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Reopenning a 2-year old thread. I have the same problem since recently. Nothing help. I have searched the net and tried many different advices, like
* reinstalling PBI
* reinstalling Edge WebView2
* adding WEBVIEW2_ADDITIONAL_BROWSER_ARGUMENTS environment variable, etc, etc
Nothing helps. I have noticed that when PBI starts it opens two windows, the splashcreen and somethting in backgrownd. That other window contains an error but it is not possible to bring the window to the front to read it.
With some tricks I managed to get the message. It looks like it belongs to Edge, and it says something is out of memory.
According to Process monitor, upon startup PBIDesktop.exe does something for about 1.5s and then it ges stuck. I can see many errors there but they are beyond my comprehension. While PBIDesktop.exe is stuck msedgewebview2.exe continues. To me it looks like it is in some kind of initialization loop that repeats several times and eventually times out.
Since the out of memory error appears immediately, the problem occurs during the first few moments of running PBI.
Is there any way to manually completely remove WebView2 from my computer - files, registry entries, caches, configs, etc (and, perhaps, PBI too)? I have tried reinstalling it. I think, the problem I see points to WebView2, and, perhaps, reinstall was not enough, I need to do more thorough cleaning before trying to install it again. Otherwise, I think, I am left with the last resort of all Windows users. 😞
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Hi @SadUser ,
For how to removing WebView2
Uninstall WebView2:
Delete Registry Entries:
Remove Remaining Files:
For how to removing Power BI
Uninstall Power BI:
Delete Registry Entries:
Clear Cache and Configurations:
Hope it helps!
Best regards.
Community Support Team_Caitlyn