MicrosoftEdge / MicrosoftEdge/WebView2Feedback
Set userdata folder in "localappdata" and run an appication as elevated and it fails to launch
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Since Aug 30, 2023.
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Description
A normal user(not admin) login into a machine and launch an application with webview2 and it fails to initialize the userdata folder.
The user data folder is set in "localAppdata" folder. The application will run as admin(a UAC popup will show). The errror is access denied for the data folder(when the application is elevated as admin, the user data folder changes to the administrator's data folder)
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