Installing a gadget

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  1. Posts : 5,605
    Originally Win 7 Hm Prem x64 Ver 6.1.7600 Build 7601-SP1 | Upgraded to Windows 10 December 14, 2019
       #1

    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?
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  2. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #2

    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 win7 desktop.
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  3. Posts : 5,605
    Originally Win 7 Hm Prem x64 Ver 6.1.7600 Build 7601-SP1 | Upgraded to Windows 10 December 14, 2019
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       #3

    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"?
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  4. Posts : 9,606
    Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
       #4

    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.
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  5. Posts : 53,363
    Windows 10 Home x64
       #5

    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
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  6. Posts : 5,605
    Originally Win 7 Hm Prem x64 Ver 6.1.7600 Build 7601-SP1 | Upgraded to Windows 10 December 14, 2019
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    DocBrown said:
    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....
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Installing a gadget-win-scrip-host-sphere-timer.jpg   Installing a gadget-wpsx86.jpg   Installing a gadget-admin_wps.jpg  
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  7. Posts : 9,606
    Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
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    Here is what mine looks like.

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  8. Posts : 5,605
    Originally Win 7 Hm Prem x64 Ver 6.1.7600 Build 7601-SP1 | Upgraded to Windows 10 December 14, 2019
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       #8

    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
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  9. Posts : 9,606
    Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
       #9

    I wonder if they got turned off ?

    Gadgets - Turn On or Off
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  10. Posts : 53,363
    Windows 10 Home x64
       #10

    No gadgets choice on right click on desktop context menu?

    Installing a gadget-gadgets.jpg

    A Guy
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