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Installation Requirements should be mentioned #2917

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softworkz opened this issue Nov 14, 2023 · 4 comments
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Installation Requirements should be mentioned #2917

softworkz opened this issue Nov 14, 2023 · 4 comments
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ADO cat: webview2 WebView-related content.

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@softworkz
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softworkz commented Nov 14, 2023

An important detail is missing in the comparison of the distribution modes:

The evergreen runtime requires elevation to install (not all users have those privileges), while the fixed version can be used for per-user installations.

It is also nowhere mentioned which distribution mode should be used for packaged apps.

Reference for "requires elevation": MicrosoftEdge/WebView2Samples#145


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@captainbrosset captainbrosset added cat: webview2 WebView-related content. and removed triage-needed labels Nov 14, 2023
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Thank you for your feedback. Adding to our backlog.

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From my understanding, the Evergreen WebView2 runtime does not require elevation, and by default installs as user.

May I understand what you mean by:

It is also nowhere mentioned which distribution mode should be used for packaged apps.

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From my understanding, the Evergreen WebView2 runtime does not require elevation, and by default installs as user.

Saying "Elevation" was probably a bit misleading. I meant privilege elevation from the perspective of a packaged and containerized app like UWP (and I think also WinUI3 without 'runFullTrust'). Those apps don't even run under the regular user account and are not able to install the WebView2 evergreen runtime.

That's the context of my sentence which you have quoted: How am I supposed to install the WebView2 runtime from a Windows Store app (which doesn't run with fullTrust) ?

This is nowhere mentioned, and from my understanding, the only possible way is to ship the app with a fixed runtime (which is what we are doing).

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@victorhuangwq ping on the above response.

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