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Hello, I just can't understand the meaning of this red number which always appears on tray icon. (usually 1, sometimes 2). What is it for? I don't seem to have any new messages.

When minimised to tray, whatsapp shows phantom notification numbers which gradually climb if not cleared.

Hello

"close to tray" works correctly when closing whatsup with "X" icon however pressing Alt-F4 is not covered. Could this be added?

thanks

Hello!

When I click on the X to minimize to tray sometimes Whatsapp closes but WhatsappTray is still running.
If I try to launch again WhatsappTray it won't launch and I need to kill process.

I'm running windows 10 1903.
WhatsappTray Version 1.4.3

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I get an error starting whatsapptray:

WhatsAppApi::Init() - Could not get the leveldb-directory!

I click on OK and it starts Whatsapp.

This is the log file start:
WhatsappTray::WinMain() - Starting WhatsappTray 1.4.3.0 in Release CompileConfiguration.
WhatsAppApi::Init() - Using leveldb-directory:C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb
WhatsAppApi::Init() - Could not get the leveldb-directory!
WhatsappTray::startWhatsapp() - Starting WhatsApp from canonical-path:'C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\WhatsApp\WhatsApp.lnk'
WhatsappTray::startWhatsapp() - Filepath is: 'C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\5319275A.WhatsAppDesktop_0.3.2276.0_x64__cv1g1gvanyjgm\app\WhatsApp.exe'
WhatsappTray::startWhatsapp() - Found match.

(xxxxx replaces the user's name)

Thanks

Hey, thanks a lot for this great tool!
I was using it until yesterday when it started showing me the message "Error launching WhatsApp" when trying to open it. Is there any more information I can provide in order to help narrow down the problem? I couldn't find a log file. The OS im running is Windows 10 Version 1709.
Thanks in advance for any help!

Hi there,
I just stumbled upon your WhatsApp desktop client enhancement and it works just perfectly, but it is a bit annoying, that I have to start Whatsapp Tray twice. At first it just opens the main client without minimizing to tray function and only when i start it again with the client already open it activates the minimize to tray functionality.
Is it supposed to work like that or is it a bug?

Option to display badges (not sure if right word) on tray icon to display when new message have been received.

I've installed version 1.3.1 on Windows 10 Pro, but when I launch it this error shows up: "Error launching Whatsapp". Whatsapp Desktop is installed and working.
Any suggestion?

I love the program, and also that it counts the messages in tray with the red number. Unfortunately, if "1" message is unread, and I read it on my mobile, it increases the counter in tray to "2" instead of descreasing it to 0 (= no counter).

Win10 x64, P20 lite.

Hi, I'm using your application since today and it works great!
Only thing I was missing is an option to make WhatsApp minimize to the tray directly on start-up.
That is, I don't want to see WhatsApp after logging in each time, but only when I actually want to see it (for example, after receiving a message).

In Linux (e.g., KDE Plasma's system tray) there is the possibility to show/hide the icon depending on status, which is great to avoid clutter. I wonder if it would be possible to make the system tray aware of the badge status this way.

Not sure if this is also possible in other OS

I have extracted whatsapp setup to my usb and I run from there. Whatsapp tray doesn't work if whatsapp is not "installed" to the default location. I tried copying whatsapptray to my whatsapp directory and running from there. I hope this enhancement can be made. I want it to be portable and personal.

If whatsapptray detects whatsapp.exe in the folder, it has to work. Please make it that way. Thanks.

~Bug1: If WhatsappTray is launched before launching WhatsApp then WhatsappTray is running but doesn't work anymore.
~Bug2: If WhatsappTray is launched after launching WhatsApp and everything starts working as it should (which it mostly does) then if you close WhatsApp from the tray then if you reopen WhatsApp then again, WhatsappTray is running but looses functionality yet again.

Correction: The official application name is "WhatsApp" and not "Whatsapp", if you could correct this, it would become so neat and nice. 👍

Feature request: Notify for updates & give clickable to download the latest version.

