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07 Dec 2013 | #81 |
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Solution found!
It's a language problem! Open those clock.gadget, cpu.gadget, weather.gadget files with your preferred unzipping program, e.g. 7-Zip. Rename the "en-US"-folder to your specific language code. In my case "de-DE". Doubleclick on the edited *.gadget files will now install the gadgets into C:\Users\[User]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets folder. Done. Jerry |
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07 Dec 2013 | #82 |
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Thank you very much for all your efforts.
I really appreciate this! |
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16 Dec 2013 | #83 |
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I changed the XML in the Clock, CPU, Weather Gadgets and made the into gadget installers. Download the zip folder at the bottom of this post and extract it, then double click the gadget to install it.
The new gadgets will have a red # 2 on them. Jerry I had found the work-around of 100% text magnification, but did not have the time to try and find a solution that would work at 125%. So, my hats off to you. Zero kudo's to Microsoft for releasing this without testing - yeah, I know they are downplaying gadgets, but simple testing at the 125% default magnification should have been part of the process. This will mess a lot of people up! Unless, it was deliberate on their part! ![]() Anyway, thanks again! |
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17 Dec 2013 | #84 |
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I changed the XML in the Clock, CPU, Weather Gadgets and made the into gadget installers. Download the zip folder at the bottom of this post and extract it, then double click the gadget to install it.
The new gadgets will have a red # 2 on them. Jerry I had found the work-around of 100% text magnification, but did not have the time to try and find a solution that would work at 125%. So, my hats off to you. Zero kudo's to Microsoft for releasing this without testing - yeah, I know they are downplaying gadgets, but simple testing at the 125% default magnification should have been part of the process. This will mess a lot of people up! Unless, it was deliberate on their part! ![]() Anyway, thanks again! Jim ![]() |
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17 Dec 2013 | #85 |
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I changed the XML in the Clock, CPU, Weather Gadgets and made the into gadget installers. Download the zip folder at the bottom of this post and extract it, then double click the gadget to install it.
The new gadgets will have a red # 2 on them. Jerry I had found the work-around of 100% text magnification, but did not have the time to try and find a solution that would work at 125%. So, my hats off to you. Zero kudo's to Microsoft for releasing this without testing - yeah, I know they are downplaying gadgets, but simple testing at the 125% default magnification should have been part of the process. This will mess a lot of people up! Unless, it was deliberate on their part! ![]() Anyway, thanks again! |
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18 Dec 2013 | #86 |
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![]() ![]() ![]() Given the large numbers of Windows 7 systems, and the large number of "average" users (not just us geeks and semi-geeks ![]() Heck, even us "techier" people have had to find time to research the problem, figure out the symptom, find the wonderful fix mentioned here, and deal with it ... tons of lost productivity. Why create a problem for the vast majority of Windows 7 users who have probably been caught unawares by this issue? It would have been simple for Microsoft to test it and make it work with 125% mag ... like it did before! So, I agree it is probably not deliberate, but it is <heavy sigh> very stupid on their part to not test using what the vast majority of Windows 7 users are probably used to. My opinion, of course. ![]() Z |
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18 Dec 2013 | #87 |
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Win7 gadgets are wildly popular with tens of millions of consumers, so MS needs to be shown how at odds they are with their own customers.
When business made the decision to migrate almost entirely off of final XP to Win7, the future of Win7 was guaranteed. Attempts to grudgingly shut off the features of their only successful OS would only be further disaster. I pointed this out to the IE11 team member at Global MVP Summit who tried to explain that gadgets were not supported any longer. They can't turn them off and outrage a hundred million customers, but crippling them would cause even greater outrage. If this isn't' fixed by the first of the year, I am going to inquire more of the IE11 team and will document it here. |
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26 Dec 2013 | #88 |
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Thanks for getting my clock back
Hi I am a new user of the forum. Glad i found you.
I downloaded the zipped gadget file and got my clock back. Just wanted to say thanks.....funny how i didn't realize how much liked and relied on it till it was gone ! glad it's back. |
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27 Dec 2013 | #89 |
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Welcome to Seven Forums wcwinc.
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29 Dec 2013 | #90 |
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Welcome to Seven Forums wcwinc. A Guy
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