[Problem/Bug]: Setting any policy in the registry will cause Edge to display 'managed by your organization'

[sln162]

What happened?

When I set any value, even if it is meaningless, in the registration policy location of WV2, SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\WebView2, and do not set any value in SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge, when I open the settings option of any version of Edge (stable/Beta/Dev/Canary), it will display "managed by your organization", but when I go in and view it, I cannot see any policy. The policy of WebView2 must also be a child of Edge, I don't know if this should belong to the Edge department or the WV2 department, but I don't think it should be like this.I think the policy for setting WV2 should not be displayed on the Edge.

Importance

Moderate. My app's user experience is affected, but still usable.

Runtime Channel

Stable release (WebView2 Runtime), Prerelease (Edge Canary/Dev/Beta)

Runtime Version

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SDK Version

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Framework

Winforms

Operating System

Windows 11

OS Version

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Repro steps

Create a subkey for SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\WebView2 in the registry location, create a value with any name, open the Edge browser, and click on the settings icon.

Regression

No, this never worked

Last working version (if regression)

No response

AB#47286842

[vickiez]

Thanks for reporting this @sln162! We'll take a look and see if the issue needs to be routed to Edge team, will let you know here when there is an update.

[sln162]

@vickiez Okay, I'm looking forward to good news, because I know some users will not be used to seeing this prompt in Edge and will search for solutions through search engines. The solutions they find are to delete the entire Edge policy, which can certainly help them solve the problem, but it also affects WebView2, because WebView2 is a child of Edge in the registry, and users will delete all policies at once.