Gadgets not loading at all at boot

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  1. Posts : 31
    Mac OS X
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    Gadgets not loading at all at boot


    Hey forum, nice to be here,

    My problem is rather simple, yet I can't really find anything on the forums that would solve it for me.
    Almost everytime (2/3 times) I power on or restart my laptop (Win7 64bit SP1, all updates to date, fresh reinstall after upgraded to an ssd), my Windows gadgets do not load. Not talking about black boxes or graphical corruption of the gadgets, they simply do not load at all. Also, when this happens, right clicking the desktop and then going to Windows gadgets doesn't work anymore. The window does not open, as if something is not loaded or loaded incompletely at startup.

    Restarting the laptop when this problem occurs usually fixes the problem, restoring the gadgets. The same does right click - show desktop gadgets - untick - tick back again, but I'd like a more permanent and stable fix, rather then applying cheap workarounds almost everytime.

    My personal suspicion is that a particular, recently released, Windows update messed something with the gadgets loading cycles. Also note I have the default gadgets and did not install anything that could interfere with them.

    Any help is welcome.
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  2. Posts : 1,618
    Win7 Home Premium x64 W10Pro&Home
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  3. Posts : 53,364
    Windows 10 Home x64
       #3

    Try turning the gadget platform off, then back on

    Windows Features - Turn On or Off

    Scroll down to Windows Gadget Platform and uncheck it. Follow the prompts, restart PC, and go back and check it again. A Guy
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  4. Posts : 31
    Mac OS X
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Hey, thanks for the suggestion.

    Already tried this. Indeed, it does fix it for the next time I reboot, but the gadgets will stop loading afterwards... I closed all of the gadgets until I can find a proper fix. Starting to think an update disables the gadgets on purpose now and then.
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  5. Posts : 53,364
    Windows 10 Home x64
       #5

    If it was the fixit, I don't believe they would run at all. You can try the enable Fit it here

    Microsoft Security Advisory: Vulnerabilities in Gadgets could allow remote code execution

    This Hotfix describes what you are experiencing

    Gadgets intermittently do not start in Windows 7

    A Guy
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  6. Posts : 31
    Mac OS X
    Thread Starter
       #6

    Well, MAYBE Microsoft made the Fixit dynamic, so sometimes, it leaves the gadgets the way they are, sometimes, it runs some kind of script on them, and blocks them from the boot list. Not that tech savvy, so I don't really know if this is the case.

    Tried the hotfix you suggested before once, says "This hotfix does not apply to your machine."

    Everything I could find on the forums + everything suggested here by you guys actually works, BUT only temporarily, so none of them is the actual solution to the problem, only workarounds. Still searching....
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  7. Posts : 31
    Mac OS X
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Quick note: did not have this issue before upgrading to the ssd. Everything was fine and the gadgets loaded every time. Ever since I did a clean reinstall, something went wrong.
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  8. Posts : 53,364
    Windows 10 Home x64
       #8

    I'd suggest running the System File Checker

    SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker

    See if it finds any issues. A Guy
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  9. Posts : 31
    Mac OS X
    Thread Starter
       #9

    Says "Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations."
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  10. Posts : 53,364
    Windows 10 Home x64
       #10

    OK, try this. Navigate to

    C:\Users\(Your user name)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar

    Copy the Settings.ini to another location so if this doesn't work, you can copy it back. Now delete the .ini file. reboot and see if that helps. A Guy
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