{"id":317,"date":"2020-06-14T17:35:27","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T14:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.windowslivegadgets.com\/gallery\/?p=317"},"modified":"2025-10-06T20:50:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T17:50:42","slug":"enable-sidebar-gadgets-windows-8-metro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.windowslivegadgets.com\/gallery\/317\/enable-sidebar-gadgets-windows-8-metro\/","title":{"rendered":"Gadgetarian enables Desktop Gadgets on Win11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Enable Desktop Gadgets on Windows 10 or 11\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_-ZZShsVhEU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 2px;\">Gadgetarian<\/span> is an efficient, and also free and absolutely safe utility, that will let you enjoy your Windows 7 gadgets on the desktop of Windows 10 or 11.<\/p>\n<p>I like newer Windows, but disabling gadgets is something I can&#8217;t agree with at all! I use the Desktop and I need my gadgets! <span style=\"letter-spacing: 2px;\">Gadgetarian<\/span> adds gadget support on Windows 10 or 11<strong>in a few seconds<\/strong>. You won&#8217;t even need to restart your PC! Just right click on the desktop and you will find the familiar &#8220;Gadgets&#8221; option, along with &#8220;Personalize&#8221; and &#8220;Screen Resolution&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In the rare case that any of the gadgets when you start Windows doesn&#8217;t have enough time to start, just right click on the desktop and refresh your gadgets by going to <strong>View &gt; Show Desktop Gadgets<\/strong>: Unchecking and then checking again this option will open any gadget that didn&#8217;t have time to open on Windows start.<\/p>\n<p>You may also like to download this great little freeware called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreewindows.com\/13808\/hide-show-desktop-gadgets-gadgibility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Gadgibility<\/strong><\/a>, that will let you hide, reveal or restart \/ refresh your Gadgets instantly!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreewindows.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left; border: none; padding: 11px; background: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefreewindows.com\/thefreewindows-award.gif\" alt=\"Software of Excellence\" \/><\/a> The setup includes some popular free gadgets, but you can always come here to download more. Note that <strong>each and every gadget is tested for safety and is free.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Note also that <span style=\"letter-spacing: 2px;\">Gadgetarian<\/span> does not add any new abilities to the Windows system, it just enables the native gadget functions, now unfortunately hidden. This way you can keep using all of your old desktop gadgets or add new ones, without compromising the integrity of the OS.<\/p>\n<p>Since <span style=\"letter-spacing: 2px;\">Gadgetarian<\/span> is not a separate program, you don&#8217;t have to uninstall anything, just as you don&#8217;t have to uninstall functions such as &#8220;copy&#8221; and &#8220;paste&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In case you don&#8217;t need your gadgets, just don&#8217;t place them on the desktop! Yet, if for any reason you&#8217;d like to remove even the option of using gadgets, it&#8217;s easy, read this short <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreewindows.com\/19420\/removing-desktop-gadgets-options\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 33px 0;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.windowslivegadgets.com\/gallery\/317\/enable-sidebar-gadgets-windows-8-metro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Gadgetarian\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windowslivegadgets.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/gadgeterian.jpg\" alt=\"Gadgeterian\" width=\"333\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>After major updates of the Windows OS, such as the Creators Update, you may need to re-enable your gadgets<\/strong>. Feel free to download again and run the Gagdetarian. You can bookmark this page to download a fresh copy of the Gadgetarian whenever you need it!<\/p>\n<p>You may also like to check this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.windowslivegadgets.com\/gallery\/how-to-install\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Install<\/a> page. The current version of <span style=\"letter-spacing: 2px;\">Gadgetarian<\/span> (2.5) features easy automatic setup (which you can see also in this short <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreewindows.com\/12383\/windows-8-gadgets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px;\" align=\"center\">Download Gadgetarian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.windowslivegadgets.com\/gadgets\/GadgetarianSetup32.zip\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">for Windows 32bit<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.windowslivegadgets.com\/gadgets\/GadgetarianSetup64.zip\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">64bit<\/a>, and enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreewindows.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/736x\/2a\/b7\/a0\/2ab7a0ba8df54ccce0c0ae8001935864.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 33px; font-size: 11px; color: silver;\" align=\"right\">PAD (xml) files for the <a style=\"color: grey;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.windowslivegadgets.com\/gadgets\/gadgetarian.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">32bit<\/a> and the <a style=\"color: grey;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.windowslivegadgets.com\/gadgets\/gadgetarian64.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">64bit<\/a> version<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gadgetarian is an efficient, and also free and absolutely safe utility, that will let you enjoy your Windows 7 gadgets on the desktop of Windows 10 or 11. I like newer Windows, but disabling gadgets is something I can&#8217;t agree with at all! I use the Desktop and I need my gadgets! 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