Twice now, I've restarted and no gadgets. The ones on the desktop don't appear and the right-click-on-desktop lists gadgets, but nothing comes up.
I can fix the problem by restoring a previous version, but I'd like to PREVENT the problem - not just do restores.
Anyone have any solutions?
Solved it. In Control Panel; in Programs and Features; to the left is "Turn Windows Features on or off"
I turned of gadgets (then had to reboot) and turned it on again and there they were.
I still have to see if whatever messed with gadgets before does it again.
I mistakenly deleted my clock gadget and to get it back I clicked on "Start" and in the search box I typed "Restore Gadgets" without the quotes and all of my gadgets returned to normal.
cmyint,
That's a lot quicker and easier.
If it happens again, I hope I remember your method!
Hello Newmarket2.
I noticed your thread (next to mine) about the gadgets failing to load at boot. The issues I am having are IDENTICAL to yours.
What solved it for you (Windows Features off, then back on again), solves it for me as well BUT just temporarily, for 1 day maximum. The problem then starts happening once again.
There is absolutely no permanent fix as far as I know/nobody knows what exactly is causing this erratic behavior.
Care to keep me updated if you find any solution that is permanent? Thanks a lot.
Disabled them entirely + Microsoft suggest they pose security risks.
As I posted earlier, I clicked on Start and typed Restore Gadgets and my gadgets reappeared as they should be and I haven't had a problem since.
Define "since".
It has been one week now and I don't have any problem with gadgets.
Well then, my fair man, you should consider yourself lucky. Everything I tried so far only lasted for maximum 2 days (or the equivalent of 3-4 reboots).
Keeping my gadgets disabled for now, as Microsoft branded them as insecure for Windows. I'd rather have a safer OS than some eye candy (that isn't that important or critical for me, anyway - I can check my weather on a website manually).
Good luck and thanks for your answer!
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