Taskbar Widgets keep closing, won't stay open

Anonymous
2021-10-05T23:12:50+00:00

I downloaded the full Win 11 ISO today from Microsoft and installed it on my desktop PC (over Win 10 Pro). I had been using my laptop for the Insider Preview Beta. Everything works OK on the Desktop PC install except the Widgets. When I click on the Widgets icon, it flys open and then closes right away. Rebooted a few times, removed and added Widgets from the Taskbar, but it still closes right away.

Windows Insider program | Windows Insider preview | Desktop environment and Start menu

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-10-19T18:01:27+00:00

    I don't have any problems with Widgets and the WebView2 runtime is listed in the installed apps.

    What I don't understand is where or how you get this screenshot below, could you explain, thanks.

    Hi fg,

    I don't have any problems either. The screenshot comes from Task Manager

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-10-19T17:34:08+00:00

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

    Do you have Microsoft Edge WebView Runtime installed?

    Hi Sibro,

    I don't have any problems with Widgets and the WebView2 runtime is listed in the installed apps.

    What I don't understand is where or how you get this screenshot below, could you explain, thanks.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-10-19T14:49:51+00:00

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

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    Do you have Microsoft Edge WebView Runtime installed?

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    I have all that listed.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-10-19T11:13:41+00:00

    I rolled back to Win 10 and did an upgrade install of the Win 11 282 beta build.

    Still have the same issue. Widgets open for a second and then closes.

    So far all of the suggestions on here that I've tried hasn't been able to fix it.

    I find it weird that when Win 11 was still in beta over the past few months, the Widgets worked just fine.

    I guess I could roll back to Win 10 again and install one if the earlier Beta builds just to see if Widgets will work.

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-10-19T01:33:22+00:00

    This was just updated from MS Store:

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    Only Says GET and wont download:

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