What is the preferred methos of using Whatsapp on desktop i.e. Browser
https://web.whatsapp.com/ ot install the app?

--
Jim the Geordie

Jim the Geordie <jim@jimxscott.co.uk> wrote:
>
> What is the preferred methos of using Whatsapp on desktop i.e. Browser
> https://web.whatsapp.com/ ot install the app?

We (my wife and I) prefer the app.

It used to be a normal Windows program, but now it's a UWP/Metro/
Modern/<whatever> 'app'. I normally call these "Fisher-Price apps",
because they normally are less capable or/and less user-friendly than
normal Windows programs, but the WhatsApp app is not bad, it has
essentially the same functionality as the old WhatsApp program.

On Fri, 26 Jan 2024 11:16:56 -0000, Jim the Geordie
<jim@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote:

>
>What is the preferred methos of using Whatsapp on desktop i.e. Browser
>https://web.whatsapp.com/ ot install the app?

Install the Phone Link app on the PC and run it from there. It mirrors
the phone layout with the convenience of being able to use the
physical keyboard. (Can use it for all your other phone apps as well.)

Peter Johnson <peter@parksidewood.nospam> wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Jan 2024 11:16:56 -0000, Jim the Geordie
> <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >
> >What is the preferred methos of using Whatsapp on desktop i.e. Browser
> >https://web.whatsapp.com/ ot install the app?
>
> Install the Phone Link app on the PC and run it from there. It mirrors
> the phone layout with the convenience of being able to use the
> physical keyboard. (Can use it for all your other phone apps as well.)

The Phone Link app requires a Microsoft Account - at least it tells
you to "Sign in with your Microsoft account" and gives no other option -,
which might be a no-no for some (many? most? all? :-)) people.

Frank Slootweg wrote on 26 Jan 2024 15:58:32 GMT :

>>>What is the preferred methos of using Whatsapp on desktop i.e. Browser
>>>https://web.whatsapp.com/ ot install the app?
>>
>> Install the Phone Link app on the PC and run it from there. It mirrors
>> the phone layout with the convenience of being able to use the
>> physical keyboard. (Can use it for all your other phone apps as well.)
>
> The Phone Link app requires a Microsoft Account - at least it tells
> you to "Sign in with your Microsoft account" and gives no other option -,
> which might be a no-no for some (many? most? all? :-)) people.

Easier to just mirror the phone onto your screen where your six inch phone
will be as tall as your monitor (which can be a foot or taller in height).

Then you can easily operate the phone with your mouse keyboard and voice.

In article <MPG.401da50639473cd39896e5@paganini.bofh.team>, Jim the Geordie
wrote...
>
> What is the preferred methos of using Whatsapp on desktop i.e. Browser
> https://web.whatsapp.com/ ot install the app?

I switched from the browser to the app when it came out, and don't have any
complaints.

--

Phil, London

On 27/1/2024, Philip Herlihy wrote:

>> What is the preferred methos of using Whatsapp on desktop i.e. Browser
>> https://web.whatsapp.com/ ot install the app?
>
> I switched from the browser to the app when it came out, and don't have any
> complaints.

I use the Android direct dialer so that WhatsApp only knows contacts I call
on WhatsApp. The rest of my contacts remain unknown to WhatsApp that way.

Does the WhatsApp direct dialer work on the Windows platform?

In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Fri, 26 Jan 2024 11:16:56 -0000, Jim the
Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote:

>
>What is the preferred methos of using Whatsapp on desktop i.e. Browser
>https://web.whatsapp.com/ ot install the app?
Two or three years ago an airline got me to install it on the PC to
communicate with them. Tried to use it last week and it wouldn't work
because it was too old. It told me to update but the update would not
install. Tried 4 times or more. windows 10 Home fully updated.

I would like to have both but I've given up on the PC. I have no
problem with the phone app.

micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
> In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Fri, 26 Jan 2024 11:16:56 -0000, Jim the
> Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >
> >What is the preferred methos of using Whatsapp on desktop i.e. Browser
> >https://web.whatsapp.com/ ot install the app?
>
> Two or three years ago an airline got me to install it on the PC to
> communicate with them. Tried to use it last week and it wouldn't work
> because it was too old. It told me to update but the update would not
> install. Tried 4 times or more. windows 10 Home fully updated.
>
> I would like to have both but I've given up on the PC. I have no
> problem with the phone app.

