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Prevent loading Microsoft Edge WebView2

w64bit — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 16:11:40 GMT

Is there any way to prevent Microsoft Edge WebView2 to be loaded when starting AutoCAD 2023?

In Task Manager there are 3 instances of Microsoft Edge WebView2 active under AutoCAD Application.

Re: Prevent loading Microsoft Edge WebView2

johnlagasse — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 11:30:46 GMT

I'm wondering also as my Office Products are crashing and I'm wondering if it has anything to do with it.

Re: Prevent loading Microsoft Edge WebView2

stefan.stamate — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 17:11:56 GMT

My ACADE 2023 is crashing as well and it makes the Outlook crash as well. Mine has 4 different instances of Microsoft Edge Webview2 in Task Manager under the AutoCAD Electrical app. The only fix so far is to reboot.

Re: Prevent loading Microsoft Edge WebView2

mdavis22569 — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 14:15:41 GMT

@w64bit were you able to get this resolved?

Mike

Re: Prevent loading Microsoft Edge WebView2

w64bit — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 09:23:29 GMT

Nope.

min 6 instances all the time.

Re: Prevent loading Microsoft Edge WebView2

mdavis22569 — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 10:40:58 GMT

@w64bit

Try renaming the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\105.0.1343.33\msedgewebview2.exe

to msedgewebview2.exe.old.

then test

Re: Prevent loading Microsoft Edge WebView2

DavidTosh — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 17:36:33 GMT

I'm not crashing and I generally see up to 8 instances running. They also set there and chatter (1 to 2% CPU) with absolutely no drawings loaded and the application minimized to the task bar. They also consume wildly varying amounts of memory: 0.1MB to 39MB!

It would be nice if AutoDesk would tell us why they are there.

Re: Prevent loading Microsoft Edge WebView2

pendean — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 18:04:02 GMT

@DavidTosh wrote:

I'm not crashing and I generally see up to 8 instances running. They also set there and chatter (1 to 2% CPU) with absolutely no drawings loaded and the application minimized to the task bar. They also consume wildly varying amounts of memory: 0.1MB to 39MB!

It would be nice if AutoDesk would tell us why they are there.

They may not know as it does not appear to be affecting most or all 2023 users from what I have observed in these forums and others. For example, no one in our offices is affected, but that's just a small snapshot.

Is everyone that is experiencing this issue reporting it to Autodesk? This forum is not that sadly, you have to make an effort to do it here https://www.autodesk.com/company/contact-us/product-feedback

AND

by opening a support case with Autodesk if you are on subscription to seek out Autodesk Support's help: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/customer-service/account-management/users-software/support-options/web-support/submit-view-cases

HTH

Re: Prevent loading Microsoft Edge WebView2

mdavis22569 — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 13:59:53 GMT

put in a support ticket ...

Mike

Re: Prevent loading Microsoft Edge WebView2

mdavis22569 — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 13:59:16 GMT

@w64bit Just checking in to see if you were able to get this resolved

Also take a peek at:

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Unable-to-run-AutoCAD-when-launching-an-AutoCAD-2023-product.html

Mike

Re: Prevent loading Microsoft Edge WebView2

titusWX934 — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 04:20:51 GMT

This option is no longer working. My solution is to kill all instances of msedgewebview2 in task/process manager after Autocad launch, this will turn of all unnecessary notification & stop affecting the work.

Re: Prevent loading Microsoft Edge WebView2

tlapensTVQ9V — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 20:31:14 GMT

AutoCAD 2024 "REQUIRES Webview2" to authenticate, per AutoDesk support. We can still kill the process in Task Mgr but why is this even a thing AutoDesk? It ran really smoothly when I disabled it per above, then 2024 would message me about software not authenticated and forces me to quit. Now Webview2 is again running in typical bloatware fashion in MS apps and AutoCad is slow again, even with Webview killed in the AutoCad sub-processes. I suggest putting off upgrading to 2024 as long as possible.

Re: Prevent loading Microsoft Edge WebView2

pendean — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 21:02:21 GMT

@tlapensTVQ9V

https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Several-Microsoft-Edge-WebView2-instances-interfere-with-AutoCAD-applications.html

https://resources.imaginit.com/support-blog/launching-autocad-2023-errors-and-ebwebview