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Windows 11 24H2 Edge Webview

brucine Posted messages 25307 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -  
fabul Posted messages 42297 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   -

Hello,

Since the update and without me asking anything, Edge Webview is running in the background, probably related to the Widgets which I'm not using either (I have a classic Open Shell display desktop and thus none), and not to Edge which I don't use.

I can't find a way to configure it without uninstalling it, I assume that some applications might manually request access to it?

Thank you.

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    MPMP10 Posted messages 47626 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   19 107
     

    Hello,

    Unless I'm mistaken, check the solution proposed by fabul here.

    https://forums.commentcamarche.net/forum/affich-38015837-a-quoi-sert-microsoft-edge-webview2-runtime#1

    There's this too (but it's a bit old…) so you might want to see if this solution is still relevant or not!

    https://www.journaldugeek.com/2022/09/29/si-edge-tourne-en-arriere-plan-sans-votre-accord-voici-comment-len-empecher/

    How to disable Edge from starting up in Windows 10, 11

    https://www.malekal.com/comment-desactiver-edge-du-demarrage-et-en-execution-en-arriere-plan-de-windows-10-11/

    https://www.malekal.com/fermer-applications-arriere-plan-windows/

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    1. brucine Posted messages 25307 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 196
       

      Hello,

      It's not Edge that's the issue and it's already set not to start, but Webview should not be uninstalled in case an application relies on it.

      I've found the culprit: it's the Widgets, although I don’t use them. You just need to uninstall them, assuming that Winget is installed:

      winget uninstall "MicrosoftWindows.Client.WebExperience_cw5n1h2txyewy"

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  2. fabul Posted messages 42297 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   6 093
     

    Hello,

    You can start by disabling it (Widgets) with the registry:

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Dsh]
    "IsPrelaunchEnabled"=dword:00000000

    But the PowerShell command (Admin) to uninstall is:

    Get-AppxPackage *WebExperience* | Remove-AppxPackage

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