Tray icon disappears if explorer is killed and restarted.
To relaunch whatsapp, the process has to be killed and whatsapp has to be launched again.
Please fix this.

Since yesterday WhatsappTray is not working for me anymore. Tried reinstalling without any success. Logs are just showing me:

WhatsappTray::WinMain() - Starting WhatsappTray 1.4.3.0 in Release CompileConfiguration.
WhatsAppApi::Init() - Using leveldb-directory:C:\Users\malte\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\
WhatsappTray::startWhatsapp() - Starting WhatsApp from canonical-path:'C:\Users\malte\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\WhatsApp\WhatsApp.lnk'
WhatsappTray::startWhatsapp() - Filepath is: 'C:\Users\malte\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.3.2848\WhatsApp.exe'
WhatsappTray::startWhatsapp() - Found match.
WhatsappTray::WinMain() - Prepare for starting minimized.

Anyone else having issues?

Hello D4koon
what a great App! - works perfect on my PC ( Win10x64 last release 1803)
but i have question:
is it possible to add the feature, that the tray icon shows the usual red circle
with the number of new messages ?
If whatsapp is open (active on desktop) the red indicator appears in the taskbar-icon (unread messages).
Could you take that over also for the tray icon ?
Best regards
Bernd
(Cologne Germany)

Hey, currently, i have "Close to tray" and it's great, however can i give some suggestion:

1. Minimize button at top right hand corner of application will minimize to taskbar instead of tray
2. Clicking on the application at taskbar can be choosen to minimize to tray or taskbar

Thank you

Hello all
I have been using whats app tray for quite some time and as of yesterday I am having a problem.
While typing a massage if I misspell a word I get the red squiggly ling underneath as usual.
If I right click to get suggestions to replace the word and then select one Whatsapp immediately minimizes to the tray. When I maximize it the word has not changed. if I do it again it works until I select another word to correct then it does it again.
Windows 10 Pro desktop.

So I configured Windows to run whatsapp tray at startup, but it would be really usefull if the app could be minimized by default. Couldn't find such feature in the documentation.

I am able to install it, but when trying to run it i get this error:

This app can't run on your PC
To find a version for your PC, check withthe software publisher

Picture of the error

This happens for all versions, all the way back to V1.0

The device is a Asus T100 running Windows 10 32bit

When I launch whatsapptray, it can't find the windows store installed "Whatsapp Desktop". Running Windows 10 x64

https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9NKSQGP7F2NH

Pretty simple. Catch the closing event and just minimize the app.
Could be a setting or something.

I'm used to clicking X on apps like Discord or Steam because they still keep running afterwards.
WhatsApp just closes which is annoying.

When I open whatsapptray and close whatsapp with the X icon, it goes to tray. Because the "start minimized" option is enabled, whatsapp comes to the front instead of staying minimized and then it goes back to tray.

If I right click and close whatsapp from the taskbar, Whatsapp Tray process doesn't exit. I've to kill the process from task manager. It exits properly if I right click and close it from the tray icon.

'Esc' button should also minimize WhatsApp to tray. Not an issue, but an enhancement.
Right now there is no single key keyboard shortcut.
Please add Esc key for minimizing.

Error launching WhatsApp from path='C:\Programm Files (x86)\WhatsappTray.... etc...

Here is the ScreenShoot

I install latest version of WhatsappTray - WhatsappTrayV1.4.3.exe and WhatsUp from https://www.whatsapp.com/download/
Windows 10 Pro x64 - build 1809

Hi,

This is a great little enhancement to Whatsapp Desktop! I had a suggestion which I imagine is on the to-do list, but still, noting my interest - when a message comes through, the icon in the notification tray remains unchanged, whereas when Whatsapp minimises to taskbar, a message coming through would cause the taskbar icon to update with a little unread message count.

Is it possible to implement a similar unread count feature on the notification icon? Doesn't have to be a count - even just a red dot like you get on apps with updates in Android would be great.

Thanks!

Minimize does not work correctly — WhatsApp is not hidden in the tray, remains on the taskbar.

