Gadgets Fail

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I just had to reformat my hard drive and got my data.  I then copied all my gadgets from backup to a new folder on my C drive.  When I tried to open the made in the shade weather gadget it failed and Windows closed the program giving an unspecified error.  I tried dl'ing a fresh copy and it also failed.  I then tried some others and most failed.  The ones that work so far are Blue my Mind and CF65 (2 different versions).  I have no idea why this is happening and I've never had these problems before with these gadgets.  The only things I've had to do before were to change compatibility with Vista SP2 but that fails to work on these now (except it still works for CF65).  Anyone know what the problem could be?  I haven't tried any widgets yet because I haven't gotten around to getting DesktopX yet.

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

What OS?

 

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Win7 32bit

 

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Check antivirus and firewall.

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Also, anything you may have that blocks script.

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Neither avg nor firewall blocks these gadgets.  I don't know of anything that blocks scripts and don't know how to check for that.

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

Yes, I also tried running as admin.  No luck.

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I just loaded Blue My Mind on 7 64 bit. with no problems.

 

Any others you can have me try?

Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top

Blue my mind is one that works.  Fader , made in the shade, mezzanine don't.

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Fader seems to open, and disappear when I click the button to show more. I can fix that.

Mezzanine works fine for me.

Made In The Shade works here as well.

 

It would appear that something on your system isn't agreeing with the scripts in the weather gadgets.

 

Please let me know what the errors are.

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting bachbeet, reply 5
Neither avg nor firewall blocks these gadgets.
End of bachbeet's quote

Did you kill your anti virus and try again? Same with the firewall?

Reply #13 from Stardock Forums Top

All of these gadgets worked well before when I had avg and the same windows firewall.  And, like I said, Windows doesn't tell me what the error is; just that it is closing the program.

Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Check your documents folder, perhaps an error report was generated. I know Objectdock does. And if you can post a screenshot.

Reply #15 from Stardock Forums Top

Uvah: No error report is there.

Reply #16 from Stardock Forums Top

Well, I just dl'd DesktopX and tried a widget.  It worked as usual w/o any problem.  Just had to reset my location.

Reply #17 from Stardock Forums Top

OK this is very weird.  After dl'ing Desktopx I tried running another gadget (Fader).  Failed as before.  So, I changed the compatibility to Vista SP2 and then ran as admin.  Ran perfectly.  I changed the location and closed it.  Then, just for drill, I re-dl'd made in the shade, did nothing for compatibility and simply double clicked (not as admin).  It ran perfectly.  Tried another (forget which) and simply double clicked and no problem.  Very weird!  :rolleyes:

Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Awesome, but odd.