D4koon
potential alternative
i've been using WhatsappTray and then it stopped working for me recentlly... instead of figuring out why i threw together an idea i've had for a while, wrapper the whatsapp web app in a traditional desktop app window that can then be manipulated in all sorts of desirable ways... and the result works
https://github.com/Beej126/WhatsAppWebWpf
fyi, i'm trying to move away from tray icons so i'm just doing a window minimize upon close ... but the code is super simple so of course feel free to fork and enhance with a tray icon if that's your thing
I think from what you writing i already did something similar 😄: https://github.com/D4koon/WhatsappTray2
Storytime: My plan was to not support WhatsappTray(1) anymore but well two yeas later im still do. The new version also had some problems and as version 1 is working good enough for me i still use it myself...
@D4koon - that's hilarious! that is exactly what i'm doing, had no idea you already did this out there. thanks for sharing.
@Beej126 If you have downloaded the WhatsApp from "Microsoft Store" then this will not work. I've downloaded the WhatsApp exe file 64 bit (https://web.whatsapp.com/desktop/windows/release/x64/WhatsAppSetup.exe) form the download page on WhatsApp website (https://www.whatsapp.com/download) and WhatsappTray is working fine for that.
thanks yes i was using the traditional exe and something just went "off" as things do, i'm sure it's nothing major... i'm a developer so normally i'd go looking around but i just went another direction on this... thanks for the suggestion
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 6:35 AM Free Kashmir!!! @.***> wrote:
@Beej126 https://github.com/Beej126 If you have downloaded the WhatsApp from "Microsoft Store" then this will not work. I've downloaded the WhatsApp exe file 64 bit form the download page on WhatsApp website (https://www.whatsapp.com/download) and WhatsappTray is working fine for that.
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By looking into the logs, I guess "WhatsappTray" is looking for a whatsapp.lnk file which is missing in the case of WhatsApp installed via "Microsoft Store".
I think from what you writing i already did something similar 😄: https://github.com/D4koon/WhatsappTray2
Storytime: My plan was to not support WhatsappTray(1) anymore but well two yeas later im still do. The new version also had some problems and as version 1 is working good enough for me i still use it myself...
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