How to Fix Widgets not Working on Windows 11

By Ajoy Kumar 6 Min Read
How to Fix Widgets not Working on Windows 11

Windows 11 comes with a brand new UI design and some improved and new features. It brings a new visual design, