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Ramesh Kumar

Restore or Reinstall, uninstalled Windows 7 Gadgets

You may have experienced problem with Windows 7 Desktop Gadgets like suddenly gadgets stopped displaying correctly, accidentally uninstall default built-in gadgets or you need to restore Gadgets to factory default settings.

So we are giving step by step solutions to get rid of these issues.

Fix: Gadgets stopped displaying/working correctly.

  1. To Fix it, Run Command Prompt as Administrator and then type these 3 commands one by one.

    2. regsvr32 msxml3.dll
    regsvr32 scrrun.dll
    regsvr32 jscript.dll


    You will receive DllRegisterServer succeeded message for each Dll, which indicates the Dll is registered successfully.

  2. After re-registering all these 3 Dlls, restart your PC to take effect.

Restore/Reinstall built-in Windows Gadgets.

    1. Click on Start and type Restore Gadget in StartSearch box or type in Control Panel’s search box.

    2. Now click on Restore desktop gadgets installed with Windows and all default gadgets will be restored.

    Restore/Reinstall Windows Gadget platform.

    1. To reinstall Windows Gadget Platform, go to Control Panel >> Programs >> Turn Windows features on or off
    2. In Windows Features, clear check box Windows Gadget Platform and click OK to start uninstallation.

    3. After uninstalling, restart your PC and follow the above steps again and mark check to Windows Gadget Platform and click OK to start re-installation.

    Applies To:

    • Windows 7 Ultimate
    • Windows 7 Professional
    • Windows 7 Home Premium
    • Windows 7 Home Basic

    – UPDATED 3/7/2011

    18 responses to “Restore or Reinstall, uninstalled Windows 7 Gadgets”

    1. Mark Schroeder Avatar
      Mark Schroeder

      I did all the recomended steps, they were all sucessfully applied, but I still get no gadgets. The dialog box does not open when I click on “Windows Desktop Gallery”. What next? Everything else works perfectly on this computer. I am puzzeled.

      Reply
    2. Dhenzer09 Avatar
      Dhenzer09

      same problem with ashik
      OS : Windows 7 enterprise
      please help me with this problem

      Reply
    3. Ashik Avatar
      Ashik

      Dear Sirs, I did everything as you said. But the problem still persists (some gadgets crashed : clock…, some doesnt appear : calender).

      OS : Windows 7 Home Premium

      But, when I entered the first command (regsvr32 msxml3.dll), I got reply as you described. But the second and third commands were not with Succeeded reply. However a ‘not found’ or similar dialogue box appeared.

      As well as I did the (Restore/Reinstall Uninstalled built-in Windows Gadgets)also. Still the problem not rectified. I had closed the Sidebar function from Task Manager before I do any above attempts .

      Would you advise further, thanks.

      Reply
    4. ram Avatar
      ram

      in my pc windows7 Gadgets stopped working. i was reinstalled Gadgets and again installed, but i could not get Gadgets. it shows “”windows Desktop Gadgets has stopped working, A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available .”” plz replay me what should i do……

      Reply
    5. Bobthequill Avatar
      Bobthequill

      Excellent!

      My Gadgets now back top normal.

      Thank you guys

      Reply
    6. Martin Avatar
      Martin

      Hello

      Thank you for your guidance. My gadgets work again after I removed them and re-installed them.

      Reply
    7. Rishabh Avatar
      Rishabh

      Man, I tried everything mentioned above.

      But there is still some problem that is not solved.
      Who should I contact or Where should I send the screenshot to?

      Please reply asap.

      Reply
      1. Rishabh Avatar
        Rishabh

        And I also have the same problem that @Mauro has.

        But I don’t know if I have deleted a .dll file.

    8. Mauro Avatar
      Mauro

      hi,
      I tried the tricks but I still have the problem: my gadgets appear invisible except for the logo Info and the button “X” to close.

      what can it be??
      help!!

      Ps. it could be that i deleted a .dll file while i was trying to remove malware because at the windows starting it appeared a window that said: unable to find …/…/….[somthing]dash.dll

      Reply
    9. aniee Avatar
      aniee

      heyyy i have a problem my gadgets r not working….helll……wat would i do…….??????????

      Reply
      1. Admin Avatar
        Admin

        Will you share some more details? Some screenshot, error message etc.

    10. Balaji P M Avatar
      Balaji P M

      Hi Ramesh,

      Thanks a lot for this valuable tip & trick

      Keep Contributing :)

      Reply
      1. kaiser Avatar
        kaiser

        prob when i click ” Restore desktop gadgets installed with Windows” then its shows windows gadgets stooped working, check online for a solution or close the program. inform me @ kashrfae@gmail.com

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