diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index e7dc101..d670d8f 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ chrono = "0.4"
 anyhow = "1"
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
-winapi = { version = "0.3", features = ["winuser", "sysinfoapi", "windef", "winreg", "shellapi"] }
+winapi = { version = "0.3", features = ["winuser", "sysinfoapi", "windef", "shellapi"] }
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/main.rs b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
index e5a6614..2e14d9f 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/main.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
@@ -14,59 +14,38 @@ fn main() {
 #[cfg(windows)]
 mod webview2_check {
     use std::ptr;
-    use winapi::shared::minwindef::{HKEY, MAX_PATH};
-    use winapi::um::winnt::{KEY_READ, REG_SZ};
-    use winapi::um::winreg::{RegOpenKeyExW, RegQueryValueExW, RegCloseKey, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, HKEY_CURRENT_USER};
     use winapi::um::winuser::{MessageBoxW, MB_OK, MB_ICONWARNING};
     use winapi::um::shellapi::ShellExecuteW;
 
-    const WEBVIEW2_GUID: &str = r"SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\Clients\{F3017226-FE2A-4295-8BEB-E15AB5810CD5}";
-    const WEBVIEW2_GUID_USER: &str = r"Software\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\Clients\{F3017226-FE2A-4295-8BEB-E15AB5810CD5}";
+    // Statically linked from WebView2LoaderStatic.lib via msvc_compat shims
+    extern "system" {
+        fn GetAvailableCoreWebView2BrowserVersionString(
+            browser_executable_folder: *const u16,
+            version_info: *mut *mut u16,
+        ) -> i32;
+    }
+
+    extern "system" {
+        fn CoTaskMemFree(pv: *mut std::ffi::c_void);
+    }
 
     fn to_wide(s: &str) -> Vec<u16> {
         s.encode_utf16().chain(std::iter::once(0)).collect()
     }
 
-    fn check_registry_key(root: HKEY, subkey: &str) -> bool {
-        unsafe {
-            let subkey_w = to_wide(subkey);
-            let value_name = to_wide("pv");
-            let mut hkey: HKEY = ptr::null_mut();
-
-            let status = RegOpenKeyExW(root, subkey_w.as_ptr(), 0, KEY_READ, &mut hkey);
-            if status != 0 {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            let mut data = [0u16; MAX_PATH];
-            let mut data_size = (data.len() * 2) as u32;
-            let mut data_type = 0u32;
-
-            let status = RegQueryValueExW(
-                hkey,
-                value_name.as_ptr(),
-                ptr::null_mut(),
-                &mut data_type,
-                data.as_mut_ptr() as *mut u8,
-                &mut data_size,
-            );
-
-            RegCloseKey(hkey);
-
-            if status != 0 || data_type != REG_SZ {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            // Convert to string and check it's not empty or "0.0.0.0"
-            let len = (data_size as usize / 2).saturating_sub(1); // exclude null terminator
-            let version = String::from_utf16_lossy(&data[..len]);
-            !version.is_empty() && version != "0.0.0.0"
-        }
-    }
-
     pub fn is_webview2_installed() -> bool {
-        check_registry_key(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, WEBVIEW2_GUID)
-            || check_registry_key(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, WEBVIEW2_GUID_USER)
+        unsafe {
+            let mut version_info: *mut u16 = ptr::null_mut();
+            let hr = GetAvailableCoreWebView2BrowserVersionString(
+                ptr::null(),
+                &mut version_info,
+            );
+            let installed = hr == 0 && !version_info.is_null();
+            if !version_info.is_null() {
+                CoTaskMemFree(version_info as *mut _);
+            }
+            installed
+        }
     }
 
     pub fn show_missing_dialog() {