![]() Hurray! Now, move your cursor over the gadget itself and a little menu pops up adjacent: The only gadget I tested thoroughly was the Clock and that’s easy to get going: Just double click on it and an analog clock pops up on the top right of your Desktop, floating above all the other windows: It installs easily enough and once launched, shows a familiar Window with some very familiar looking widgets and gadgets: I can’t guarantee it’ll always be that way, so please use caution when you grab a copy and if your anti-virus program complains, don’t install it! Start by going to and downloading the program, then double click to begin the install process:Ĭertainly looks good, doesn’t it? Click Next to continue.ĭisclaimer: I scanned the binary when I downloaded and installed this program and it was clean. Still, let’s have a look, because if all you want is a clock and the clock on the Taskbar (you know, the lower right edge of your screen) isn’t enough, it is a solution. I looked around and did find someone who had cobbled together a Windows 7 widget utility that brings back the original Win7 desktop widgets, but it’s rather flakey from what I can ascertain. Still, the official Microsoft answer for Windows 10 would undoubtedly be “use the active tiles on the new start menu”, and that works when the menu’s visible. And while those active tiles remain accessible from the Start menu, the widgets never quite made it back when we were all dropped back onto the Desktop upon login. True, it did, but then Windows 10 came along and we went back to the Desktop with a Start menu. ![]() In fact, it was way back in July of 2010 that Microsoft recommended everyone disable the Win7 Desktop Gadgets!īy Windows 8, the logic was that the start screen would give you everything you wanted, whether it was a weather widget, a clock, a stock ticker or anything else. It was definitely a really cool concept and there were a number of slick widgets people created, but there was one major issue that caused Microsoft to drop it from Windows 8: security. Recommended.Ah yes, the old Desktop Widgets and side panel from Windows 7 days. Best of all, it is completely free to use. It's free, lightweight, and offers plenty of customization options to tailor it to fit in with your setup. A more personalized clock widgetĪll in all, if you're looking for a simple way to add some personalization to your desktop home screen, give DesktopClock3D a try. DesktopClock3D is fast, lightweight, and the only thing that could be improved on is the lack of other animation effects as there is only one available currently. ![]() Lastly, you get options for change the clock's font style and color, as well as using various styles, such as bolded and italicized, as well as adjust its justification. Meanwhile, you get drop-down menus for the various Themes and the 3D image that you want to apply. Next, you get adjustment sliders for the size, transparency, and rotation speed of its 3D effect. Starting from the top, you get tabs to manage multiple clocks if you have them. The settings menu, accessed from the system tray icon, is simple and everything can be configured from a single window. You also get to decide whether to use a text-based format for its 3D effect or use a more traditional clock image. The themes that you can pick from, include those from the era of Windows 98, all the way to the latest Windows 10 version of the operating system. You get to choose from either analog or digital clock faces, with different styles and designs available to you. DesktopClock3D basically provides a floating animated clock widget for you to customize to your liking. ![]()
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