Until #35 is resolved, the number in the tray icon just distracts and sows doubt about whether there's a new message or not. Let's remove it until then, or at least make it optional. The app is useful enough in itself without a message counter.

• WhatsApp-window is open and has focus:
• Clicking the taskbar-icon of whatsapp minimizes it to the taskbar instead of tray
• This should be configurable by a command-line-switch.
• The default setting should be as it is currently i think.

This is a followup to #30

Hi,

This program can update automatically when an update is available without force it?

First off, thank you for this small but extremely satisfying application. When WhatsApp is minimized, it beautifully minimizes to the system tray as it should.

When the setting "Close to tray" is enabled however, on "closing" WhatsApp-Client while the WhatsApp-Client window is maximized, the window is opened on the non-maximized size and location.

Would it be possible to provide a fix for this, or is this a WhatsApp-Client limitation?

To all administrators:

Silent Install is working with the /Silent Paramter.

I wrote a little batch file that launches WA and then the tray service. It works pretty well. I just added a line that exits the service to make sure it all works but I get an annoying dialog saying something like "WAtray exited". Is this really necessary?

In case anyone is interested, this is what I use:

@echo off
cls

:kill_systray
call taskkill /im WhatsappTray.exe
REM start Release.V1.2\WhatsappTray.exe --exit

:start_wa
echo Starting WhatsApp..
"C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\Update.exe" --processStart WhatsApp.exe
if errorlevel 1 goto err

:start_systray
echo Starting system tray agent..
timeout 10 > NUL
start Release.V1.2\WhatsappTray.exe --closeToTray
if errorlevel 1 goto err
echo ..OK
echo.

:done
goto end

:err
echo.
echo An error occured :(
pause

:end

Is it possible to have a variant of --closeToTray that only sends the application to the tray if the close button is clicked and not the minimize button?

Very useful little app :)

I do have an issue with the latest version - not sure when and how but it seems to crash quite frequently.
I'm using Windows 10 Pro build 1703 (latest).
It's probably worth noting that the initial version I used worked flawlessly.

Thanks

With windows 10 64 bit (Microsoft Windows, Version 10.0.10586) and WhatsApp Desktop version 0.2.2245, WhatsappTray V1.1 is not working. PS: RBTray too no longer works wih WhatsApp Desktop

Hello there, as a frequent whatsapp user for work, I accidentally press the X button a lot and the opening times of whatsapp irritate me..

Could you also make the app sends wp to tray when user press X?

I downloaded it, but there is no exe am i missing something ?

It is not 100% correct. Im not sure if it is possible to differentiated between messages and whatever causes the false postives with the current method of detection.

Hello!
Please check why sometimes Whatsapp Tray.exe are using my CPU at 15-20%.
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8750H CPU @ 2.20GHz

Windows defender detected a trojan virus with version 1.4.3 and would not let me download this application. And although win defender did not detect viruses with older versions, virustotal.com still detected a lot of viruses including trojans in the older versions. what gives guys?

Hi!

CTRL+F4 didn't work, and ALT+F4 — WhatsApp closes completely, and not minimized to the tray.

can u add the possibility to open at start of windows?

I just get this error message, when I try to open "WhatsappTray".

My system is Windows 10 64-Bit and I have installed the Whatsapp-Desktop-Client from here: https://www.whatsapp.com/download/

How can I fix this?

Thanks.

An option for a tray icon which does not disappear when restoring WhatsApp would be great.

The --closeToTray option no longer works on latest releases. The only working release is 1.2

When WhatsApp is not minimized to tray and is not in focus, a red badge appears when there's an unread message on the taskbar icon. It would be great if the system tray icon mirrored this status so you know there's something to read.

Hello, I have a request.
Could you make it so that Whatsapp (with WhatsappTray installed) pops up when you click on the taskbar icon? At the moment when I click on the Whatsapp taskbar icon nothing happens and I have to open it from the system tray.
Would be very nice!

Alright, have a nice day!