Windows 7 No Gadgets showing up

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bigoxygen

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• Jul 19, 2009

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still can't find an answer

Thanks

 

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reghakr

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• Jul 19, 2009

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Matt,

Have you tried setting UAC to Never Notify, the restart your machine?

 

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bigoxygen

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• Jul 21, 2009

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Tried it, but with no success

 

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dam89

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• Jul 21, 2009

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For Desktop gadgets UAC must be on (even just at the lowest setting) and right click the desktop and check show desktop icons

 

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Zaim

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• Jul 21, 2009

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bigoxygen said:

Even when UAC is turned to second lowest level.
I tried right click on the desktop > gadget, but no success.

Please help
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Matt

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try typing in "Sidebar" in the start menu search and click on "view list of running gadgets" if that doesnt work click on "Add gadgets to the desktop"

 

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nehoma

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• Jul 23, 2009

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I had this problem - no gadgets- I tried everything, the only thing that worked was to re-instal win7.

 

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JeremyJukes

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• Jul 23, 2009

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Gadgets not available

Try the following:

1. Open Control Panel
2. Click on 'Programs and Features'
3. Click on 'Turn Windows features on and off'
4. Make sure 'Windows Gadget Platform' is ticked. If not, tick it and reboot.

If this item is already ticked, or if after ticking it and rebooting gadgets still do not work don't know what to advise.

 

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• Jul 24, 2009

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If it is ticked, try unticking (uninstall) reboot and the reinstall it.
If that doesn't work,,, nuke and reload.

 

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