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Cannot start Power BI Desktop without Webview2 runtime

Hi Team,

Currently we are using power bi report server to deploy dashboards in client server.

Details of PowerBI report server.

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We are unable to open dashboards in powerbi report server using powerbi desktop from last 5 days and below is the error that we are receiving when trying to open:

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Please guide us to resolve this issue.

 

Thanks in Advance,
May God Bless you!!

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d_gosbell
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As the message says, you need to install the Webview2 runtime. This should be pre-installed on most versions of Windows 10 or 11, but you can also manually download and install it from here https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/ 

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d_gosbell
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As the message says, you need to install the Webview2 runtime. This should be pre-installed on most versions of Windows 10 or 11, but you can also manually download and install it from here https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/ 

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