Windows 7 Gadgets doesn't appear properly

Question

For some reason, Gadgets in my Windows 7 OS stopped displaying properly. Did a little research on internet and found that UAC may be the culprit. However, despite putting UAC on level 2, they still don't appear properly.

I am able to choose and add Gadgets on the desktop, but they won't display properly.

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My Problem is exactly depicted in this screenshot that I found on the Internet:

Solution 1

I suggest you disable "Windows Gadgets Platform", restart your machine, re-enable it and check if the problem persists.

To do that, go to the Control Panel, click the Programs heading, and choose Turn Windows features on or off. Find the Windows Gadget Platform option and remove the check mark from the box to its left, then click the “OK” button.

Solution 2

Try Re-registering vbscript.dll file.

Open an elevated Command Prompt window. by clicking on Start -> All Programs > Accessories. Right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as Administrator.

Type the following command and press Enter

regsvr32.exe vbscript.dll

You should see the following message after running the command:

DllRegisterServer in vbscript.dll succeeded.

Close any gadgets and open them again. If that does not help, restart Windows and check.

Comments

[Mussnoon]

"won't display properly " - explain that with a bit more detail?

[Newaz Sharif Amit]

I mean, if I add clock to the desktop, All I can see is a black background with a green vertical line. Even the other gadgets aren't getting displayed properly. I can show you a screenshot, but I am not sure how to add it here.

[Newaz Sharif Amit]

And FYI, I created a new account (for testing) and gadgets appear fine there. But not in the account I use regularly.

[Joe Taylor]

Have you turned UAC off? I've seen a lot of posts from people who have had problems after turning UAC off

[Newaz Sharif Amit]

Did both of them earlier, but didn't help :(

[Newaz Sharif Amit]

Tried it. Didn't work.

[nhinkle]

Did registering the dll outright fail, or did it register successfully but not solve the problem?

[careysb]

That fixed this issue for me. Issue caused (I am pretty sure) by installing Visual Studio 2012 Pro ...