You *can* update, but you don't *have* to update, you can just freshly
install the app. The old program is totally seperate anyway.
(Afterwards, you'll probably want to uninstall the old program from
'Programs and features' in Control Panel.)

Just go to <https://www.whatsapp.com/download/>, click on the 'Get it
from Microsoft' button and you'll be directed to the right place in the
Microsoft Store (no you don't need a Microsoft Account).

"Look on the providers website!?" What *will* they think of next!

Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote in
news:up3rvf.f08.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net:

> micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
>> In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Fri, 26 Jan 2024 11:16:56 -0000, Jim
>> the Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >What is the preferred methos of using Whatsapp on desktop i.e.
>> >Browser https://web.whatsapp.com/ ot install the app?
>>
>> Two or three years ago an airline got me to install it on the PC to
>> communicate with them. Tried to use it last week and it wouldn't
>> work because it was too old. It told me to update but the update
>> would not install. Tried 4 times or more. windows 10 Home fully
>> updated.
>>
>> I would like to have both but I've given up on the PC. I have no
>> problem with the phone app.
>
> You *can* update, but you don't *have* to update, you can just
> freshly
> install the app. The old program is totally seperate anyway.
> (Afterwards, you'll probably want to uninstall the old program from
> 'Programs and features' in Control Panel.)
>
> Just go to <https://www.whatsapp.com/download/>, click on the 'Get
> it
> from Microsoft' button and you'll be directed to the right place in
> the Microsoft Store (no you don't need a Microsoft Account).
>
> "Look on the providers website!?" What *will* they think of next!
>

That's exactly what I did. Well, I first installed on my Android phone
to use during a trip overseas, where all relatives used and suggest it
to me. It worked fine.

When I got back to the U.S., I installed it on my Windows 11 desktop,
and it also worked just fine, bringing over all my 'chat's' and media
from my Android phone. I did not have to have a Microsoft account.

In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on 27 Jan 2024 20:18:46 GMT, Frank Slootweg
<this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:

>micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
>> In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Fri, 26 Jan 2024 11:16:56 -0000, Jim the
>> Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >What is the preferred methos of using Whatsapp on desktop i.e. Browser
>> >https://web.whatsapp.com/ ot install the app?
>>
>> Two or three years ago an airline got me to install it on the PC to
>> communicate with them. Tried to use it last week and it wouldn't work
>> because it was too old. It told me to update but the update would not
>> install. Tried 4 times or more.

Downloaded it 3 or 4 times too.

>> windows 10 Home fully updated.
>>
>> I would like to have both but I've given up on the PC. I have no
>> problem with the phone app.
>
> You *can* update, but you don't *have* to update, you can just freshly
>install the app. The old program is totally seperate anyway.
>(Afterwards, you'll probably want to uninstall the old program from
>'Programs and features' in Control Panel.)
>
> Just go to <https://www.whatsapp.com/download/>, click on the 'Get it

Well it was a whatsapp page where I got the version I'm trying to
install, but I will try deleting the current version first.
What's in there now is listed as v.2.2326.10 and 155MB, and is labeled
"outdated" right in the Programs and Features listing.

Says the same thing as previous times "Couldn't update automatically**.
To continue installing whatsapp, click update and install the latest
verion", and clicking Update just takes one to
https://web.whatsapp.com/desktop/windows/release/x64/WhatsAppSetup.exe
and downloads another copy the same date and length as the previous 4
copies, one of which I was using when I got the message in quotes. So
it's trying to run me around in a circle.

>from Microsoft' button and you'll be directed to the right place in the
>Microsoft Store (no you don't need a Microsoft Account).

But I just did what it told me and didn't go to
<https://www.whatsapp.com/download/>. So I tried that and like you say
it took me to the MS store and it did install and open, but two
problems.
1) Found it-- Not within settings. (It says on the phone tap Menu or
Settings and select Linked Devices, but I keep looking and I can't find
any Linked Devices. )

2) The windows version is listed in Programs and Features with the same
length, same version as before, and again says Outdated, even though I
uninstalled that earlier, like I said, and saw that line disappear, so
this is a new but outdated copy.
This is still true, even after I successfully linked it. But before
it didn't give instructions or a QR code. Go figure.

Thanks for the encouragement.

