Windows 7 Beta 1: Solve gadgets problem
By Jal Desai | In: troubleshooting, windows 7 | Posted On January 26, 2009
This is not actually a bug. It is just administrator-level rights mash up. What happens is when you deactivate UAC, the gadgets on your desktop stop working. Without wasting time, here’s a quick solution:
Open Registry Editor (regedit in the Run dialog box). Navigate to “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Sidebar\Setting”
Create new DWORD value in the right pane and name it ‘AllowElevatedProcess’ and set its value to 1.
Done! Your gadgets should work fine with UAC disabled.
Open Registry Editor (regedit in the Run dialog box). Navigate to “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Sidebar\Setting”
Create new DWORD value in the right pane and name it ‘AllowElevatedProcess’ and set its value to 1.
Done! Your gadgets should work fine with UAC disabled.
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