IE11 Appears not to support gadgets. What are the alternatives ?

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  1. Posts : 12,120
    Win 7 Pro x64 / Win 10 Pro
       #81

    Trantor said:
    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.
    Good to hear you got it.

    Jerry
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  2. Posts : 7
    Windows 7 Enterprise 64bit
       #82

    Thank you very much for all your efforts.
    I really appreciate this!
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  3. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 Pro 64-bit (on this laptop)
       #83

    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
    That fixed the problem for me ... thanks much for this work! Awesome stuff.

    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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  4. Posts : 2,686
    Windows 8.1 Pro w/Media Center 64bit, Windows 7 HP 64bit
       #84

    szhosain said:
    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
    That fixed the problem for me ... thanks much for this work! Awesome stuff.

    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!
    MS is not "downplaying gadgets", they said they are a security risk and will not support them so they are not worried about them working or not. Just like 16 bit programs which they don't support either on new OS systems. Why waste time testing something they don't support.

    Jim
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  5. Posts : 12,120
    Win 7 Pro x64 / Win 10 Pro
       #85

    szhosain said:
    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
    That fixed the problem for me ... thanks much for this work! Awesome stuff.

    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!
    You're welcome
      My Computer


  6. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 Pro 64-bit (on this laptop)
       #86

    Phone Man said:
    MS is not "downplaying gadgets", they said they are a security risk and will not support them so they are not worried about them working or not.
    Oh, I agree/understand. I was just being a bit off the wall with the conspiracy theory possibilities!

    Phone Man said:
    Just like 16 bit programs which they don't support either on new OS systems. Why waste time testing something they don't support.
    I understand your point. :) But don't necessarily agree with it.

    Given the large numbers of Windows 7 systems, and the large number of "average" users (not just us geeks and semi-geeks :)) who still use gadgets despite a Microsoft warning (which I had certainly never heard about before this!), not testing using the default settings which Windows 7 uses - specifically, the 125% default for text "size" - is a potential source of major support headaches. For unaware users, IT support departments, etc., etc., etc.

    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
      My Computer

  7.    #87

    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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  8. Posts : 3
    windows 7 home premium 64bit
       #88

    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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  9. Posts : 10,455
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1
       #89

    Welcome to Seven Forums wcwinc.
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  10. Posts : 53,363
    Windows 10 Home x64
       #90

    Welcome to Seven Forums wcwinc. A Guy
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