> "Look on the providers website!?" What *will* they think of next!

micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
> In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on 27 Jan 2024 20:18:46 GMT, Frank Slootweg
> <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:
>
> >micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
> >> In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Fri, 26 Jan 2024 11:16:56 -0000, Jim the
> >> Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >What is the preferred methos of using Whatsapp on desktop i.e. Browser
> >> >https://web.whatsapp.com/ ot install the app?
> >>
> >> Two or three years ago an airline got me to install it on the PC to
> >> communicate with them. Tried to use it last week and it wouldn't work
> >> because it was too old. It told me to update but the update would not
> >> install. Tried 4 times or more.
>
> Downloaded it 3 or 4 times too.
>
> >> windows 10 Home fully updated.
> >>
> >> I would like to have both but I've given up on the PC. I have no
> >> problem with the phone app.
> >
> > You *can* update, but you don't *have* to update, you can just freshly
> >install the app. The old program is totally seperate anyway.
> >(Afterwards, you'll probably want to uninstall the old program from
> >'Programs and features' in Control Panel.)
> >
> > Just go to <https://www.whatsapp.com/download/>, click on the 'Get it
>
> Well it was a whatsapp page where I got the version I'm trying to
> install, but I will try deleting the current version first.
>
> What's in there now is listed as v.2.2326.10 and 155MB, and is labeled
> "outdated" right in the Programs and Features listing.
>
> Says the same thing as previous times "Couldn't update automatically**.
> To continue installing whatsapp, click update and install the latest
> verion", and clicking Update just takes one to
> https://web.whatsapp.com/desktop/windows/release/x64/WhatsAppSetup.exe
> and downloads another copy the same date and length as the previous 4
> copies, one of which I was using when I got the message in quotes. So
> it's trying to run me around in a circle.
>
>
> >from Microsoft' button and you'll be directed to the right place in the
> >Microsoft Store (no you don't need a Microsoft Account).
>
> But I just did what it told me and didn't go to
> <https://www.whatsapp.com/download/>. So I tried that and like you say
> it took me to the MS store and it did install and open, but two
> problems.
> 1) Found it-- Not within settings. (It says on the phone tap Menu or
> Settings and select Linked Devices, but I keep looking and I can't find
> any Linked Devices. )

Yes, on the phone - on the *main* page - select the 'Chats' tab and
the tap the three-vertical-dots icon. *There* you will see the 'Linked
devices' menu item.

> 2) The windows version is listed in Programs and Features with the same
> length, same version as before, and again says Outdated, even though I
> uninstalled that earlier, like I said, and saw that line disappear, so
> this is a new but outdated copy.

It seems you again downloded and installed the old 'Outdated' program.

Just uninstall it again 'Programs and features' in Control Panel and
do *not* download or/and install anything else, because you now have the
new app. (Please try to understand the difference between a (Windows)
*program* and *app*.)

> This is still true, even after I successfully linked it. But before
> it didn't give instructions or a QR code. Go figure.
>
> Thanks for the encouragement.

You're welcome, but you would have had no/less problems if you had
done this:

> > "Look on the providers website!?" What *will* they think of next!

In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on 28 Jan 2024 14:40:02 GMT, Frank Slootweg
<this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:

>micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
>> In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on 27 Jan 2024 20:18:46 GMT, Frank Slootweg
>> <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:
>>
>> >micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
>> >> In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Fri, 26 Jan 2024 11:16:56 -0000, Jim the
>> >> Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >What is the preferred methos of using Whatsapp on desktop i.e. Browser
>> >> >https://web.whatsapp.com/ ot install the app?
>> >>
>> >> Two or three years ago an airline got me to install it on the PC to
>> >> communicate with them. Tried to use it last week and it wouldn't work
>> >> because it was too old. It told me to update but the update would not
>> >> install. Tried 4 times or more.
>>
>> Downloaded it 3 or 4 times too.
>>
>> >> windows 10 Home fully updated.
>> >>
>> >> I would like to have both but I've given up on the PC. I have no
>> >> problem with the phone app.
>> >
>> > You *can* update, but you don't *have* to update, you can just freshly
>> >install the app. The old program is totally seperate anyway.
>> >(Afterwards, you'll probably want to uninstall the old program from
>> >'Programs and features' in Control Panel.)
>> >
>> > Just go to <https://www.whatsapp.com/download/>, click on the 'Get it
>>
>> Well it was a whatsapp page where I got the version I'm trying to
>> install, but I will try deleting the current version first.
>>
>> What's in there now is listed as v.2.2326.10 and 155MB, and is labeled
>> "outdated" right in the Programs and Features listing.
>>
>> Says the same thing as previous times "Couldn't update automatically**.
>> To continue installing whatsapp, click update and install the latest
>> verion", and clicking Update just takes one to
>> https://web.whatsapp.com/desktop/windows/release/x64/WhatsAppSetup.exe
>> and downloads another copy the same date and length as the previous 4
>> copies, one of which I was using when I got the message in quotes. So
>> it's trying to run me around in a circle.
>>
>>
>> >from Microsoft' button and you'll be directed to the right place in the
>> >Microsoft Store (no you don't need a Microsoft Account).
>>
>> But I just did what it told me and didn't go to
>> <https://www.whatsapp.com/download/>. So I tried that and like you say
>> it took me to the MS store and it did install and open, but two
>> problems.
>> 1) Found it-- Not within settings. (It says on the phone tap Menu or
>> Settings and select Linked Devices, but I keep looking and I can't find
>> any Linked Devices. )
>
> Yes, on the phone - on the *main* page - select the 'Chats' tab and
>the tap the three-vertical-dots icon. *There* you will see the 'Linked
>devices' menu item.
>
>> 2) The windows version is listed in Programs and Features with the same
>> length, same version as before, and again says Outdated, even though I
>> uninstalled that earlier, like I said, and saw that line disappear, so
>> this is a new but outdated copy.
>
> It seems you again downloded and installed the old 'Outdated' program.

