Description
What happened?
Visual Studio 2022 started requesting to update the Webview2 in the yellow ribbon.
I hit the link on the yellow ribbon, downloaded the WebView2 installer and tried to install it, but it failed with the following error:
This happens for both the Evergreen Bootstrapper and the Evergreen Standalone Installer.
If I open add/remove programs and search for WebView I cannot find any component to uninstall. Therefore even re-installation is not possible.
I initially submitted the problem in the Visual Studio 2022 website, but they told me to log the bug here.
https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Cannot-update-the-webview/10850380
The WebView2Utilities app tells me that I only have the version 133.0.3065.69 installed. The currently available installer has the same version, therefore the bug is apparently in detecting the installed version.
FYI, when I install the WebView installer on a machine without Visual Studio, it does not clearly tell whether the WebView2 runtime finished installing the WebView sucessfully or not. The installer just closes without feedback and this is not a good thing.
Importance
Blocking. My app's basic functions are not working due to this issue.
Runtime Channel
Stable release (WebView2 Runtime)
Runtime Version
133.0.3065.69
SDK Version
n/a
Framework
Other
Operating System
Windows 11
OS Version
23H2 22631.4890
Repro steps
- Install VS2022 17.14.0 Preview 1
- Download the WebView2 installer
- Run the installer
(fails to install)
Repros in Edge Browser
No, issue does not reproduce in the corresponding Edge version
Regression
Don't know
Last working version (if regression)
No response