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Windows 7 - Installing a gadget |
11-12-2010
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#1 | |
Win 7 Home Premium 64bit Ver 6.1.7600 Build 7601 - SP1 |
Installing a gadget
I just downloaded the SphereTimer_English.Gadget, but I do not know how to install it.
I keep seeing that it is usually added to a sidebar, but I would like it down along the system clock.
Is it do-able?
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Gateway DX4831e
OS Win 7 Home Premium 64bit Ver 6.1.7600 Build 7601 - SP1
CPU Intel i3 530 2.93GHz, 2933MHz 2 Cores 4 Logical Processors
Motherboard Gateway H57M01 133 megahertz
Memory 6GB of 1,333MHz DDR3 SDRAM
Graphics Card 32MB Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD IGChip
Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays Gateway HX2000 20inch TFT active matrix TN
Screen Resolution 1600 x 900 x 59 hertz
Keyboard MS 'Natural' Standard PS/2 Enhanced 101-102 Key
Mouse Gateway USB wired optical
PSU Knowing Gateway it is probably just a 300watter.
Case Mid-Tower Desktop
Hard Drives WDC WD10EADS-00M2B0 [HDD] (1000.20 GB) -- drive 0,
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH41N [CD-ROM dr]
HP Photosmart Plus B210a e_series AIO Printer
Four card readers, and Four USB 2.0
Internet Speed Verizon FIOS 24.57Mbps Down - 5.68Mbps up
Other Info BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. P01-A0 11/17/2009
Browsers: IE8.0.7601.17514, FireFox 11.0, System Specs by Belarc.
Join Date March 27th 2010 at 10:44:15 AM.
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11-12-2010
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#2 | |
Vista and Windows7, sometimes Ubuntu and Fedora |
If it is a gadget, I doubt you can put it into the system tray. Normally you install a gadget by double clicking on the .exe. But not all gadgets that work in a Vista sidebar will work on the Windows 7 desktop. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway - 2 laptops and 2 desktops
OS Vista and Windows7, sometimes Ubuntu and Fedora
CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to 2.5GHz Quad
Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207
Keyboard with trackball - no mices
Mouse terrible devices, who wants them
Hard Drives 5x HDD, 2x SSD, 6x Externals
Internet Speed DSL 6000
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11-12-2010
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#3 | |
Win 7 Home Premium 64bit Ver 6.1.7600 Build 7601 - SP1 |
One problem, its extension is .Gadget, and not .exe .
Even after I unzipped it, when I went to double click on it, I got the dreaded...
"Would you like Windows to search the web for a program that will open this file"? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Gateway DX4831e
OS Win 7 Home Premium 64bit Ver 6.1.7600 Build 7601 - SP1
CPU Intel i3 530 2.93GHz, 2933MHz 2 Cores 4 Logical Processors
Motherboard Gateway H57M01 133 megahertz
Memory 6GB of 1,333MHz DDR3 SDRAM
Graphics Card 32MB Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD IGChip
Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays Gateway HX2000 20inch TFT active matrix TN
Screen Resolution 1600 x 900 x 59 hertz
Keyboard MS 'Natural' Standard PS/2 Enhanced 101-102 Key
Mouse Gateway USB wired optical
PSU Knowing Gateway it is probably just a 300watter.
Case Mid-Tower Desktop
Hard Drives WDC WD10EADS-00M2B0 [HDD] (1000.20 GB) -- drive 0,
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH41N [CD-ROM dr]
HP Photosmart Plus B210a e_series AIO Printer
Four card readers, and Four USB 2.0
Internet Speed Verizon FIOS 24.57Mbps Down - 5.68Mbps up
Other Info BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. P01-A0 11/17/2009
Browsers: IE8.0.7601.17514, FireFox 11.0, System Specs by Belarc.
Join Date March 27th 2010 at 10:44:15 AM.
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11-12-2010
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#4 | |
Xp Pro SP3 x64, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) |
Copy it into the gadgets folder this way.
Start  shell:gadgets then click on it to open the folder, then to copy your gadget into it.
Then right click on your destop to open gadgets & see if it is there, so you can click on it to start it. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS Xp Pro SP3 x64, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU AMD-64 3000mhz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), & others
Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM
Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
Sound Card on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays 19" flat scr, 19" Acer widescr, 22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, etc
Case All Generic Full Towers
Cooling Open Air & a few fans
Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
several extra 1tb & 2TB SATA HD's
Internet Speed Fast Cable InterNet
Other Info Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Twelve computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
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11-12-2010
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#5 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 |
If you are now just trying to install it? Rename the .gadget file to .zip.
Open the C:\Users\(your user name)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets
Create a new folder and name it the same as the gadget file:
SphereTimer_English.gadget
Extract the contents of the renamed zip file to this folder. Now go to your gadgets control panel and the SphereTimer should be there. A Guy | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1
CPU INTEL Core i5-750 Quad-Core 3.37GHz
Motherboard ASUS P7P55D
Memory KINGSTON 4GB (2 x 2GB) HyperX PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz CL8
Graphics Card MSI N240GT-MD1G/D5 GeForce GT 240 1GB 128-bit GDDR5
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster B2430H 24" , SyncMaster P2050 20"
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 , 1440 x 900
PSU ANTEC TruePower New TP-550, 80 PLUS, 550W
Case ANTEC Three Hundred Illusion
Cooling COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus, 3 x 120mm 1 x 140mm Case
Hard Drives Intel X25M Gen2 80GB, SEAGATE 500GB Barracudaź 7200.12, SATA 3 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 16MB cache
Internet Speed 20 + Mbps
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11-13-2010
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#6 | |
Win 7 Home Premium 64bit Ver 6.1.7600 Build 7601 - SP1 |
Quote: Originally Posted by DocBrown  Copy it into the gadgets folder this way.