When I clicked on the word Download, it went to the MS Store and it
chose what version to give me.
>
> Just uninstall it again 'Programs and features' in Control Panel and
>do *not* download or/and install anything else, because you now have the
>new app.

You're saying if I have the right app on the phone, I don't need the the
program in the PC? Surely that could not be.

>(Please try to understand the difference between a (Windows)
>*program* and *app*.)

I think I know the difference between a windows program and phone-app.
In fact, I dislike it when some, including it seems MS itself, refer to
PC programs as "apps".

>> This is still true, even after I successfully linked it. But before
>> it didn't give instructions or a QR code. Go figure.
>>
>> Thanks for the encouragement.
>
> You're welcome, but you would have had no/less problems if you had
>done this:
>
>> > "Look on the providers website!?" What *will* they think of next!

micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
> In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on 28 Jan 2024 14:40:02 GMT, Frank Slootweg
> <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:
>
> >micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
> >> In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on 27 Jan 2024 20:18:46 GMT, Frank Slootweg
> >> <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:
> >>
> >> >micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
> >> >> In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Fri, 26 Jan 2024 11:16:56 -0000, Jim the
> >> >> Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> >
> >> >> >What is the preferred methos of using Whatsapp on desktop i.e. Browser
> >> >> >https://web.whatsapp.com/ ot install the app?
> >> >>
> >> >> Two or three years ago an airline got me to install it on the PC to
> >> >> communicate with them. Tried to use it last week and it wouldn't work
> >> >> because it was too old. It told me to update but the update would not
> >> >> install. Tried 4 times or more.
> >>
> >> Downloaded it 3 or 4 times too.
> >>
> >> >> windows 10 Home fully updated.
> >> >>
> >> >> I would like to have both but I've given up on the PC. I have no
> >> >> problem with the phone app.
> >> >
> >> > You *can* update, but you don't *have* to update, you can just freshly
> >> >install the app. The old program is totally seperate anyway.
> >> >(Afterwards, you'll probably want to uninstall the old program from
> >> >'Programs and features' in Control Panel.)
> >> >
> >> > Just go to <https://www.whatsapp.com/download/>, click on the 'Get it
> >>
> >> Well it was a whatsapp page where I got the version I'm trying to
> >> install, but I will try deleting the current version first.
> >>
> >> What's in there now is listed as v.2.2326.10 and 155MB, and is labeled
> >> "outdated" right in the Programs and Features listing.
> >>
> >> Says the same thing as previous times "Couldn't update automatically**.
> >> To continue installing whatsapp, click update and install the latest
> >> verion", and clicking Update just takes one to
> >> https://web.whatsapp.com/desktop/windows/release/x64/WhatsAppSetup.exe
> >> and downloads another copy the same date and length as the previous 4
> >> copies, one of which I was using when I got the message in quotes. So
> >> it's trying to run me around in a circle.
> >>
> >>
> >> >from Microsoft' button and you'll be directed to the right place in the
> >> >Microsoft Store (no you don't need a Microsoft Account).
> >>
> >> But I just did what it told me and didn't go to
> >> <https://www.whatsapp.com/download/>. So I tried that and like you say
> >> it took me to the MS store and it did install and open, but two
> >> problems.
> >> 1) Found it-- Not within settings. (It says on the phone tap Menu or
> >> Settings and select Linked Devices, but I keep looking and I can't find
> >> any Linked Devices. )
> >
> > Yes, on the phone - on the *main* page - select the 'Chats' tab and
> >the tap the three-vertical-dots icon. *There* you will see the 'Linked
> >devices' menu item.

