On a machine where the Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime is not installed - a plain Windows Server image, for instance - CaseTalk closes itself during startup instead of opening its main window. There is no message, and nothing that identifies the browser component as the cause.

The built-in browser is used for help pages, documentation and generated reports, so the component is prepared while the application starts. It should be possible to work without it: everything else in CaseTalk does not need a browser, and a missing runtime is something the user can install afterwards if they want those pages.

Expected: CaseTalk starts. Any screen that would have shown a web page says instead that the runtime is missing, and where to get it.