Windows Desktop Gadgets has stopped working

[exousia7]

Windows 7 and Windows Desktop Gadgets have always been working fine lately until I installed my new Logitech E 2500 webcam. Every time when i start my computer an error will appear saying that Windows Desktop Gadgets have stopped working. I read the solutions in
http://www.sevenforums.com/customization/3744-gadgets-stopped-working.html
and
http://www.sevenforums.com/customization/12232-windows-gadget-has-stopped-working-error.html

but none of them fixed my problem. What else can I do to fix this?

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: sidebar.exe
Application Version: 6.1.7100.0
Application Timestamp: 49ee9780
Fault Module Name: kernel32.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.1.7100.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 49eeaac7
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0000000000003892
OS Version: 6.1.7100.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: d8fd
Additional Information 2: d8fd8161e9ac0930383dc216f4c34d70
Additional Information 3: a87e
Additional Information 4: a87eb7be9617da7857e04259db193484

Thanks.

 

[Orbital Shark]

Hi, welcome to the forums.

You might want to try http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/10215-gadgets-restore-default-gadgets.html

It could be that there has been some driver causing a particular gadget to fail & the tutorial above could reset your gadget status.

   Note

Any custom/downloaded gadgets will need to be re-downnloaded & re-installed

Hope this helps


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[exousia7]

I also tried restoring to default windows 7 gadgets, but when i press "Restore desktop gadgets installed with Windows" the error just pops up again.

 

[Tews]

Go to event viewer and see if there are any recent warnings ... this may be able to point you in the right direction...

 

[Orbital Shark]

Hmm, i'm a bit stumped at the minute then

Have you looked on the webcam manufacturers website & downloaded the latest drivers? They may be more recent than on the install disk.

 

[exousia7]

@Orbital Shark
I downloaded and installed the latest driver. The driver the company provided from the CD made my Windows 7 unable to load at all so I had to format Windows 7 again.

@Tews
There was a warning prior to the error but I don't think it has any relation with the error.

 

[andd64]

Same thing happened to me!

Thats interesting exousia7 - the same thing happened to me. The last thing I installed before the gadgets stopped working was my Logitech Orbit AF webcam. The drivers I got from Logitech's website, and they were Vista 64-bit drivers. The exact same thing is happening to me, I can't even restore the gadgets.
How do I check the event log?

 

[andd64]

So I uninstalled the Logitech Webcam application but kept the drivers - surprise surprise, the gadgets work again! Interesting though eh?

 

[exousia7]

oh nice.. thx andd64. i'm going to try this out...hope this works.

 

[deMoog]

Same. I installed the software for my Logitech Quickcam Pro 9000 and the gadgets died. I uninstalled the Logitech software (not the drivers) and they came back immediately.

 

[adamisoke]

I have same prob but not because web cam but because some of gadgets I've installed. Not working this with control panel and restoring to default win gadgets. any other suggestions? thanks
I tried to fix in safe mode but gadgets are not available in SM... can't breathe without gadgets pls help

edit2:
cmd scannow didn't helped ether!
edit3:
problem solved(sys restore) thank you win7 forum:sarc:

 

[Malakeh]

hi i downloaded about 20 gadgets and installed them and all of them were open at the same time then i started to try them.suddenly the eror occured that the gadget stop working....
i think they had viruses
so my anti virus deleted them
after that when i right click and select gadgets
these two erors appear.
and when i try to restore default gadgets these erors occur again.
what can i do now to solve it?
can i uninstall the windows sidebar and reinstall it again?if yes can you give me the download link because i did'nt find it on internet.
thanks

 

[A Guy]

Welcome to Seven Forums Malakeh. If you need help in the future, you will get more responses by starting a new thread, as this is an old thread. That said, try this:

Start> In search box type

turn windows features on or off

And press enter

Scroll down to Gadget Platform



Untick box next to gadget platform. Restart your PC. Repeat the steps and once again put the tick next to gadget platform. See if this corrects your problem.

If not, suggest you run the System File Checker

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html

And see if that corrects it. If neither help, we can see if we can't help further. Either way, post back and let us know how it goes. A Guy

 

[Malakeh]

thank you very much
it worked and solved my problem
turning on & off the features didn't work so
i deleted the gadgets i installed and setting file in local-microsoft-windows sidebar
then i try them again
and it was fine

 

[A Guy]

Glad you figured it out Hope you will stick around here at Seven Forums

A Guy

 

[BAZMCC]

hey Malakeh thnx for the solution it worked for me as well!!

 

[zaklaw]

just go to my comp...,local disc c,uses,admi user,appdata,local,microsoft,windows sidebar,gadgets and erase all gadgets you downloaded


worked for me.....