Solved All the gadgets are not working / user profile

[saad3000]

[SOLVED]All the gadgets are not working / user profile

Dears,

After restart the Clock, Calendar and the Large Notes Gadgets stopped working!! My problem was that I lost all the 8 notes used in LargeNotes now the second problem is non is working! they are there but they are not there!

I created a new user profile and they appeared without a problem! How do I solve this issue many thanks regards! here is a how the clock gadget looks in my profile.


Windows 7 32bits.


Solution:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/140358-gadgets-not-displaying-correctly-windows-7-fix.html

 

[richc46]

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/10215-gadgets-restore-default-gadgets.html
This may help.

 

[saad3000]

Hello, I followed what you said and there is nothing to restore.

 

[patGwizz]

I am having this same problem. absolutely no gadgets are working. I've tried restoring the old ones and also downloading new ones. Neither worked.

 

[richc46]

This may help. Run up to 3 times if errors are found
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html

 

[richc46]

Just had a thought. Gadgets do not work if UAC is off.

 

[mcraven]

I got the same case here, it seems that this happened after installing the new updates of windows 7. I have my UAC set at default level.

 

[patGwizz]

the scan said everything was fine and my UAC is also default.
(p.s. I'm on home premium 64 not 32 like saad3000)

 

[saad3000]

The only thing u can get it to work is to create a new account. This is pain... And the only reason this happened is because one of the updates got installed and screwed everything up. I haven't restarted windows 7 since last week and today was the day that I lost upto 8 notes filled with lots of info :< no backup... Guys if anyone solves this problem let me know.

The things I did: System restore = problem still exist..
SFC = problem still exist
Safemode + removing the settings / gadgets under user profile/appdata/microsoft/windows sidebar = problem still exist
Restoring sidebar/gadgets to defaults = problem still exist
Registering alot of DLLs related to gadgets = problem still exist.
UAC both ways off and On / Notify and Do not Notify = problem still exist

Only solution I found is to create a new account, which i really don't want.

Regards,
Saad

 

[richc46]

Well how about a system restore?

 

[patGwizz]

I just tried that about four times. it keeps saying it wasn't successful because I have antivirus running even after I turned it off then completely deleted it.

 

[richc46]

Try in safe mode

 

[patGwizz]

safe mode didn't work =\
now I'm *also* having this problem.

 

[chev65]

Just had a thought. Gadgets do not work if UAC is off.

Yes they do rich, you are thinking of the older builds which had a problem with gadgets when UAC was turned off. That bug was fixed with build 7022 I believe.

The only problems I see with gadgets lately is that sometimes they don't load up correctly at start up but it always seems to fix itself with a restart for me.

 

[A Guy]

Close Windows Sidebar

Open task manager Ctrl+Shift+Esc

Processes tab> Right click on sidebar.exe and choose End Process

Open an advanced command prompt

Start> Type cmd in search box> Right click on cmd.exe in results above> choose Run as administrator

Type the following and press Enter after each:

regsvr32 msxml3.dll

regsvr32 scrrun.dll

regsvr32 jscript.dll

Restart your PC and see if that has fixed it. A Guy

 

[saad3000]

Close Windows Sidebar

Open task manager Ctrl+Shift+Esc

Processes tab> Right click on sidebar.exe and choose End Process

Open an advanced command prompt

Start> Type cmd in search box> Right click on cmd.exe in results above> choose Run as administrator

Type the following and press Enter after each:

regsvr32 msxml3.dll

regsvr32 scrrun.dll

regsvr32 jscript.dll

Restart your PC and see if that has fixed it. A Guy

Did not work. Its something with the profile which I can't figure it out.

 

[A Guy]

How odd, that always fixes the gadgets black problem. I suspect you have more problems then gadgets. You might consider transferring all settings to the new User you created. I haven't used it myself, but it can be done with Windows Easy Transfer

Windows Easy Transfer - Windows 7 features - Microsoft Windows

help! i need to transfer my files from one user to another on thee same computer. how do i do this??

A Guy

 

[saad3000]

Thanks, I did not want to end creating and transferring to a new profile but that was the only solution I guess.

 

[A Guy]

Thanks, I did not want to end creating and transferring to a new profile but that was the only solution I guess.

Well, if you are patient, you may get more ideas on this from others. A Guy

 

[saad3000]

I will migrate to a new profile and leave my damaged profile for future investigation thanks.