[Feature]: Want to inject WebView2 into WinRE.wim. We have customized WinRE environment in which we need WebView2 to inject for browser support.

[Devanath88]

Describe the feature/enhancement you need

Want to inject WebView2 into WinRE.wim. We have customized WinRE environment in which we need WebView2 to inject for browser support. We checked that current WebView2 package do not support injecting into WinRE.wim. Can you please add this support in WebView2?

The scenario/use case where you would use this feature

We need a browser support in WinRE environment for our internal project. We have customized the WinRE.wim according to our requirement. We are stuck at Browser support. Earlier, We are using a browser to load Microsoft sites using IE. This is broken now as IE is no more. So we are planning to use Edge and Edge requires the WebView2 runtime.

How important is this request to you?

Impactful. My app's user experience would be significantly compromised without it.

Suggested implementation

No response

What does your app do? Is there a pending deadline for this request?

We are using a browser to load Microsoft sites using IE. This is broken now as IE is no more. So we are planning to use Edge and Edge requires the WebView2 runtime.

[sivMSFT]

Hi @Devanath88,

Thank you for your inquiry regarding the ability to inject WebView2 into a customized WinRE (Windows Recovery Environment) .wim file for browser support.

Please note that Microsoft Edge operates independently and does not require the WebView2 runtime for its functionality.

If you have any further questions or need additional assistance, feel free to reach out.

[Devanath88]

Hi @sivMSFT Thank you so much for a quick response. We are trying to use webview2 control in WPF application to load the page. It's works fine in Main OS, but in WinRE it doesn't load any page. Thanks, Devanathan,

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[sivMSFT]

Hey @Devanath88,

Could you please describe your issue in brief detail?
It would be helpful for our team to look into it and repro it.

Please use the format, that's been shared while filing a new bug/feature.

[sarojnayak1991]

Hey @sivMSFT

Describe the feature/enhancement you need

Want to inject WebView2 runtime into WinRE.wim. We have customized WinRE environment in which we need WebView2 for browser engine navigation. Can you please add this support in WebView2?

The scenario/use case where you would use this feature
Currently we have browser support in WinRE environment for our internal project which uses IE emulation to load the pages. But now a days we are observing that the Microsoft websites are not rendered properly and some controls are broken inside the browser as MS sites might be using advanced HTML5 controls which IE is falling to render. So we tried Webview2 to load the pages and it's working fine in Main OS.But in WIN Recovery environment, the pages are not loading at all. It's completely blank page even if we are trying to render MS pages or any other. We are WPF application where we are using Webview2 as a control and in some event or button click, we are rendering the page using Source property of Webview2.

How important is this request to you?
Impactful. My app's user experience would be significantly compromised without it.

Suggested implementation
No response

What does your app do? Is there a pending deadline for this request?
We are using a WebBrowser control to load Microsoft sites using IE emulation. This is broken now as the contents of the page is advanced now which IE is failing to render properly. So we are planning to use WebView2 control in WIN Recovery environment.