coknuck Posted February 8, 2009 CID Share Posted February 8, 2009 As most have found out if you disable the UAC (User Account Controls) the desk top gadgets don't work. I found the registy edit that lets you disable UAC and keep the desktop gadgets. I did reboot to see if it works and it does! 1. Open Registry Editor (regedit.exe) 2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionSidebarSettings 3. Create a new DWORD Value called AllowElevatedProcess 4. Set the value of the new DWORD to 1 5. Close the registry editor. Your gadgets should work now. No reboot or anything necessary. Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/24895-windows-7-uac-disabled-and-gadgets-still-work/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted February 8, 2009 CID Share Posted February 8, 2009 Very cool registry edit coknuck Thanks man ! I'm putting this is the guides section as valuable as this is ! Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/24895-windows-7-uac-disabled-and-gadgets-still-work/#findComment-295722 Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted February 9, 2009 Author CID Share Posted February 9, 2009 I also found this. If you don't feel confident enough to edit your registry then download the attached zip file, unpack it and then double click the registry file inside. Answer yes when prompted to add the info to your registry. Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/24895-windows-7-uac-disabled-and-gadgets-still-work/#findComment-295835 Share on other sites More sharing options...
julio99 Posted March 8, 2011 CID Share Posted March 8, 2011 As most have found out if you disable the UAC (User Account Controls) the desk top gadgets don't work. I found the registy edit that lets you disable UAC and keep the desktop gadgets. I did reboot to see if it works and it does! 1. Open Registry Editor (regedit.exe) 2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionSidebarSettings 3. Create a new DWORD Value called AllowElevatedProcess 4. Set the value of the new DWORD to 1 5. Close the registry editor. Your gadgets should work now. No reboot or anything necessary. I've had Win 7 since it came out with UAC disabled and all my Gadgets work, desktop or otherwise. I was totally unaware of this reg hack. I may have to dig into this further. Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/24895-windows-7-uac-disabled-and-gadgets-still-work/#findComment-326859 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xs1 Posted May 3, 2011 CID Share Posted May 3, 2011 I've disabled UAC a time or 2 for extended periods of time for one reason or another and never lost functionality of my gadgets.. Wasnt even aware this was an issue? Very cool edit otherwise Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/24895-windows-7-uac-disabled-and-gadgets-still-work/#findComment-327630 Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted May 3, 2011 Author CID Share Posted May 3, 2011 That post was for the people who were using the RC1 or beta which ever you want to call it. In the beta version the gadgets would dissapeared when you disabled the UAC. Some people were using W7 way before it was released to the public. Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/24895-windows-7-uac-disabled-and-gadgets-still-work/#findComment-327638 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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