3rd Party Gadgets will not install


  1. matrixmainframe
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    Windows 7
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    3rd Party Gadgets will not install


    I have installed Windoes 7 and the Windows Sidebar has all the default Gadgets including Calendar, Clock, CPU Meter etc but I cannot install any others.

    I have clicked on the "Get more gadgets online" link in the Windows Gadgets window, downloaded several gadgets including 'BlackCalendar.gadget', 'shutdown_v2.gadget' and 'DigitalWorldClock.gadget' but when I double click on them I get the "Do you want to open this file?" dialogue box, I click on OPEN and the Windows Gadget window opens which shows the nine default gadgets but the new gadget does not appear and nothing else happens?!

    I have followed some suggested cures from various websites but without success.

    Can anyone assist please?
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  3. not so gray matter
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    W7 Ult. x64 | OS X
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    Check your UAC (User Account Control) settings. If it's disabled you may not be able to install gadgets.
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  4. matrixmainframe
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    UAC is enabled and on the default setting.
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  6. not so gray matter
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    You could temporarily disable the UAC notifications to see if that's your problem.

    Start > Type "UAC" > Change User Account Control > Drag the slider to the bottom

    Attempt to install a gadget

    Re-enable the UAC by sliding the bar back to where it was before.

    Qdos said:
    According to Qdos you may want to check that your Gadget's permissions are optimized. Run GPedit.msc and make sure your gadgets settings match his screenshot
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