[bug] The Tauri App fails to create a EBWebView folder under the APPDATA/Local/{tauri-app-identifier}/ . leading to the issue in which the app window opens and closes within a split second if you try to run it. WindowsError(Error { code: HRESULT(0x80070002)

[Skystapper]

Describe the bug

I have been making a next js project in my pc and I used Tauri to pack it as exe. On the first time everything went smoothly. Later that day too, I was able to make few changes in app and repack it. though I accidentally I had uninstalled my edge browser and then it kept saying that it couldn't find webview2. I reinstalled the standalone version of webview and it was easily able to detect and build the final exe file.

The problem occurred when I was running the exe file and it kept saying that

[tauri_runtime_wry][ERROR] failed to create webview: WebView2 error: WindowsError(Error { code: HRESULT(0x80070002), message: "The system cannot find the file specified." })

the EBWebView folder that gets created along with the logs folder was also missing, but I was easily able to see that WebView was already there, even the Edge was also reinstalled. I even tried embedding the webview bootstrapper in the application but it was no different. I tried sending the exe file in other people's pc and they were able to run it without any issue, now the problem maybe un my pc but I want to know the solution of this problem so I don't have to turn towards my last resort which is resetting my PC.

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Expected behavior

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Full tauri info output

- OS: Windows 10.0.26100 x86_64 (X64)
    ✔ WebView2: 133.0.3065.69
    ✔ MSVC: Visual Studio Enterprise 2022
    ✔ rustc: 1.85.0 (4d91de4e4 2025-02-17)
    ✔ cargo: 1.85.0 (d73d2caf9 2024-12-31)
    ✔ rustup: 1.27.1 (54dd3d00f 2024-04-24)
    ✔ Rust toolchain: stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc (default)
    - node: 20.14.0
    - npm: 10.9.2

[-] Packages
    - tauri 🦀: 2.2.5
    - tauri-build 🦀: 2.0.5
    - wry 🦀: 0.48.1
    - tao 🦀: 0.31.1
    - @tauri-apps/api : 2.2.0
    - @tauri-apps/cli : 2.2.7

[-] Plugins
    - tauri-plugin-log 🦀: 2.2.1
    - @tauri-apps/plugin-log : 2.2.1

[-] App
    - build-type: bundle
    - CSP: unset
    - frontendDist: ../out
    - devUrl: http://localhost:3000/
    - framework: React (Next.js)
    - bundler: Webpack

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[n1ght-hunter]

we are getting issues with this as well. then when trying to create a window/webview the window is created and a we get an error back with Access is denied. (os error 5).
the folder is created but empty

[chenxiansheng6]

Some of my users are experiencing the same issue. Is there any solution?

[johnbona]

We encountered the same error when launching our Tauri app in a RemoteApp environment under a restricted user account, even though on the same host the app launched successfully under local admin.

What resolved the issue for us was that the individual user accounts were oddly not reflecting that the WebView2 runtime was installed (under Programs and Apps) even though the runtime was installed and enabled on the host. Hope this helps!

[lucasfernog]

#13406 is an attempt to improve this