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In the task manager why does Cefsharp created browser instance does not show embedded browser webview where as webview2 shows?

I created a browser instance using Cefsharp library. In the task manager I see only the below processes and not embedded browser webview.

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But, when I created browser instance using the Microsoft Edge WebView2, I see that process as well present. Since, both are chromium based I was thinking same set of processes to be present.

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Any explanation should greatly be helpful.

Solution

  • Both CefSharp and MS Edge WebView2 are based on Chromium, so both libraries use multi-process architecture.

    The msedgewebview2.exe process with the --embedded-browser-view=1 command line parameter you see when running MS Edge WebView2 represents a main Chromium process. It doesn't have --type=....

    In CefSharp you don't see the main Chromium process, because CefSharp initializes Chromium inside a .NET application which might have absolutely different name.

    So, the behavior you see is expected and there's nothing strange or unusual if you know how it works inside ;)