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
    2021-11-16T08:26:30+00:00

    Reading a bit further in this topic, I found a possible solution by installing the latest video driver.
    Although Windows tells me I've the latest version and there's no newer driver available, I went to the Intel website (I have Intel UHD Graphics as video driver), downloaded the latest version (igfx_win_101.1069.exe) and installed it. Restarted my laptop and IT WORKED!

    So give it a try yourself, hopefully it solves your problem as well!

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-10-07T14:09:54+00:00

    still there is no widget found

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-10-07T11:56:08+00:00

    How to find it

    You should have it in Apps & features or in Control Panel\Programs\Programs and Features,

    right click it and select 'Change' and then 'Repair'

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-10-07T03:11:53+00:00

    Widgets seems to depend on a runtime library called "WebView2" which apparently is tied to Microsoft Edge.

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    Make sure you have Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime installed

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-10-06T02:23:52+00:00

    I have the same problem

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