Is there a way to reload/reinstall the widgets?

Paul S. · Jul 21, 2021

For over a week now I have lost the ability to pull up the widgets. I see the cute little animation on the taskbar button but nothing pops up (not even a blank widget area). I cannot find a way to possibly reinstall them or reload it somehow. I have repeatedly submitted feedback through the hub but of course no response. Any help would be very much appreciated.

Paul S. · Jul 21, 2021

Thank you for moving. I was unsure which forum to put it. My bad!

BaJohn · Nov 6, 2021

So .... where did this question get answered?

ThrashZone · Nov 6, 2021

Hi,
There are a few tutorials

Enable or Disable Widgets Feature in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the widgets feature for all users in Windows 11. Widgets in Windows are interactive elements that display dynamic content and provide quick access to various apps and features. You can view your location's current weather conditions directly...

www.elevenforum.com

A good article

How to uninstall Widgets in Windows 11 - gHacks Tech News

Learn how to to uninstall Widgets in Windows 11. We also show you how to reinstall the app, if you want to add it back.

www.ghacks.net

BaJohn · Nov 6, 2021

Tried the link Get Windows Web Experience Pack - Microsoft Store and did the 'Get'.
On the next screen tried the 'Open' which changes colour but nothing happens.
So - can't open the Web Experience Pack.
What does that mean please?

cute two · Nov 6, 2021

BaJohn said:
Tried the link Get Windows Web Experience Pack - Microsoft Store and did the 'Get'.
On the next screen tried the 'Open' which changes colour but nothing happens.
So - can't open the Web Experience Pack.
What does that mean please?

You need to open Widgets. Not Windows Web Experience Pack.

ThrashZone · Nov 6, 2021

Hi,
Might also restart the machine and try widgets.

BaJohn · Nov 6, 2021

cute two said:
You need to open Widgets. Not Windows Web Experience Pack.

The <Open> of the Web Experience Pack was to run it.
Normally the <Get> does the download and the <Open> does the install, I think.
I don't use MS Store very often.

TairikuOkami · Nov 6, 2021

BaJohn said:
Tried the link Get Windows Web Experience Pack - Microsoft Store and did the 'Get'.

You need to get App Installer first.

App Installer - Microsoft Apps

Microsoft App Installer for Windows 10 makes sideloading Windows 10 apps easy: Just double-click the app package, and you won't have to run PowerShell to install apps. App Installer presents the package information like app name, publisher, version, display logo, and the capabilities requested...

www.microsoft.com

Code:

winget install "windows web experience pack"

BaJohn · Nov 7, 2021

TairikuOkami said:
You need to get App Installer first.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/app-installer/9nblggh4nns1?activetab=pivot:eek:verviewtab

Code:

winget install "windows web experience pack"

Used the <Get> button to install "App Installer", but cannot progress any further.
I do not get an <Install> option. By opening the MS store separately and searching for the "App Installer" I see that the App is already installed.
Check this on Win 11 to find out when installed with Setting => Apps => Default Apps. Cannot find date of install.
Anyway do I have to do the 'winget' thingy as well. I am confused.

BaJohn · Nov 7, 2021

winget install "windows web experience pack"

Tried this in CMD (Admin) - Result "No package found matching input criteria.".
So what do I do now?

TairikuOkami · Nov 7, 2021

It says so, but it should install. Once installed, it will not install again.

Afterwards install the store version.
Enable Widgets and Restart explorer.exe

Code:

reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /v "TaskbarDa" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f
taskkill /im explorer.exe /f & explorer.exe

I had no Widgets, not even in Settings and upon performing those steps, it reappeared.

BaJohn · Nov 7, 2021

This is what it looks like after I have clicked the <Open> button.

I.E. The button flash quickly and nothing happened.

BaJohn · Nov 9, 2021

I'm just about to give up on getting Widgets working (Yes I know some of you think it's rubbish, but ..), so I am going to try a different tack.
Is there a simple list of how Win 11 should look with regard to Widgets? i.e.
1) Registry entries required and values
2) Apps that need loading
3) Switches required where
4) etc
..
n)

If I can see what is not there perhaps I can focus on how to fix the problem.
At the moment I seem overwhelmed with options to change things and I don't know what's going on, with the multiple choices in various orders.
I realize this is a long shot, and thanks in advance to anybody that can help.
At this moment in time, I have tried ALL options I have seen (on ElevenForum) and nothing has helped.

ThrashZone · Nov 9, 2021

Hi,
Save all your personal files to removable device and refresh install keep nothing.

Less nuclear is make a new user account and see how that goes but I believe you already tried this.

BaJohn · Nov 9, 2021

ThrashZone said:
Hi,
Save all your personal files to removable device and refresh install keep nothing.

Less nuclear is make a new user account and see how that goes but I believe you already tried this.

My personal files are on separate discs to the OS which is the only thing on C:\ a whole SSD drive of 500GB (Yes I know overkill).
BUT, I only 'upgraded' to Win 11 a few days ago, which was as 'Windows Reset' keeping nothing.
Strange with Windows systems, when there is a problem - we try every single potential fix that we can do without our knowing the root cause.
In my case sometimes trying a fix (which may and often does not make any difference to the problem at hand), seems to make matters worse.
To be honest, I think I'll live without Widgets for a while (I do have another life), and hope it gets fixed with an update in the future.
Thanks for the thoughts.

BaJohn · Jan 12, 2022

My Widgets are still not working - just nothing loads, but the icon 'rolls'.
I noticed today that one thing to try (new to me) is to "Install MS Edge Webview2", so I thought I should investigate.
However, the runtime version was already in my PC, having been installed yesterday (Win Update 2nd Tue).
I had a look at the CBS log for yesterday and it showed.
The store corruption status report is incomplete. [HRESULT = 0x80070002 - ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND]
So we have an error in the log associated with Windows update and my PC has no Widgets.
Do not know whether this is a good thing or not - but could I have an opinion on error 0x80070002 please.

BaJohn · Aug 19, 2022

After the most recent updates I NOW get the following info when pressing the Widgets icon.
Any thoughts welcome as it is not a connection problem.

BaJohn · Sep 14, 2022

Widgets NOW WORKING after update:-

September 13, 2022—KB5017328 (OS Build 22000.978)

That's great - Huzzah

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