What do we do with the new WhatsApp Desktop Client?

[Ascar699]

@D4koon Please advise what is the recommended course of action now that Meta has released a new desktop client. Did you have a chance to check it out in terms of possible damage to Whatstray?

WhatsApp is pushing to download and install...

https://about.fb.com/news/2023/03/faster-speeds-improved-calling-whatsapp-desktop/

[menotuu]

btw the new whatsapp version have version 2.2310.3.0 and is not available in exe installer version - atm only store version.

[eileenthg]

I just downloaded the windows store version. It doesn't work with the current WhatsappTray, but it's minimizable using rbtray. (here: https://github.com/benbuck/rbtray) That's something. Doesn't have a logo when minimised to tray though.

[Ascar699]

@eileenthg - can you check the version of WhatsApp you have installed from Windows Store? I am on 2.2310.5 and WhatsApp is prompting me to get the new version. I found 2.2317.7 here https://www.techspot.com/downloads/downloadnow/6839/?evp=1a6f793b362905fdd3eeb9b6b89a91e0&file=8754 and I am wondering whether this is the latest one. Seems to be released on March 24.

[eileenthg]

Apparently mine is 2.2310.3.0 Whatsapp isn't nagging me to update it yet.

[Ascar699]

General suggestion - want to use WhatsTray - don't update. I installed 2.2317.7 from the link I pasted above and WhatsApp installed version 2.2310.5.

[gentano]

"General suggestion - want to use WhatsTray - don't update"

So which is the latest version number that fully works with WhatsappTray and/or RBtray?

[eileenthg]

They're mutually exclusive. The version either works with RBTray but not with WhatsappTray, or the other way around. Looks like the general rule is, .exe works with WhatsAppTray, Microsoft App works with RBTray.

Looks like Whatsapp is migrating to microsoft. Just use RBTray..

[gentano]

Ok let me rephrase my question: Which is the last working version of WA that works fine with WATray?

Btw: RBtray also doesnt work with those UWP versions of WA: https://github.com/benbuck/rbtray/issues/98

So ye...

[eileenthg]

Last working version with WATray is the one provided by @Ascar699, here.

@eileenthg - can you check the version of WhatsApp you have installed from Windows Store? I am on 2.2310.5 and WhatsApp is prompting me to get the new version. I found 2.2317.7 here https://www.techspot.com/downloads/downloadnow/6839/?evp=1a6f793b362905fdd3eeb9b6b89a91e0&file=8754 and I am wondering whether this is the latest one. Seems to be released on March 24.

Also the thread you linked me, yes I know it happens. Let's just say RBTray partially works with UWP WA, eh? At least keeps it out of the desktop. That's as close enough for it to be working for me. :<

If you want to keep using WATray, DO NOT UPDATE.

[gentano]

Last working version with WATray is the one provided by @Ascar699,

Ascar699 did not "provide" any version here.. all he did was asking what to do..

I am on 2.2310.5 and WhatsApp is prompting me to get the new version.

Thats what @Ascar699 wrote and thats the current version (at least it was 2..3 days before when i downloaded from official WA server through the unofficial link).. and that version is not working with WATray nor is it working with RBtray...

2.2317.7 is not real (yet)... as @Ascar699 stated himself:

I installed 2.2317.7 from the link I pasted above and WhatsApp installed version 2.2310.5.

So Im back to the starting point asking: Which is the last version of WhatsApp working fully w/ WATray or/and RBtray?

[eileenthg]

Eh? The version he linked didn't work with WATray? Drat. I thought since it had the old framework it's the same. And sorry it's a misword on my part. I should have said LINKED. I know he didn't made that software. Ok, the last version of WhatsApp fully working with WATray is the one that's right before WA nagged us to install the UWP version. What number is it? I have no freaking clue I forgot to check. I'll check webarchive real quick I guess.

[eileenthg]

@gentano http://web.archive.org/web/20230401042015/https://www.whatsapp.com/download Alright apparently the exe still exist, does it? I have no freaking clue that's what webarchive said. Just keep going back to the past until a version works I guess.

[gentano]

http://web.archive.org/web/20230401042015/https://www.whatsapp.com/download

that leads to 2.2310.5 (I just downloaded and checked the version number) which is the current not working version we discussed before ;-)

[eileenthg]

Then keep going backwards in time until a version does work. Do you know how to go backwards in time using webarchive?

[ninjaeon]

Then keep going backwards in time until a version does work. Do you know how to go backwards in time using webarchive?

You can still download the last desktop version directly (Version 2.2310.5): https://web.whatsapp.com/desktop/windows/release/x64/WhatsAppSetup.exe

I tried the Techspot download mentioned in this thread, and it installed as Version 2.2310.5

[gentano]

Then keep going backwards in time until a version does work. Do you know how to go backwards in time using webarchive?

Ofc, not sure tho if you know how webarchive works ;-)

Cuz it keeps downloading the current version from WhatsApp Server and not a version stored directly on webarchive.org ;-)

So no matter which version on webarchive You choose the download links always leed to https://web.whatsapp.com/desktop/windows/release/x64/WhatsAppSetup.exe and that means that it will always download the version, thats currently stored on WA server (2.2310.5 atm).

We need a site, that stored different WA versions on its own server.. I might have a look later...

