If you remove Edge from your Windows PC, C1 v16.3 will crash. Install MS WebView2 Runtime to resolve.

Dmitriy B.

• October 26, 2023 18:44

As someone who values my privacy, I forcibly removed various Microsoft telemetry/spyware from my Windows 10 PC.  This included the Microsoft Edge browser (I'm a die-hard Firefox user).  Unfortunately Capture One Pro v16.3 relies on Edge's component called WebView2 in order to display the contents of some pop-ups.  This causes the entire application to crash shortly after you launch it.

To resolve this download and install the WebView2 Runtime directly from Microsoft here: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/

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  BeO

  • October 26, 2023 19:09

  

  Thanks for sharing.

  Does Microsoft Edge browser spy even if you don't use it and don't run applications like C1?

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  Dmitriy B.

  • October 26, 2023 19:51

  It wasn't a complaint.  It was a PSA for others who may run into a similar crash.

  I'm running GrapheneOS on my Pixel 6 which gives me much greater control over spyware that is Google.

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  Dmitriy B.

  • October 26, 2023 20:04

  The fact that Edge is baked into Windows to such an extent is the corruption, not me uninstalling that garbage browser.

  I already submitted this as a bug with crash logs and work-around.  I don't expect anything will be done about this since it's such an edge case (pun totally intended).  The only one complaining in this thread seems to be you, Petr.

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  Propheticus

  • November 17, 2023 09:03
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  To me it sounds like first you forcefully removed all Edge related stuff (which includes EdgeWebView) and now undid part of this by re-installing the Edge WebView2 runtime.
  WebView2 runtime is seen as an OS component. It's used for 'native' web rendering within the OS but also in .NET applications that expect it to be available natively in Win 11. Re: The 'spyware' behaviour, you can configure this via the Windows diagnostic settings. 

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