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This is my Widgets view currently

I recently re-installed Windows 11 Pro and have run into a weird issue. My widgets area just stopped loading altogether.

Upon the first few startups, the Widgets area was loading fine. I started noticing the issue after installing a Windows update that moves the Widgets to the left side of the taskbar.

I have tried...

  1. disabling and re-enabling the widget,
  2. resetting and reinstalling the Microsoft News app,
  3. and playing around with various app permissions through Settings.

At this point I've looked up solutions and verified that my version of WebView2 is the most recent version. None of my actions have affected the Widget area and I'm stumped.

Has anybody else experienced this?

OS Name Microsoft Windows 11 Pro Version 10.0.22000 Build 22000

zayadur
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Some fixes for widgets in Windows 11 (including the ones you did already) :

  • Enable Widgets by right-click on the taskbar, select Taskbar settings, under Taskbar items toggle on Widgets.
  • Restart the Windows Widgets process in Task Manager, Processes tab, under Background Processes select Windows Widgets and click End Task.
  • Ensure you are logged in with a Microsoft account.
  • Set Microsoft Edge as default browser in Settings > Apps > Default Apps, click the current default browser, under .htm click again the current web browser, choose Microsoft Edge and click OK.
  • Install Microsoft Edge WebView2.
  • Reinstall Widgets from Microsoft Edge via the Windows web Experience Store.
harrymc
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Tried everything but was still unable to show widgets on Win11 (26100.2454)

Then I:

  • Disabled Widgets from settings

  • Switched region format setting to "Recommandations" instead of my Win11 configured language This settings (in French)

  • Closed Widgetboard.exe and Widgetservice.exe from taskmanager

  • Re-enabled Widgets from settings

  • Miracle ! Widgets are now showing up !

Nicolas AKA Yerou
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I tried everything that I found when I googled and nothing worked. Then I found a page that referred me to an error message from Visual C++ that is what Widgets is written in. I downloaded the current redistributable from Microsoft website and viola the widgets icon APPEARS! Hopefully this helps someone else!

Photo Larry
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