An application, or a component of an interface, that enables a user to perform a function or access a service. For example, a web widget is a small application that can be installed and executed within a web page by an end user.
Questions tagged [widgets]
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How do I prevent Widgets.exe from getting automatically started on Windows 11?
How do I gracefully prevent Widgets.exe from starting automatically on my Windows 11?
By "gracefully", I mean I don't like deleting it or messing with the filesystem security.
It's already turned off in my Task bar settings:
I've tried Autoruns but…
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How to block annoying facebook and other social network widgets
We have facebook buttons, twitter buttons, linkedin buttons, google+ buttons, stumbleupon buttons, younameit buttons. These social network buttons and widgets are creeping up the internets like the plague. Sometimes even with cool javascript popups…
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How can I disable the “News and Interests” Widget on the Windows 10 Taskbar?
On Windows 10 version 1909 and newer releases, Microsoft has added a "News and Interests" widget on the Taskbar (see blogpost):
How can I remove this Widget from the Taskbar?
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Bandwidth monitor for Mac OS X?
This is similar to the question:
Does software exist to log all download / upload usage?
But, I want to know what options are out there for OS X? This includes Dashboard widgets and standard software. If there are limited options out there, simple…
Troggy
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How to delete the news widget in windows 11?
I upgraded to windows 11, and there are the new widgets. But I don't like the news widget that comes by default and want to remove it. Is there any way to do that?
Edit:
The method suggested is not working:
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Windows 10/11 widget/system icon for a bluetooth device battery
Normally we often check bluetooth devices battery by this way:
But it would be more convenient if we can see it on the system tray, like laptop's battery:
... or have a 3rd party app display it like this Lenovo Vantage displays battery:
How can I…
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How to share Opera extensions preferences between my two computers?
Well, the title is quite unambiguous.
However, let me clarify it even more.
Starting with Opera 11, there now are Opera extensions, which are compliant to W3C widget specification. This allows us to use it on whichever browser supports their (well,…
Riduidel
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JavaScript error on embedded Internet Explorer
I have a wallboard setup to display statistics in the office, however the widget that uses embedded Internet Explorer keeps coming up with a JavaScript error.
The error can be closed without causing problems but it's irritating as it keeps coming…
man-qa
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ZSH custom widget not working as I think it should
I'm trying to define a function so that I can launch Midnight Commander by pressing Alt-, but the function just doesn't work.
I found and modified a function on another site and modified it so:
function _midnight {
zle kill-whole-line
zle -U…
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Is there a desktop status widget for Jenkins?
At our company, we use Nagstamon to monitor our Nagios alerts.
It's a standalone app that doesn't require a web browser, and installs on Linux.
Is there a similar widget to monitor Jenkins dashboard from a Linux desktop?
Will Sheppard
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How to block annoying twitter search widget
this twitter search widget is popping up all around the internet. the animation is annoying me. newspapers think they are cool when they put this twitter widget next to their articles, but the animation distracts me from reading the article. it is…
Lesmana
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How to fix Windows 11 widgets not loading?
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…
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emacs - Widget Custom Theme
I'm starting using emacs. I know that everything of emacs is customizable. But, one thing I can't even found on internet is modifying the default emacs' widget's Look and Feel.
Is there some way to custom it's background, shape, etc or just using…
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Wordpress widget constantly switching
I work as a Webmaster at a Canadian company named Atrium Innovations. Our corporate website currently runs on WordPress. Several plugins are installed on our WordPress version, and one of them as been built internally by a previous webmaster.
This…
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Where can I find widgets to replace Windows Sidebar gadgets?
Now security advisors are calling for disabling the Windows Sidebar entirely.
Are there stand-alone apps that work with both Windows Vista and 7?
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