Windows 10: I cannot reinstall "Microsoft Edge WebView 2 Runtime"

I can no longer ignore the annoying prompts to switch to "new teams" as "classic teams" seems to be at end of life. I was avoiding the switch because "new teams" for me did not opperate properly. I assumed this would be something that was fixed in the trial period befor forcing it on users, but it sounds like it is on the users to fix. On this forum I have seen others have sucess with this issue by reinstalling "Microsoft Edge WebView 2 Runtime" unfortunatly I am unable to do so.When I try to install it i get "Insatlation failed. The Microsoft Edge WebView 2 Runtime is already installed for th

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Cant install Edge or Webview 2 runtime

I can't install webview2 runtime. It says it doesn't meet the minimum hardware requirements. Despite the help, it throws me into the store where I can't install microsoft edge. Edge reports the same problem that it does not meet the minimum hardware requirements. I tried the solution written on the internet but unsuccessful. I need to get the webview working for the forza motorsport.

 

Microsoft Edge webView2 Runtime do not want it

I have a Lenovo laptop with Windows 10 Pro. The version is 21H1. OS build is 19043.1865. I use Opera is my default web browser. I never used Microsoft Edge and it is not installed. I did a full reinstallation of the Windows 10 Pro last month due to bloated Windows. My issue is that Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime keeps reinstalling no matter how many times I removed the program. I did a search online that WebView2 was part of Microsoft 365 which I don’t use. I use Office 2016 Home and Student edition. I removed Microsoft 365 and disabled Microsoft Edge Update Services. Every time I connect to the internet, the Edge WebView 2 runtime returns even through I used the Microsoft Edge ChromiumBlocker toolkit. I used a cmd script to block the installation of Edge and its WebView 2 thru automatic updates. Automatic updates of other Microsoft products are not enabled. Why does WebView 2 Runtime keeps returning? It’s a 521 MB file that is never used. I don’t do any Office documents online. I found this in PowerShell folder “PSReadLine” which has this text below: get-appxpackage *edge* remove-appxpackage Microsoft.MicrosoftEdgeDevToolsClient_1000.19041.1023.0_neutral_neutral_8wekyb3d8bbwe exit How to stop reinstallation of Microsoft Edge WebView2 runtime? I don't have Edge installed but there's a blank icon of Microsoft Edge in the Universal Applications Folder. I can't locate that Edge link because I use Stardock Start 10 software. - - - Updated - - - Update: I solved the issue. I let the Microsoft Edge WebView 2 runtime installed and in my firewall software, I added the Edge updater to list and blocked it. In addition, I found that I have no host file and created a new one and added these to host file: 127.0.0.1 https://msedge.api.cdp.microsoft.com 127.0.0.1 *.dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com Now the Edge WebView2 runtime doesn't get installed.

 

How to restart Microsoft Edge WebView 2 Process ?

Is there any process that can be restarted which is part of the "Microsoft Edge WebView 2" via Tasķ Manager ?