I had read there was a Widget Fix in the Dev build 22478, so was going to try that next. But your saying the Task ,Manager has an issue and needs a work around?
Taskbar Widgets keep closing, won't stay open
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Anonymous
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.
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
2021-10-19T18:11:53+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
OK, thanks, I couldn't figure out where you got it from, could find any of those names using a search in file explorer on the C: disk. Not even Widgets.exe. 😎
,, I have to use the workaround to get Task Manager working on 22478 ! 😁
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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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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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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.
Do you have Microsoft Edge WebView Runtime installed?
I have all that listed.