Which version of WebView2 Runtime must be installed for AnyCPU development?

Question

I am working with VS2019 on Windows 10 x64. I have the AnyCPU option selected. I would like to know which version of the WebView2 Runtime should I install on my machine if I want to package the Webview2 control into my application, and have it run on both 32bit and 64bit client machines. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I have the same configuration and I installed
MicrosoftEdgeWebView2RuntimeInstallerX64.exe
from Download the WebView2 Runtime
(but if the target OS is 32-bit, you will need MicrosoftEdgeWebView2RuntimeInstallerX86.exe, as explained at Offline deployment...)

Answer 2

32-bit programs can run on 64-bit operating systems, but not vice versa.

If you use the 64-bit WebView2 Runtime, you may not get an error when testing the application, but some users with a 32-bit operating system may not be able to use it.

So, if you only want to develop one version of the application, the 32-bit version is better.

If possible, it may be better to provide two versions for a total of user choices. We can see that most commercial software does this.

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