WebView2 WPF not working if Edge Profile Path changed

[joru1407]

The current WebView2 for WPF is not working and stays blank without any error.

This issue appears if the Profile Path of Edge is changed.
In this case the Profile Path of Edge was changed by Group Policy to AppData\Roaming.

If the Profile Path of Edge stays on default, everything works as expected.

Thanks, Joshua

[david-risney]

Good issue, thanks! Can you say which policy that was exactly? Was it the UserDataDir policy?

[joru1407]

Hi David, yes, it's exactly the UserDataDir policy you've mentioned :-)

[chrisluna]

I was able to get the Getting Started app to work after installing the Canary version of edge -
which can be found here - https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/download

[joru1407]

I'm using the latest Canary Version of Edge (84.0.521.0).
I did a test with a blank profile a few minutes ago: Everything works as expected, but as soon as I apply the mentioned GPO the WebView remains grey without showing the website.

[champnic]

This should be fixed in Edge 85.0.531.0+. Thanks!