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RedrootDEV / WhatsAppDesktop-NoStore

An application developed in C# designed to facilitate the installation and updating of WhatsApp Desktop without requiring the Microsoft Store.
MIT License
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Probably a silly question #3

Closed barriteau closed 11 months ago

barriteau commented 11 months ago

Hi!

This is my output after executing WhatsappUpdater.exe:

D:\WhatsAppDesktop-NoStore>WhatsappUpdater.exe
Downloading: 5319275A.WhatsAppDesktop_2.2342.7.0_neutral_~_cv1g1gvanyjgm.msixbundle
Download complete.
Whatsapp process stopped.
Installing the application: 5319275A.WhatsAppDesktop_2.2342.7.0_neutral_~_cv1g1gvanyjgm.msixbundle
Installation complete.

It seems everything went okay, but I don't know where the installed app is located, can't find any .exe, .lnk nor anything similarly named, I'm a complete ignorant about the format, location, naming or file extensions for the MS Store apps, have been on LTSC since always. Any clue?

RedrootDEV commented 11 months ago

If you search for "WhatsApp" in the Windows Start menu, does the application not appear?

barriteau commented 11 months ago

Nope, nor in the start menu nor anywhere else; just tried again and checked for the most recent files created in the whole system, only the downloaded .msixbundle stays for a moment and after that nothing related with WhatsApp stays.

But, full disclosure, I have a kind of a hacked system, I'm pretty sure my problem relates with the fact that I'm not using the regular Windows shell (Explorer) but a replacement using the Microsoft Shell Launcher V2, so it's of no worth trying to figure out what's happening. But anyway, thanks a lot for the tool! :)