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Questions tagged [web-whatsapp]

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Firefox doesn't allow to paste into WhatsApp web anymore?

Since today, with Firefox, I cannot paste text into the text input field of whatsapp.web (the PC version of WhatsApp) anymore. the version is FF 116.0.2 (64-bit) on Windows 10, previous versions of FF worked obviously well... No problem on…
Vickel
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Launch WhatsApp web from URL

I mean to put together an URL that leads me to a composing message in a WhatsApp web tab in Chrome. The official click-to-chat method is with https://wa.me/ . That produces the following pop up (number removed) with the URL…
sancho.s ReinstateMonicaCellio
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Is it possible to use WhatsApp on PC completely without a smartphone?

There is a WhatsApp version for PCs (Windows) which can be linked with WhatsApp on a smartphone. It requires a WhatsApp mobile version already running. However, some users have managed to register with their landline number at WhatsApp (see…
Horst Walter
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Launch parallel independent firefox instances

I need to open 4 Firefox "independent" sessions/instances in the same computer. This is to the open the web-based WhatsApp GUI for 4 indepedendent business, with 4 independent phone numbers attended by the same agent. But we need them open all at…
Xavi Montero
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Stop WhatsApp Desktop App from opening on api.whatsapp.com links, run WhatsApp web instead

I have a personal and a business WA account. I use WhatsApp Desktop app for personal use. When I click on api.whatsapp.com links, I mean to open the web app where I can send a message from my business account. The problem is that whenever I click on…
Robot Boy
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WhatsApp web: "Your computer does not have enough space for WhatsApp to run. Please create more storage..."

I'm viewing web.whatsapp.com in Opera on Linux. Every few hours I get the following message: I have more than enough disk space, and the usage is only about 50MB: My web searching shows no resolution. If I ignore the message and reload the page,…
Tom Hale
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Firefox's stopped playing only whatsapp voice msgs. All other audio-video msgs play ok

When I play any voice msg in Firefox's whatsapp-web tab, it doesn't give any sound, even when the sound of all videos in the same Whatsapp tab plays ok. The same voice msg plays ok in mobile or chrome's tab. I've even tried opening the same in the…
Bathinda Helper
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Why I can't insert Youtube video into Whatsapp chat?

Usually I copied and pasted Youtube link into Whatsapp chat and the link automatically converted to embedded video. But since November 27 2020 this does not work for me. So I can paste the link but it stays as link and is not being converted into…
Sergey Kravchenko
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How long will WhatsApp and Signal on desktop work after phone dies / number is not available?

I have installed WhatsApp (as WhatsDesk, a snap package) and Signal Desktop on my Linux machines. Recently, my phone broke, and I won’t be using WhatsApp or Signal on a phone anytime soon. This happened about a week ago, and until now, WhatsApp and…
Philipp
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mklink gives message "invalid switch"

So I'm trying to move Whatsapp Desktop's media folder from C drive on Windows 10, where I have limited space, to E. I closed Whatsapp (also via the task manager). I moved the media directory to E, and now trying to create a link from the existing…
avshae
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Volume issues on an Asus laptop

So Win 8.1 did an update yesterday and all of a sudden my old Asus laptop wouldn't boot into Windows (it was stuck on the Asus screen) & I figured out it was the USB hub and I could only boot into Windows when the hub was unplugged. Then when using…
RFS2019
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"Broken" QR on Whatsapp Desktop

I just got a new Laptop and downloaded Whatsapp, but my phone can't connect to it because for some reason my QR code looks like this: It has like white strips all over it, and generally it's unreadable. It also appeared like that on Whatsapp Web,…
Shahar
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Touchpad scroll does not work in Whatsapp Web Application

I am using Whatsapp Web via its desktop application. It was running smoothly until I install the latest update for Windows. Now, I cannot two-finger scroll with my touchpad (ELAN) although it works with an external mouse. My touchpad scroll works…
Dersu Giritlioğlu
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Is it Possible to spoof browser user agent in Windows XP to get web.whatsapp.com running?

I am still running Windows XP and want to access whatsapp web ( web.whatsapp.com). Obviously I cannot get to the latest and greatest versions of browsers on Windows XP (Firefox, Chrome, IE and Edge all have EOSC End of software cycle) and this…
user1874594
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