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  • Re: How do you get a WhatsApp DirectDial keypad on the Windows PC?

    From micky@21:1/5 to pjetson@yahoo.com on Tue Feb 20 23:04:01 2024
    XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.freeware

    In comp.mobile.android, on Mon, 12 Feb 2024 16:31:32 +1100, Pete <pjetson@yahoo.com> wrote:

    "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\5319275A.WhatsAppDesktop_2.2403.10.0_x64__manycharacters\WhatsApp.exe" -ServerName:App.Ap-Manymorecharacters.mca

    But how do I put that as a shortcut into my taskbar menu?

    I'd try making a desktop shortcut containing all of that, then testing
    it. If it works, drag the shortcut to wherever you want it.

    Yes, exactly. I've done that a dozen times over the years. In a file
    manager, find the directory that holds whatsapp. I thought it would be
    "program Files" but it's not.

    Before I tell you where it will be, let me tell you how easy it is to
    find it: Run (Search) Everything. In the search line put
    whatsapp exe . They don't have to be connected. Everything
    doesn't care. It will find files with those two strings in them.

    and it's in Users\[username]\appdata\Local\whatsapp even though an
    executable is not data.

    It will be the one with the right icon in the left-most field, the icon
    that looks like whatsapp. Right click and use Send To / Desktop. Not
    Create Icon which will create it in that same directory.

    I alsways make two copies of such an icon so when I drag one to the
    Taskbar, I still have one on the desktop.

    Peter


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  • From micky@21:1/5 to charlie@nospam.com on Sun Feb 25 12:29:45 2024
    XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.freeware

    In comp.mobile.android, on Sun, 11 Feb 2024 15:13:39 -0700, Charlie <charlie@nospam.com> wrote:

    From another thread I saw that I go to the WhatsApp for Windows page. >https://www.whatsapp.com/download

    This was the first step in installing whatsapp as a program on the PC.
    From there I followed it's directions. I'm not so sure that the parts I
    snpped worked.

    There's are direct dialers for WhatsApp on Android. >https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trianguloy.openInWhatsapp

    I don't see why you need this. Doesn't the android app for whatsapp
    include a dialer? Or are you saying you don't need to install a number
    in the contact list? That would be good. OH YES, THAT's what the almost
    hidden description of the app says it does. Thank you.

    There are lots of places, like businesses, that you will only want to
    call once, and it would just be confusing to have all their names and
    numbers in your address book.

    How do you get a direct dial WhatsApp keypad on the PC?

    I don't know. But Theo seems to have answered correctly. And iiuc his
    method doesn't even require installing whatspp on the pc. It just uses a webpage.

    But I wanted to say somethimg else, that I have borrowed another cell
    phone and I called myself on whatsapp and, at the same time, both my
    phone and my PC program rang. This means if the computer is upstairs
    with whatsapp running and I'm downstairs or outside or even shopping
    miles away with the phone, the phone will still ring even if I left
    whatsapp running on the computer (where you might not hear it ringing).

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  • From Frank Slootweg@21:1/5 to micky on Sun Feb 25 19:36:16 2024
    XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.freeware

    micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
    In comp.mobile.android, on Sun, 11 Feb 2024 15:13:39 -0700, Charlie <charlie@nospam.com> wrote:
    [...]
    There's are direct dialers for WhatsApp on Android. >https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trianguloy.openInWhatsapp

    I don't see why you need this. Doesn't the android app for whatsapp
    include a dialer? Or are you saying you don't need to install a number
    in the contact list? That would be good. OH YES, THAT's what the almost hidden description of the app says it does. Thank you.

    There are lots of places, like businesses, that you will only want to
    call once, and it would just be confusing to have all their names and
    numbers in your address book.

    AFAICT, this app will only open a (WhatsApp) *chat*, hence the name
    "Click to chat".

    Unless it says otherwise, the chat is *text*, not voice, i.e. not a
    'call' [1].

    And even if it is voice, it's a voice call to another *WhatsApp* user,
    *not* a normal 'telephone' call to a landline or mobile phone.

    I doubt that many businesses will offer/accept WhatsApp voice calls

    If they offer WhatsApp as a means of communication, it's probably only
    for 'chat', i.e. text messages, not voice calls.

    So I doubt that you would have a use for such an app.

    Bottom line: A big difference between a normal telephone call and a WhatsApp-to-WhatsApp voice call. So when you say 'call', make clear what
    kind of call you mean.

    [...]

    [1] Yes, one of the buttons on the menus in the screenshots says 'Call',
    but another button says 'SMS'. Unless something changed, WhatsApp can
    not send a SMS message, so the SMS is probably handled by the phone
    (i.e. SIM part) itself, not WhatsApp. And probably 'Call' is also
    handled by the phone, i.e. a normal 'telephone' call, not a WhatsApp-to-WhatsApp voice call.

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