Along with the official release of Windows Vista back In November of 2006, was a rather handy widget engine named
Desktop Gadgets, whereby you could add them to your computer's desktop sidebar to display the weather, hard disk details, CPU Information and a lot more. This however, Is no longer available In Windows 10, hence In this tutorial, I will show you
how to Install the Desktop Gadgets feature with Incredible ease.
If you're wondering what I'm referring to, simply have a look at the Image above. By default In
Windows Vista & Windows 7, you'd select the gadgets to your liking, and they'll be neatly positioned your PC's desktop. You could also rearrange them, by dragging & dropping to your preferred location.
From
Windows 8 onward however,
Microsoft decided to remove Desktop Gadgets altogether, thus there's no native feature to apply them on your Windows 10 OS. As such, I will demonstrate how to bring them back, by using a neat little tool accordingly named
Windows Desktop Gadgets.
You can download It from the
official website, or via this
reputable source. The process to Install the tool and apply the gadgets, Is extremely simple so without further delay, let's rip Into this tutorial.
Step One:
When you've downloaded
Windows Desktop Gadgets, It must be Installed on your PC, so launch the executable file and hit
Next to continue.
Step Two:
Follow the onscreen prompts, and when the Installation completes, click
Finish to finalize the process.
Step Three:
You're now ready to add the gadgets to your computer's desktop. Use the
Search function to locate the
Windows Desktop Gadgets executable file and once It's launched, you will see the default gadgets as shown below. To add one,
right-click It and hit
Add. You can also obtain more from the Internet, by clicking the
Get more gadgets online link.
Step Four:
As you can see In my example below, I've
added a few gadgets to my desktop, and they're neatly sitting toward the right of the screen.
Last Step:
If you wish to place a gadget on selected areas of your desktop, simply click & hold the
Drag gadget button, and drop It to your preferred location.
Final Thoughts:
It doesn't get much easier than this, does It? Although there are quite a number of tools and applications that serve a similar purpose to
Windows Desktop Gadgets, In my experience, I've found this tool to be the most user-friendly, reliable and stable compared to the rest. To
remove a given gadget, refer to the
above step and simply hit the
X button at the top.
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