Well Windows XP does not come with gadgets or a sidebar either. There programs that you can download to give you both sidebars and gadgets on Windows XP as there is on Windows 8. But I would rather have the Microsoft sidebar from Windows Vista or Windows 7. The problem is that the Vista Sidebar depends on Windows gadgets to work on Windows 7.So the programs feature needs to be turned on,otherwise you only get the sidebar with no gadgets.So it's possible that if Windows gadgets has been removed on Windows 8 Pro,the Vista Sidebar won't work. But as I have not installed Windows 8 Pro yet,I don't know if this is the case or not. When I do install it,I will copy the Windows Sidebar program files from both Windows Vista and Windows 7 onto Windows 8 and see if that works.
Could perhaps anybody reupload "Windows Sidebar/Gadgets for Windows 8 RTM 64bit Version" because the links on first page are down and I don't want to install 8GadgetPackSetup50. Windows Sidebar/Gadgets for Windows 8 RTM 32bit Version was working fine. Thank you in advance!
Had a new clean install with latest gadget pack all working fine the 1 day alter without adding any more programs etc this appears at start-up when gadget try to load.
Already done all the obv inc above. Nothing changed from time it worked till not, I installed Gadget pack lastly. The DX file is there, I renamed it to .old as a test then replaced it with a copy from other OS and PC went mad at start-up with blue circle and nothing worked, I had to boot to other OS and change back to original and now ok bar Gadgets not working.