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
    2021-11-17T19:02:51+00:00

    Thanks for this solution. How do you go about finding what is the correct driver for your computer on the intel site?

    The easiest way is to download and install Intel® Driver & Support Assistant (Intel® DSA)

    Finds, downloads and updates any Intel driver automatically.

    Hi Sibro,

    F.Y.I.

    About Intel DSA, I have it installed on all my machines and I use it regularly to update Intel drivers.

    For several months now it has been causing a problem for ejecting external drives either USB or eSATA.

    It does not happen every single time, but often enough to become a nuisance, usually I see the problem after making a backup on an external drive.

    The problem has been reported to both Intel and MS, but no fix yet, other users have complained about it.

    The culprit can be found by looking in Event Viewer -> Windows Logs -> System and it points to

    DSAService (32 bit).

    When the problem occurs, the workaround is by going to Task Manager and End Task for that service.

    After that the eject of the external drive works fine.

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    Hi fg and thanks for the info.

    I don't use Intel DSA regularly, it was just a recommendation to eddiesq

    The video driver is the only one still updatable on my aging laptop so no need to run this app all the time.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-07-08T05:16:38+00:00

    Thanks for reporting, I too had Windows 11 Pro N

    @alext92, @Ettore Mazza,

    Good to know.

    Looks like they did not include Widgets in Windows 11 Pro N.

    I have just the Windows 11 Pro and it is there:

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-07-08T04:39:45+00:00

    Probably dozens have so already, you dont get a response nothing. The way we need to file bugs is very clumpsy when we need to point out the sections, its a total disaster finding the correct section. They should have made all sections searchable to pin point the correct section.

    For me it shows, but i need to do something in settings and dont see anything in settings related to widgets.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-07-03T09:29:56+00:00

    Thank you, but it didn't work.

    That registry key was missing for me; I tried to add it manually but it didn't work either

    Hi.

    I can't tell if it's directly related but check your directX version and see it is DirectX 12..

    In Run dialog box ( WinKey + R ), type in and run:

    dxdiag

    The output should be like the following:

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  5. VARADHARAJAN K 9,726 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2021-07-02T18:03:25+00:00

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