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08 Nov 2011   #1

Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.
 
 
windows gadgets not working...

my windows gadgets not working. when i trying to trag gadget to desktop, a black screen appeard at the place of gadget. please help

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08 Nov 2011   #2

Windows® 8 Pro (64-bit)
Mumbai, India
 
 

Close gadgets from taskmgr.
Go to C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets and rename the Settings.ini to Settings.old and then delete it.
Then reopen the Gadget. It should be working.
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08 Nov 2011   #3

Windows 8; Windows 7 x86 (Dec2008-Jan2013)
 
 

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08 Nov 2011   #4

Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
 
 

Try rainmeter, its 20 times better than gadgets.
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10 Nov 2011   #5

Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.
 
 

Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by Dinesh View Post
Close gadgets from taskmgr.
Go to C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets and rename the Settings.ini to Settings.old and then delete it.
Then reopen the Gadget. It should be working.
thankyou for reply, but this method not working 4 me
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10 Nov 2011   #6

Windows 7 Home Edition 64 Bit
 
 

can you post a screenshot of it?
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