No response. Did you get this part working?

> >> 2) The windows version is listed in Programs and Features with the same
> >> length, same version as before, and again says Outdated, even though I
> >> uninstalled that earlier, like I said, and saw that line disappear, so
> >> this is a new but outdated copy.
> >
> > It seems you again downloded and installed the old 'Outdated' program.
>
> When I clicked on the word Download, it went to the MS Store and it
> chose what version to give me.

Sigh! I told you to go to <https://www.whatsapp.com/download> and
click on the 'Get it from Microsoft' button, so *NOT* on the green
'Download' button (which probably does the same, but you should follow
instructions (or do things by yourself without further bothering us)).

> > Just uninstall it again 'Programs and features' in Control Panel and
> >do *not* download or/and install anything else, because you now have the
> >new app.
>
> You're saying if I have the right app on the phone, I don't need the the
> program in the PC? Surely that could not be.

Sigh! Not the phone app, but the *Windows* app. Since Windows 8,
Windows has programs and apps and they're quite different animals.
Simply put, apps are installed from the Microsoft Store, programs are
installed from some installation package you download (mostly .exe
files, but can be other file types). Don't mix them up.

> >(Please try to understand the difference between a (Windows)
> >*program* and *app*.)
>
> I think I know the difference between a windows program and phone-app.
> In fact, I dislike it when some, including it seems MS itself, refer to
> PC programs as "apps".

Good, so don't mix them up.

> >> This is still true, even after I successfully linked it. But before
> >> it didn't give instructions or a QR code. Go figure.
> >>
> >> Thanks for the encouragement.
> >
> > You're welcome, but you would have had no/less problems if you had
> >done this:
> >
> >> > "Look on the providers website!?" What *will* they think of next!

In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on 30 Jan 2024 15:30:13 GMT, Frank Slootweg
<this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:

>micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
>> In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on 28 Jan 2024 14:40:02 GMT, Frank Slootweg
>> <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:
>>
>> >micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
>> >> In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on 27 Jan 2024 20:18:46 GMT, Frank Slootweg
>> >> <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
>> >> >> In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Fri, 26 Jan 2024 11:16:56 -0000, Jim the
>> >> >> Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >What is the preferred methos of using Whatsapp on desktop i.e. Browser
>> >> >> >https://web.whatsapp.com/ ot install the app?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Two or three years ago an airline got me to install it on the PC to
>> >> >> communicate with them. Tried to use it last week and it wouldn't work
>> >> >> because it was too old. It told me to update but the update would not
>> >> >> install. Tried 4 times or more.
>> >>
>> >> Downloaded it 3 or 4 times too.
>> >>
>> >> >> windows 10 Home fully updated.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I would like to have both but I've given up on the PC. I have no
>> >> >> problem with the phone app.
>> >> >
>> >> > You *can* update, but you don't *have* to update, you can just freshly
>> >> >install the app. The old program is totally seperate anyway.
>> >> >(Afterwards, you'll probably want to uninstall the old program from
>> >> >'Programs and features' in Control Panel.)
>> >> >
>> >> > Just go to <https://www.whatsapp.com/download/>, click on the 'Get it
>> >>
>> >> Well it was a whatsapp page where I got the version I'm trying to
>> >> install, but I will try deleting the current version first.
>> >>
>> >> What's in there now is listed as v.2.2326.10 and 155MB, and is labeled
>> >> "outdated" right in the Programs and Features listing.
>> >>
>> >> Says the same thing as previous times "Couldn't update automatically**.
>> >> To continue installing whatsapp, click update and install the latest
>> >> verion", and clicking Update just takes one to
>> >> https://web.whatsapp.com/desktop/windows/release/x64/WhatsAppSetup.exe
>> >> and downloads another copy the same date and length as the previous 4
>> >> copies, one of which I was using when I got the message in quotes. So
>> >> it's trying to run me around in a circle.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> >from Microsoft' button and you'll be directed to the right place in the
>> >> >Microsoft Store (no you don't need a Microsoft Account).
>> >>
>> >> But I just did what it told me and didn't go to
>> >> <https://www.whatsapp.com/download/>. So I tried that and like you say
>> >> it took me to the MS store and it did install and open, but two
>> >> problems.
>> >> 1) Found it-- Not within settings. (It says on the phone tap Menu or
>> >> Settings and select Linked Devices, but I keep looking and I can't find
>> >> any Linked Devices. )
>> >
>> > Yes, on the phone - on the *main* page - select the 'Chats' tab and
>> >the tap the three-vertical-dots icon. *There* you will see the 'Linked
>> >devices' menu item.
>
> No response. Did you get this part working?

