place WebView2Loader in root resources to guarantee NSIS extraction alongside executable

release.js

@@ -156,10 +156,10 @@ async function main() {
         console.log('Ensuring bundled Node.js runtime...');
         await ensureBundledNode();
 
-        console.log('Compiling Windows Tauri installer locally...');
+        await ensureWebView2Loader();
+
         execSync('npm run build', {
-            stdio: 'inherit',
-            env: Object.assign({}, process.env, { WEBVIEW2_STATIC_LIB: '1' })
+            stdio: 'inherit'
         });
 
         const nsisDir = path.join(__dirname, 'src-tauri/target/release/bundle/nsis');
@@ -238,6 +238,59 @@ function ensureBundledNode() {
     });
 }
 
+function ensureWebView2Loader() {
+    const releaseDir = path.join(__dirname, 'src-tauri', 'target', 'release');
+    const rootDllPath = path.join(__dirname, 'src-tauri', 'WebView2Loader.dll');
+    fs.mkdirSync(releaseDir, { recursive: true });
+
+    const targetDllPath = path.join(releaseDir, 'WebView2Loader.dll');
+
+    if (fs.existsSync(rootDllPath) && fs.existsSync(targetDllPath)) {
+        return Promise.resolve();
+    }
+
+    const AdmZip = require('adm-zip');
+    const tempNupkg = path.join(__dirname, 'temp-wv2.zip');
+    const nupkgUrl = 'https://www.nuget.org/api/v2/package/Microsoft.Web.WebView2/1.0.2903.40';
+
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        const fileStream = fs.createWriteStream(tempNupkg);
+        const request = (url) => {
+            https.get(url, (res) => {
+                if (res.statusCode === 301 || res.statusCode === 302) {
+                    return request(res.headers.location);
+                }
+                res.pipe(fileStream);
+                fileStream.on('finish', () => {
+                    fileStream.close();
+                    try {
+                        const zip = new AdmZip(tempNupkg);
+                        const zipEntries = zip.getEntries();
+                        const dllEntry = zipEntries.find(e =>
+                            e.entryName.includes('x64/WebView2Loader.dll') ||
+                            e.entryName.includes('x64\\WebView2Loader.dll')
+                        );
+                        if (dllEntry) {
+                            const buffer = dllEntry.getData();
+                            fs.writeFileSync(targetDllPath, buffer);
+                            fs.writeFileSync(rootDllPath, buffer);
+                        }
+                        try { fs.unlinkSync(tempNupkg); } catch (_) { }
+                        resolve();
+                    } catch (e) {
+                        try { fs.unlinkSync(tempNupkg); } catch (_) { }
+                        reject(e);
+                    }
+                });
+            }).on('error', (err) => {
+                try { fs.unlinkSync(tempNupkg); } catch (_) { }
+                reject(err);
+            });
+        };
+        request(nupkgUrl);
+    });
+}
+
 main().catch(err => {
     console.error('Release failed:', err.message);
     process.exit(1);