Damaskox Posted April 17, 2023 Report Share Posted April 17, 2023 HIYA! Whatsapp's Desktop .exe has changed. It's downloaded from Microsoft's appstore nowadays. I have some emoji macros running in Whatsapp. I just found out the new .exe's location in Program Files and updated all my macros. However, none of them still works in Whatsapp! (they worked fine in the older, non-Windows-store-.exe -version) Path: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\5319275A.WhatsAppDesktop_2.2313.6.0_x64__cv1g1gvanyjgm\WhatsApp.exe I added the .exe as a full path but after saving and reopening the macro edit window it just shows it as WHATSAPP.EXE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acantor Posted April 17, 2023 Report Share Posted April 17, 2023 Instead of modifying an existing macro, try creating a new one, with WhatsApp.exe as the scope (and nothing else). For testing purposes, I suggest disabling all macros that involve WhatsApp. If you can't get it to work, try changing the scope to window specific. You may need to choose a partial match. Still no luck? Try making the macro Global. Still nothing? It might not be do-able with Macro Express. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cory Posted April 17, 2023 Report Share Posted April 17, 2023 Those are what's called UWP apps and MEP was designed for WinForm apps. Although some people claim they have been able to get some things to work in UWP apps, I've had no success. There are a few threads in this forum you can search for. If it were me I'd load the web browser version and use something like iMacros for automation. I've found that many UWP apps are simply running a Chromium browser control in the app so they're often very similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damaskox Posted April 18, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2023 19 hours ago, acantor said: Still nothing? It might not be do-able with Macro Express. Yeah, I think it didn't work in any of those settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damaskox Posted April 18, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2023 18 hours ago, Cory said: If it were me I'd load the web browser version Decided to jump back in the browser version. It works faster than the Windows Store version too. And my Macro Express macros work there now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cory Posted April 26, 2023 Report Share Posted April 26, 2023 I told you it's a UWP app. You said "It's downloaded from Microsoft's appstore" Those are all UWP apps. Please consider my message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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