WhatsApp™ portable

• Notice of Non-Affiliation and Disclaimer
• About
• Installation
  • Upgrade
• Infos
  • Modifications
  • Configuration
• Known issues
• Download

Notice of Non-Affiliation and Disclaimer

Portapps is not affiliated, associated, authorized, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected with WhatsApp™, or any of its subsidiaries or its affiliates.

The official WhatsApp™ website can be found at https://www.whatsapp.com.

The name WhatsApp™ as well as related names, marks, emblems and images are registered trademarks of their respective owners.

About

WhatsApp™ portable app made with Portapps.
A cross-platform mobile messaging app which allows you to exchange messages without having to pay for SMS.

Installation

Download and install the latest portable setup where you want then run whatsapp-portable.exe.

If you have already installed WhatsApp™ from the original setup, move the following files :

• %APPDATA%\WhatsApp\* to data

Then run whatsapp-portable.exe and remove WhatsApp™ from your computer.

Upgrade

For an upgrade, simply download and install the latest portable setup.

Infos

Modifications

Here is what differs from the original release to ensure portability:

• Following switches are passed to the process.
  • --user-data-dir=<data_path> : Directory where the Electron stores the user data. <data_path> is dynamically generated at launch.
• Check for updates disabled

Configuration

WhatsApp™ portable can be configured through the main YAML configuration file :

app:
  cleanup: true

• cleanup : Cleanup leftover folders (default false)

Known issues

Here is the list of known issues with this portapp:

• JavaScript error when new update available

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