Question: How to change location of WebView2 folder on Windows?

[sdwoodbury]

Hello,

I'm preparing to release a Windows application named uplink. I found that on windows, a folder is created next to the executable, named <application name>.exe.WebView2. This prevents me from installing the executable in the ProgramFiles directory because the exe doesn't have write access to that directory. Is there a way I can tell Dioxus to create this WebView2 folder somewhere else?

This issue is somewhat important to me because if I use the installer to uninstall the app, it won't delete the C:\uplink directory. This is because the WebView2 folder was added. If I then re-run the installer, the installer may install the new .exe because the old one is still there. In other words, if someone uninstalls uplink, downloads a installer for a different version, and runs the installer, they would still have the old version. Also, the app would look more professional if it could be installed in the ProgramFiles directory instead of whatever the LocalAppData folder happens to be (usually the last letter drive).

[ealmloff]

You can use the with_data_directory function on the desktop config on the master branch after #905:

dioxus_desktop::launch_cfg(
    App,
    dioxus_desktop::Config::new().with_data_directory("C:/Uplink/"),
);

[sdwoodbury]

great! thank you!