Start shell:gadgets then click on it to open the folder, then to copy your gadget into it.
Then right click on your destop to open gadgets & see if it is there, so you can click on it to start it. DB, I have no shell:gadgets, when I search for just shell I got first pix.
Then I found Windows Powershell but when I went to drag the file to the x86 C prompt I got the second "red" pix....
For the Admin WPS I got the third "yellow" pix...
For one thing I'm thinking I have to re-enable "scripts" EDIT:
will try A Guy's tip an get back.... | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Gateway DX4831e
OS Win 7 Home Premium 64bit Ver 6.1.7600 Build 7601 - SP1
CPU Intel i3 530 2.93GHz, 2933MHz 2 Cores 4 Logical Processors
Motherboard Gateway H57M01 133 megahertz
Memory 6GB of 1,333MHz DDR3 SDRAM
Graphics Card 32MB Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD IGChip
Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays Gateway HX2000 20inch TFT active matrix TN
Screen Resolution 1600 x 900 x 59 hertz
Keyboard MS 'Natural' Standard PS/2 Enhanced 101-102 Key
Mouse Gateway USB wired optical
PSU Knowing Gateway it is probably just a 300watter.
Case Mid-Tower Desktop
Hard Drives WDC WD10EADS-00M2B0 [HDD] (1000.20 GB) -- drive 0,
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH41N [CD-ROM dr]
HP Photosmart Plus B210a e_series AIO Printer
Four card readers, and Four USB 2.0
Internet Speed Verizon FIOS 24.57Mbps Down - 5.68Mbps up
Other Info BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. P01-A0 11/17/2009
Browsers: IE8.0.7601.17514, FireFox 11.0, System Specs by Belarc.
Join Date March 27th 2010 at 10:44:15 AM.
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11-13-2010
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#7 | |
Xp Pro SP3 x64, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) |
Here is what mine looks like.  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS Xp Pro SP3 x64, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU AMD-64 3000mhz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), & others
Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM
Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
Sound Card on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays 19" flat scr, 19" Acer widescr, 22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, etc
Case All Generic Full Towers
Cooling Open Air & a few fans
Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
several extra 1tb & 2TB SATA HD's
Internet Speed Fast Cable InterNet
Other Info Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Twelve computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
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11-13-2010
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#8 | |
Win 7 Home Premium 64bit Ver 6.1.7600 Build 7601 - SP1 |
Okay I have the unzipped SphereTimer_English.gadget file in the
C:\Users\Amln0\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets\SphereTimer_English.gadget Folder.
But I'll be darned if I can find the gadgets control panel  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Gateway DX4831e
OS Win 7 Home Premium 64bit Ver 6.1.7600 Build 7601 - SP1
CPU Intel i3 530 2.93GHz, 2933MHz 2 Cores 4 Logical Processors
Motherboard Gateway H57M01 133 megahertz
Memory 6GB of 1,333MHz DDR3 SDRAM
Graphics Card 32MB Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD IGChip
Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays Gateway HX2000 20inch TFT active matrix TN
Screen Resolution 1600 x 900 x 59 hertz
Keyboard MS 'Natural' Standard PS/2 Enhanced 101-102 Key
Mouse Gateway USB wired optical
PSU Knowing Gateway it is probably just a 300watter.
Case Mid-Tower Desktop
Hard Drives WDC WD10EADS-00M2B0 [HDD] (1000.20 GB) -- drive 0,
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH41N [CD-ROM dr]
HP Photosmart Plus B210a e_series AIO Printer
Four card readers, and Four USB 2.0
Internet Speed Verizon FIOS 24.57Mbps Down - 5.68Mbps up
Other Info BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. P01-A0 11/17/2009
Browsers: IE8.0.7601.17514, FireFox 11.0, System Specs by Belarc.
Join Date March 27th 2010 at 10:44:15 AM.
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11-13-2010
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#9 | |
Xp Pro SP3 x64, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) |
I wonder if they got turned off ? Gadgets - Turn On or Off | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS Xp Pro SP3 x64, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU AMD-64 3000mhz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), & others
Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM
Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
Sound Card on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays 19" flat scr, 19" Acer widescr, 22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, etc
Case All Generic Full Towers
Cooling Open Air & a few fans
Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
several extra 1tb & 2TB SATA HD's
Internet Speed Fast Cable InterNet
Other Info Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Twelve computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
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11-13-2010
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#10 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 |
No gadgets choice on right click on desktop context menu? 
A Guy | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1
CPU INTEL Core i5-750 Quad-Core 3.37GHz
Motherboard ASUS P7P55D
Memory KINGSTON 4GB (2 x 2GB) HyperX PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz CL8
Graphics Card MSI N240GT-MD1G/D5 GeForce GT 240 1GB 128-bit GDDR5
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster B2430H 24" , SyncMaster P2050 20"
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 , 1440 x 900
PSU ANTEC TruePower New TP-550, 80 PLUS, 550W
Case ANTEC Three Hundred Illusion
Cooling COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus, 3 x 120mm 1 x 140mm Case
Hard Drives Intel X25M Gen2 80GB, SEAGATE 500GB Barracudaź 7200.12, SATA 3 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 16MB cache
Internet Speed 20 + Mbps
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