[eileenthg]

I've downloaded old stuff from webarchive before. Thank you for letting me and everyone visiting this thread in the future know that for Whatsapp, it sends a request straight to the server to download the latest version, and not a separate archive link on webarchive itself.

[eileenthg]

To anyone who still wants to try web archive, consider web-archiving the download link instead. (Which is https://web.whatsapp.com/desktop/windows/release/x64/WhatsAppSetup.exe ) I went back to 2016 and managed to download version 0.2.37.0

[ninjaeon]

If you're really desperate to get Whatsapp Store edition to minimize to tray, you can use "eXtra Buttons" to get it done. But it's not ideal...you have to set a hotkey or you have to right click the title bar and select minimize to tray from the context menu. Also, the icon in the system tray when it's minimized is a generic "white rectangle" document icon.

http://www.xtrabuttons.com

[gentano]

http://web.archive.org/web/20230401042015/https://www.whatsapp.com/download

since ~Sept 2019 the download link leeds to straight up to the whatsapp servers.. the latest version i could download is 0.3.2386 from ~may 2019.. between those dates i couldnt download from webarchive cuz of download error..

https://web.archive.org/web/20190531235623/https://www.whatsapp.com/download/

this link gives you 0.3.2386

[Bainion]

Are the older versions found on other websites valid? For example https://filehippo.com/download_whatsapp-32/history/ or https://whatsapp-desktop.en.uptodown.com/windows/versions ?

[gentano]

filehippo is fake...

regarding to https://whatsapp-desktop.en.uptodown.com/windows/versions

2.2243.11.0 (nov 2022) is latest seperate exe file setup.. since 2.2248.9.0 (dec 2022) there is only msixbundle, which is uwp app to my understanding

Ok, nevermind.. its mixed... for example 2.2306.9.0 is a standalone exe file... let me try them out

[gentano]

Ok, old standalone exe versions not working cuz they are all automaticall forced to update to the newest version

msixbundle versions (UWP apps) also all not working, cuz UWP apps just not clean working at all with RBtray/WAtray

Conclusion: Its just not working at all currently, no matter the version :-( Any tipps/ideas appreciated

[nazsol]

I avoided installing the update because of new one not being compatible with WhatsappTray, but today it automatically stopped working, neither old or new, RBTray not working either. It's 2023 and they do not have an option to minimise to system tray...

[ninjaeon]

I avoided installing the update because of new one not being compatible with WhatsappTray, but today it automatically stopped working, neither old or new, RBTray not working either. It's 2023 and they do not have an option to minimise to system tray...

RBTray doesn't work, but http://www.xtrabuttons.com/ works with Whatsapp Store edition. You just have to live with an ugly icon instead of the Whatsapp logo in the system tray if you use it.

[gentano]

@ninjaeon You wrote that before, we appreciate your help.

[Qu1goN]

Why isn't the WA-Tray programmer doing anything anymore? ... update at least one more time so that we have a working tray version for the WA store app. So sad, unfortunately.

xtrabuttons works but it is still displayed in the taskbar ^^

However, we can all write to WhatsApp with a request to implement the feature regarding minimizing to the systray so that it is no longer displayed in the taskbar. I already wrote to them, the more write, the better:

https://www.whatsapp.com/contact

under WhatsApp Messenger Support

[Bainion]

Somehow reinstalling from

Win 32-bit: https://web.whatsapp.com/desktop/windows/release/x64/WhatsAppSetup.exe Win 64-bit: https://web.whatsapp.com/desktop/windows/release/ia32/WhatsAppSetup.exe Mac https://web.whatsapp.com/desktop/mac/files/WhatsApp.dmg

worked BUT, it's inconsistent. Sometimes there are no problems and sometimes there are but I don't know why. Also I reinstalled WA-Tray but I doubt it did anything. I only did it because I messed up the path to WA

It installed V 2.23.10.5 but I think it's trying to install 2.23.14.X and this breaks it up and show WhatsApp (Outdated) with a grey logo

[Miguelmorrobel]

My solution

1 install whatsapp-desktop-2-2310-5 2 delete/remane update.exe AppData\Local\WhatsApp 3 also delete/remane squirrel.exe for good measure AppData\Local\WhatsApp\Whatsapp-2.2310.5

option you can copy root (Whatsapp-2.2310.5) to another location and just set WhatsappTray appData.ini C:\Program Files (x86)\WhatsappTray

/// By default WhatsappTray uses the shortcut that was created when WhatsApp was installed to start WhatsApp. If you want to set a different path to the WhatsApp binary(exe), you can do so by using the 'WHATSAPP_STARTPATH' config in the appData.ini

Absolute: "WHATSAPP_STARTPATH=C:\Users\Dakoon\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\WhatsApp.exe" Relative to the folder in which WhatsappTray.exe lies: "WHATSAPP_STARTPATH=...\WhatsApp.exe" Support for variables %UserProfile% and %AppData% ///

[Vitaro]

Hello, everyone,

Whatsapp Tray was working fine until last update of standalone app (2.2314.11), which uses gray icon and shows "outdated" in title window. Error log says "Filenames from window and from settings do not match", so here lies the problem, probably. Don't know if there's an easy fix for this. Any help is appreciated :-)