Windows 7 - Gadgets always on top...

**fakeasdf** · 07-10-2009

So sometimes my gadgets go on top and won't go back under until I restart. I'm just wondering if anyone else has seen this. It's on one of my 7229 x64 machines. I'm not going to do anything about it until I install RTM, it's not a big enough issue to move the machine to 7264 and then install RTM next week (hopefully it's released). I'm not sure if it has to do with hibernating, or with full screened games... I dunno, just thought I'd rant about it for a sec...

**Airbot** · 07-10-2009

Hmm, interesting. A pretty easy thing you could do without having to reinstall anything is to turn off the gadgets platform in Turn Windows Features On and Off in Program and Features. Restart and let it configure for a bit, then go back and enable it. Might clear the problem, might not.

**nomisqc** · 07-16-2009

Hey there !

I got the same problem the other day...

Here is a quicker way to fix:

Right-click on the desktop
Select View
Select Show Desktop Gadgets (they will disappear)

Repeat to make them appear again and the problem should be fixed !

**fakeasdf** · 07-16-2009

Thanks, I haven't seen the issue in a while, I ignored it, but I'll remember that for the future...

**mvalpreda** · 08-07-2009

Has done it to me in RTM.

**johngalt** · 08-07-2009

I never used Show on top before, but now am starting to b/c of the Twitter client I found for the Sidebar. Problem is, sometimes it forgets it is on top (thanks in part to Fx - Always on top and Fx never play nicely....)

**Sands2** · 08-12-2009

I get this gadgets on top deal too.

**Matt the Masta** · 09-03-2009

This is a repeating problem for me. I tend to run many programs at once while I am doing assignments. IE: multiple browser windows (with multiple tabs), torrents, multiple acrobat pro windows with journal articles, itunes, win explorer and outlook. The gadjets seem to eventually migrate to always on top. Thanks for the desktop-> View -> gadgets fix, worked a treat! (for the time being).
P.S. I love Win 7, much faster and easier to navigate many open programs at the same time!

**Mistral1** · 10-23-2009

Having the same issue in ultimate all the time never saw it in RTM ?????

**fakeasdf** · 10-23-2009

what do you mean you never saw it in RTM? Did you downgrade?

Windows 7 - Gadgets always on top...

Gadgets always on top... problems?