My Windows 7 weather gadget on my desktop has changed color

Thanks for this advice.  IE 11 has NOT worked for me either (I have Windows 7) -- in addition to the weather gadget turning pink and blurry, there is a weird thick black bar to the right of all websites and the right scrollbar doesn't work anymore, plus the cursor is screwy.  Maybe this update is better suited for touchscreens or for Windows 8.  I am going to rid myself of the update immediately.  Thanks again.

Hi!

Here is a Fix for Gadget display issues after IE11 Installation on Windows 7:

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Ghacks reader DrDivan55 found a way to resolve the issue for individual gadgets without having to modify the system's DPI setting in the process.

1. Close the gadget you want to modify from the sidebar. No need to kill the whole sidebar process. Copy the original gadget.xml file to a temporary folder of your choice. Open it with notepad.
2. Find & entirely delete the row containing the tag:

(autoscaleDPI)(!--_locComment_text="{Locked}"--)true(/autoscaleDPI)

Do not leave an empty row in the script, just delete the whole row that has that tag. Setting the tag to autoscale (e.g. (autoscaleDPI)true(/autoscaleDPI)) will not help unless someone wants to play around and modify the whole gadget script which includes modifying the other files in that folder. I will experiment with that when I have the time & if I succeed I will post a solution. 3. Use a program like Unlocker to rename the original file adding a ".bak" extension (e.g. gadget.xml.bak). Unlocker couldn't find the locking process for me, but asked what I wanted to do with the file, so I chose rename. Once you do that, Unlocker seems to unlock the whole folder. So it's easy to go to the next step now. 4. Move the modified file back to the original folder. If access is denied just use Unlocker again-this time to move the modified file. 5. Start the gadget you modified. It should display correctly now, but in a smaller size than the other gadgets that were not affected.

Notes:

If someone has custom language packs installed, don't forget to modify the XML file in the corresponding language folders."

Source and more information: http://www.ghacks.net/2013/11/18/fix-gadget-display-issues-

ie11-installation-windows-7/

Cheers

Julia

Just had the same problem with IE11 and the display of Weather Gadget. If you reduce the screen dpi from 125% to 100%, it displays OK.

Now if you would prefer a larger screen DPI then you need to make the manual selection and change it to 119%, this worked for me. The screen icons and details are still a reasonable size and the weather gadget works and displays as before.

Give it a try, it might be the compromise that will work for you.

Ghacks reader DrDivan55 found a way to resolve the issue for individual gadgets without having to modify the system's DPI setting in the process.

Thanks, Julia