The system cannot find the file specified - Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime Registry path: Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\Clients\{F3017226-FE2A-4295-8BDF-00C3A9A7E4C5}

Specification

• pywebview version: 3.6.3
• operating system: Windows 10
• web renderer: edgechromium

Description

Get a blank screen without rendering anything. Code:

import webview

window = webview.create_window('Woah dude!', 'https://www.google.com')
webview.start(gui='edgechromium', debug=True)

Console:

[pywebview] [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified - Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime Registry path: Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\Clients\{F3017226-FE2A-4295-8BDF-00C3A9A7E4C5}        
[pywebview] Using WinForms / Chromium

I went to Windows Registry Editor, and this given path in the console is wrong. It should be Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\Clients{F3017226-FE2A-4295-8BDF-00C3A9A7E4C5}

Any solutions?

[Endor-8]

Yes, @kevinbevers, the message is still present in the log because pywebview first checks for the version in HKCU, which fails, and then in HKLM, which now succeeds (for me) in 3.6.3. Maybe this log could be suppressed if the version check succeeds in the end.

Incidentally, @FiveNine, you’re right about the key in the log being wrong, but looking at webview.platforms.winforms.py you can see it’s only wrong in the log. The actual key checked includes SOFTWARE in the path.

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