Solved Cannot get gadgets to work

[BitByter]

Hi
I am new to this group. This is my first post. I am running Win7 home 64bit.
I just tried to install some of the gadgets that came with the OS. When I right click on the desktop and select gadgets I get a message saying that gadgets are managed by your system administrator. I am an administrator on my system. I checked the folder c:\program Files (X86)\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets and there are folders there.
When I checked C:\Users\MyUserName\....Windows sidebar\Gadgets\ this folder was empty. I copied the folders from the folder under (X86) to this folder but the gadgets still do not work I get the same message that gadgets are managed by the system administrator.

Regards
Stuart

 

[Indianatone]

Hi BitByter and welcome to Seven Forums,
Read this and apply the fix you need. Enable Gadgets in your case.
Microsoft Security Advisory: Vulnerabilities in Gadgets could allow remote code execution

And then this if needed:
Desktop gadgets: frequently asked questions

 

[BitByter]

Thanks

Stuart

 

[Andreas W]

Hi, I would like to say that you should try out Rainmeter instead its safer then windows gadgets add way more customization and uses way less memory, the picture shows how I have my setup