Sorry. Yes.
>
>> >> 2) The windows version is listed in Programs and Features with the same
>> >> length, same version as before, and again says Outdated, even though I
>> >> uninstalled that earlier, like I said, and saw that line disappear, so
>> >> this is a new but outdated copy.
>> >
>> > It seems you again downloded and installed the old 'Outdated' program.
>>
>> When I clicked on the word Download, it went to the MS Store and it
>> chose what version to give me.
>
> Sigh! I told you to go to <https://www.whatsapp.com/download> and
>click on the 'Get it from Microsoft' button, so *NOT* on the green
>'Download' button (which probably does the same,

Oops. I have bad short term memory, and could well have forgotten to
look for "Get it from Microsoft".

>but you should follow
>instructions (or do things by yourself without further bothering us)).

I can see why you're annoyed.

The "Get it from Microsoft" box is mostly black, not like other useful
boxes, but I just clicked on it and it went to the MS store in a way
that looked just like what happened when I clicked on the green
Download. so I got the same result.

>> > Just uninstall it again 'Programs and features' in Control Panel and
>> >do *not* download or/and install anything else, because you now have the
>> >new app.
>>
>> You're saying if I have the right app on the phone, I don't need the the
>> program in the PC? Surely that could not be.
>
> Sigh! Not the phone app, but the *Windows* app. Since Windows 8,
>Windows has programs and apps and they're quite different animals.

That I did not know, not at all, and I didn't understand when you
brought it up in the last post.

>Simply put, apps are installed from the Microsoft Store, programs are
>installed from some installation package you download (mostly .exe
>files, but can be other file types). Don't mix them up.

I'll do my best.

Anyhow, whatsapp appeared on the computer, complete with a list of my
prior chats and a menu for Contacts and even Non-Contacts. I dont'
think I've ever seen a list of Non-Contacts before, not on the phone. I
like that.

>> >(Please try to understand the difference between a (Windows)
>> >*program* and *app*.)
>>
>> I think I know the difference between a windows program and phone-app.
>> In fact, I dislike it when some, including it seems MS itself, refer to
>> PC programs as "apps".
>
> Good, so don't mix them up.

I'll do my best.

There was a time when I made a mistake making an airline reservation,
and they only permitted Whatsapp on the PC to contact them, and it took
me so long (more than 20 minutes or whatever) trying to set it up (which
I failed to do) that the reservation expired and when I tried to make
another, there were no seats. I had to change airlines. So now that
it's installed, I don't think that will happen again, plus there are
plenty other uses of whatsapp on the laptop, or even the desktop PC.

Thanks a lot for your help, your patience, and your impatience.

>> >> This is still true, even after I successfully linked it. But before
>> >> it didn't give instructions or a QR code. Go figure.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for the encouragement.
>> >
>> > You're welcome, but you would have had no/less problems if you had
>> >done this:
>> >
>> >> > "Look on the providers website!?" What *will* they think of next!

micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
> In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on 30 Jan 2024 15:30:13 GMT, Frank Slootweg
> <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:
[...]

> Anyhow, whatsapp appeared on the computer, complete with a list of my
> prior chats and a menu for Contacts and even Non-Contacts. I dont'
> think I've ever seen a list of Non-Contacts before, not on the phone. I
> like that.

Glad to hear that you got it working!

As to the 'Non-contacts': There's a little three-line (of different
length) icon at the top right of the 'Chats' pane. Click on that and
you'll see that you have several sort options for your chats. I sort on
'Contacts', so only my Contacts are listed with the most-recently
contacted at the top.

[...]

> Thanks a lot for your help, your patience, and your impatience.

You're welcome, especially to my impatience. I've a lot of that, so I
don't mind giving some of it away.

Glad you got it working. That's what matters.

Happy 'chatting'. We say 'appen', app-ing in English. The 'App' part
of 'WhatsApp' has become a verb and a noun in our country, much like