' button
the Application will show 'Authentication Successful', and you are finished.
## Some Frontier Authentication Quirks
*There is a known bug where the browser tab/window for this might open
twice. Just ignore the first tab/window and use the second.*
See [Issue #583](https://github.com/EDCD/EDMarketConnector/issues/583).
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the issue.
## After you have Authorized the Application
Once you've entered your Frontier Account credentials and approved this
application's request for access with the 'Approve' button the browser
tab will not change, just close it once you've confirmed it worked as
below.
Once the Application shows 'Authentication Successful' the web browser tab will
not change further. Just close it once you've confirmed it worked as below.
You should see this application's window update to show:
Press the 'Update' button in the Application. You should see this
application's window update to show:
1. Your Commander name.
1. The name of your Ship.
1. The name of the (star) System you're currently in.
1. The name of the Station you're currently docked at.
1. The name of the Station you're currently docked at, if applicable.
### Setting up EDSM
If you wish to make use of [Elite Dangerous Star