Windows standalone bloat

[Bob Sneidar]

This probably would not interest you, but when I want to perform actions not native to Livecode, I will interact with the built-in apps of the OS. This means I need to ensure where the apps are on the user’s device, so the first time I do something like open a PDF or a text file, I ask the user to locate where the app is, and I start the user in the directory where the default app typically is so they don’t necessarily have to hunting for it, but can choose an alternate app if they want. 

I avoid the web browser like the plague, because every time I wanted to use it, I found it wasn’t caple of the things I needed. 

Bob S


> On Sep 16, 2025, at 3:33 AM, Neville Smythe via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
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> Well now I am really confused - I removed *all* the Browser inclusions, and yet the Browser widget still works, and the Windows standalone has the 300+MB CEF folder
> 
> So what are the Browser inclusions supposed to be for? 
> 
> And is the 300MB unavoidable if you want to use the Browser widget? - I only use it to display some photos from a website in a feature which will probably rarely  be used in practice.
> 
> Neville Smythe
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