Modrinth would not launch because Webview2 was missing.. (deleted Edge browser)

Turns out if you straight up delete Edge Modrinth stops working and does not even give a reason why.. not a popup nothing.. HELLO ? I have been making software for 35 years now and it seems people are just getting straight up lazy..

Anyways after some time I figured out it was Edge's fault and since the Edge installation was corrupted even if you repair Edge it wont fix it... so I tried to install Webview using the standalone installer.. but I got a message saying its already installed.. and there is no way to uninstall it since it does not show up in add-remove programs.. ok..

Finally I told codex (in vs-code with full access) to check out what is up.. and it found the modrinth process, figured out why it wont start, removed some registry values and reinstalled webview and Modrinth started up like magic - codex started it for me.. all in under 5 minutes ...

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u/jaxx0rr — 11 days ago