Widget feature missing in Windows 11

Anonymous
2021-07-02T10:22:15+00:00

Hello,

it seems that "Widgets" feature hadn't been properly installed with Windows 11 for me, because there is no option to add it to the taskbar and Win+W keys doesn't work.

I already tried re-registering apps using powershell, without results.

Do you have any idea how to fix this?

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-10-07T17:59:13+00:00

    Ok this is on a desktop PC using a 980TI video card, but will check the settings.

    Desktop maybe a different case, my laptop can use either the Integrated Intel Graphics or the Nvidia, it fails only when using the Intel 4000 Graphics, so I just forced it to use the Nvidia.

    If I revert to Auto Select I can still reproduce the problem.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-10-07T17:29:55+00:00

    Ok this is on a desktop PC using a 980TI video card, but will check the settings.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-10-07T16:35:44+00:00

    I can toggle the Widget On and Off. But when it is On and I click on it, it opens for a fraction of a second and then closes.

    There were different problems causing your symptom, I had that issue on one MSI Laptop and the problem was caused by the Intel Display Driver.

    In my case I have both Intel and Nvidia display drivers on the same laptop, so I forced it to use the Nvidia instead of Automatic selection and that fixed my problem.

    There were several FBH reports about video drivers causing the problem.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-10-07T15:40:14+00:00

    I can toggle the Widget On and Off. But when it is On and I click on it, it opens for a fraction of a second and then closes.

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-10-07T13:58:20+00:00

    How to do it? I have installed webview 2 but no widgets show

    In Control Panel\Programs\Programs and Features,

    right click Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime, select 'Change' and then 'Repair'

    Maybe that will fix my issue with the Widgets not opening longer than a second?

    Hopefully so, let us know, good luck!

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