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GPO Force InPrivate browsing setting breaks webview2 client.
artroy ,
A few questions/suggestions:
- You mentioned "multi app use": Is this referring to the multi-app kiosk mode in Windows? If not, have you tried evaluating this mode for your needs? Set up a multi-app kiosk on Windows 10 - Configure Windows | Microsoft Docs
- This mode locks Windows down to only the allowed apps and prevents the regular taskbar and "normal" start menu from showing up.
- Here's an example solution post that maybe of relevance to your needs: Setup an Edge Chromium based Kiosk device with Microsoft Intune | (inthecloud247.com)
- You mentioned trying out Edge kiosk as an attempt to migrate from WebView2, though, "After making that change all webview2 clients threw an error upon launch" indicates the apps are still using WebView2. Is this still a requirement?
- Instead of forcing InPrivate mode, have you tried other policies to prevent users from modifying settings? Here are some suggestions:
- AddressBarEditingEnabled - though this would mean users CANNOT modify the address bar contents at all
- URLBlocklist and/or URLAllowlist
Let us know how this goes 🙂
- You mentioned "multi app use": Is this referring to the multi-app kiosk mode in Windows? If not, have you tried evaluating this mode for your needs? Set up a multi-app kiosk on Windows 10 - Configure Windows | Microsoft Docs
Microsoftartroy Hello! It is my understanding that the error is the expected behavior.
Here are a few links from the WebView2Feedback GitHub discussing. You should be able to reach out to the team there for further assistance.
- How to launch Webview2 InPrivate or incognito mode · Issue #1520 · MicrosoftEdge/WebView2Feedback (github.com)
- incognito mode support · Issue #779 · MicrosoftEdge/WebView2Feedback (github.com)
Just to note, if you move to kiosk mode it will run Microsoft Edge InPrivate sessions. Configure Microsoft Edge kiosk mode | Microsoft Docs
-Kelly
Kelly_Y thanks for the response and good info. KIOSK mode works well for us in most situations. The main issue we have is that a user can click the start key and get to the taskbar, once at the taskbar they can right click Edge and click open new window and that new window will not be in KIOSK. Is there a way to prevent this behavior?