Solved weather widget not connecting

[golem]

i finally solved this problem.

control panel - internet options - connections tab - LAN settings
then uncheck automatically detect settings

now they work just fine. it turned out IE wasn't connecting either, but i never knew since i use firefox!

Worked a charm!

 

[Jito463]

Please try this out on an elevated command prompt
cd "%programfiles%\Windows Sidebar\"
regsvr.exe wlsrvc.dll

Sorry for the thread necro, but I didn't want to create a new topic just to say thanks for this. This fixed my default Weather gadget in Windows 7 (although it's regsvr32.exe in x64, but that's besides the point). I've got Simply Weather installed, as well, but I prefer having both. It's nice to see them both working again.

Thank you.

 

[batfink]

I had this problem too,no sidebar gadgets would connect to the internet,I tried all of the previous suggestions and none of them worked for me.
The problem with sidebar gadgets not connecting also happens if internet explorer is in the "work offline" mode. open internet explorer,goto tools and untick work offline. Problem sorted, for me anyway.

 

[dpant]

I had this problem too,no sidebar gadgets would connect to the internet,I tried all of the previous suggestions and none of them worked for me.
The problem with sidebar gadgets not connecting also happens if internet explorer is in the "work offline" mode. open internet explorer,goto tools and untick work offline. Problem sorted, for me anyway.

yes, yes, yes!
The gadgets are affected by the IE network settings , it seems.

 

[SnowTao]

Thank you NeofromOz!!!! I tried every doggoned suggestion here (and some from elsewhere!) and could NOT get my Yahoo weather gadget to work. (The widget showed up -- but at midnight in low 50s, the "current conditions" showed 86 and sunny!)

This solved it!
"I just changed internet explorer to work online and it started to work!"

(I too only use Firefox -- except to check webpages I've designed against MSIE... which I did a few days ago.) Thanks!

 

[HoneycombAG]

NOT ... WORKING!

The issue I'm having the "Can't connect to service" for the weather widget on is Windows 7. Are there any real fixes for that?

 

[gregrocker]

The solution for Gadgets "Service Not Available" which worked for me today is here:
Weather gadget not working- Cannot connect to service - Microsoft Community

A) Copy the following files and folder from a Windows 7 machine with a working stock weather gadget to a flash drive or network file share:

1. %localappdata%\affected user\local\microsoft\windows\windows live\services\cache\config.xml (just copy the file)

2. %localappdata%\affected user\local\microsoft\windows\windows sidebar\cache\168522d5-1082-4df2-b2f6-9185c31f9472 (copy entire folder which should contain one or more xml files)

3. %localappdata%\affected user\local\microsoft\windows\windows sidebar\settings.ini (just copy the file)


B) Paste (OVERWRITING if necessary) the copied folder and files into the same locations on the machine whose stock weather gadget is not working.


C) Drag the weather gadget back out and this time it should be working

This fixed both my Dad's Weather and Stock gadget.

 

[rawshark]

The weather one wasn't working for me either but apparently microsoft disabled all gadgets with a recent security update (Microsoft Security Advisory (2719662): Vulnerabilities in Gadgets Could Allow Remote Code Execution). Took them until now to get around to it since that was written last year but i think i can do without them if it means a safer system. I ran that fixit solution to permanently disable them, they were only really a novelty anyway.

 

[gregrocker]

My gadgets are still working. Did you try the fix I just posted above that worked for my Dad?

 

[rawshark]

No, i thought i might as well disable them with that fix it solution in the link if there's a potential vulnerability.

 

[gtomas007]

Hi everbody !

I'm new on forum. I have a w7 ult and same problem. When i using serbian language pack weather don't working. Also when i using croatian or english langauge weather is working. What i must to do that my weather working on any langauge..

Thanks and sory for my bad english..

Hello form Osijek, Croatia

 

[gregrocker]

Could be IE11 issue: IE11 Appears not to support gadgets. What are the alternatives ? - Page 3 - Windows 7 Help Forums

 

[A Guy]

Welcome to Seven Forums gtomas007. Try this:

Control Panel> Region and Language> Location> Make sure that the settings are correct

Right click the Weather gadget> Options> Make sure the settings are the same

A Guy

 

[cdoublejj]

mine has stopped working before you but, closed and reopened the gadget or change location and that would fix it. today it recognizes no locations what so ever.

almost as if MS EOLed the weather gadgets.

 

[gregrocker]

MS has stopped supporting the gadgets because of alleged security issues. The ones which fail are due to IE11 security enhancements that cut them off from communicating.

A workaround is to install 8GadgetPack - Gadgets for Windows 8 / 8.1 which latest version works for Windows 7. The same gadgets which fail in 7 will still possibly fail, but there are many other choices in each category.

Other fixes and replacements are discussed in Weather widget replacement for Windows 7 - Windows 7 Help Forums

 

[cdoublejj]

that's weird it's been working fine until just now. either way i picked up a 3rd party gadget.

 

[ladyfsgf]

Not working

I have windows 7 64bit. Yahoo weather widget several months. Today not working. No information changed location doesn't recognize. No error message. I have tried uninstalling/reinstall and system restore-didn't work.

 

[allegator]

Same issue here. I've been using the Yahoo weather widget for almost 10 years, the past year with Windows 10. As of 2 days ago I'm getting the same blank shell as pictured above.

Wish I could find a replacement that shows as much info in as small a space as this geriatric (and now broken) widget.

 

[A Guy]

Looks like this was caused by a Windows Update somehow. People are reporting other weather widgets have also stopped working as of a few days ago.

A Guy