This time the gadgets were back, but screwed up in the same way. Knowing that all of this started with a late version of IE 11, I went to the control panel and uninstalled IE After a reboot, I was back on IE 8 and all gadgets worked fine. Even the long gone clock was back up there. I considered upgrading to IE 10, but I found that there were too many people having trouble with IE 10 on Win 7, by looking on the internet. With fingers crossed, I upgraded to IE 9. All gadgets still work fine.
This is where I will stay on my Windows 7, 32 bit system until either you or some other genius figures how to fix IE I have found an answer: Essentially, IE has a bug.
Until this bug is fixed, we have 2 options to be able to have our gadgets. About a third of the way down the thread you'll find a proposed answer by blogthis. It is lengthy or I would quote it here. So far I have only tried Option 1 on Windows 10 and I am most happy to say that it works beautifully. But it does look like Option 2 will be better, so I will try it next, when I get a chance. Hopefully the directions which are for Win7 will also work on Win Neither option will actually fix IE11's bug, but we do get our gadgets back.
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This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Previous Next. Srimadhwa B. Please answer these questions to get more clarity on this issue: What is the error message you get while using the gadgets? Reply with more information to help you further. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.
In reply to Srimadhwa B's post on January 26, Hi Srimadhwa B Thank you, for responding so quickly. I have not seen any error messages related to this problem. In reply to LawrenceBrownSr's post on January 27, My gadgets are still working fine in win7x64 with IE11x I am still using sidebar for them and have not tried 8gadgetpack yet.
Dev's need to Listen "We want our gadgets! In reply to Sqrly's post on January 30, Hi Sqrly, At first, my mind was blown by this. In reply to LawrenceBrownSr's post on January 30, Then this is going to blow your mind even more. You just have to turn it on.
In reply to Sqrly's post on January 31, Since gadget are from third parties, Windows 7 sidebar will be turned off, if UAC is turned off. This is to ensure that users do not install any malicious unsigned gadget in windows 7. Many Vista users were complaining about UAC and they wanted to keep it turned off.
Though the UAC feature has been introduced to provide better security on windows, many did not like it from an usability perspective.
This automatically disabled windows 7 gadgets on the sidebar and desktop as well. To fix this problem, one need to simply set the UAC back to default level or at-least level 1. You will then be able to install Windows 7 Gadgets on your desktop sidebar. If you still face issues with windows 7 gadgets, it might because of incorrect settings in your Internet Security Zones.
This automatically disabled windows 7 gadgets on the sidebar and desktop as well. To fix this problem, one need to simply set the UAC back to default level or at-least level 1. You will then be able to install Windows 7 Gadgets on your desktop sidebar. If you still face issues with windows 7 gadgets, it might because of incorrect settings in your Internet Security Zones.
Microsoft has released a registry fix for this issue. You can easily fix it by running their automated solution to resolve the windows gadgets not working issue. Try it. Does the above help in fixing the problem of Windows 7 Gadgets and sidebar not working properly? Skip to content.
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