Questions tagged [desktop-gadget]
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How to change background image of Rainmeter system.ini
Rainmeter is a useful tool for creating desktop widgets. I'm using system.ini skin, it's transparent but I want some opaque background.
The system.ini file has these lines:
[Rainmeter]
; This section ...
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Earthquakes Gadget - update server location
I know that MS is not supporting the gadgets anymore.
Nevertheless I like those from http://addgadgets.com/ and have most of them in operation.
Since a few weeks now the Earthquakes Meter does not ...
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Does Windows 7 have any stock widget software that replaces Gadgets?
I know that Gadgets was discontinued for security, and I know you can bring it back if you want. But, is there a stock, Microsoft created alternative for pinning a program like a webpage to the ...
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Windows 10 reclaimed Win+G. I want it for gadgets
I installed the Windows Gadgets from gadgetsrevived.com on my Windows 10 install. The gadgets work fine, but I'm used to using Win+G to bring them to the front. It appears that Windows 10 ...
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Where can I enable the Desktop Gadgets in Window 10?
I have upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10 and I miss the Desktop Gadgets from Windows 7. What happened to them and can I bring them back?
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How can I pin useful images (screenshots, color palettes, cheat-sheets) to the desktop in Windows 7 so they're actually visible?
I used to have half-a-dozen sheets of paper pinned up on the wall behind my screen - things like the .NET string format cheat sheet, Powershell quick reference, the hex codes for our corporate colour ...
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How to remove off-screen desktop gadget?
I was stupidly messing around with one of my desktop gadgets, and I ended up getting it stuck in the corner of the screen so much that the x-button won't show anymore. This is a big problem because ...
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Windows 7 text input/graphics repainting in random areas
In the past few months I've been encountering this issue where the line of text being typed in the command prompt window reappears in a random place on screen and paints over whatever was previously ...
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Sticky notes on windows 7
I have Sticky notes running as a widget on windows 7. I would like to do the following
Change that front to arial narrow and BOLD. I am aware of the font change fix. How do I get the bold in there
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Why gadgets are avoided in Windows 8? [closed]
In Windows 7, there were gadgets like clock, calender, weather etc. But in Windows 8, no gadgets are there.
Why Microsoft avoided gadgets in Windows 8 ?
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What is the command line to start a gadget in Windows 7?
I need to make sure that some Windows 7 gadget is running at a specific time of day (10am) for an user.
Surely, I can start it once and let it run forever, but the user may accidentally or ...
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Windows 7 Gadgets broken/missing
First off, this is not a dupe of this question: Windows 7 - gadgets disappeared
My Gadgets disappeared from my desktop. When I right-click on the desktop and then Gadgets to attempt to bring them ...
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Why are Windows 7 (64 bit) clock desktop gadget hands not in centre?
My clock gadget has been working fine for over a year since I installed Windows.
Now the clock gadget's hands have started to pivot from a position that is centred horizontally but not vertically.
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Can a set view of a webpage turned into something like a desktop widget?
edit I'm interested to do this on Windows, Linux and Mac. :)
I am curious if there is already a way to create something like a desktop widget out of only a selected part of a webpage.
There are many ...
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Windows 7 CPU / System meter that ISNT a gadget [closed]
Now that gadgets have been pulled by Microsoft, is there any similar utility that I can use to monitor my system that will sit on the desktop as a gadget does but not present a vulnerability?
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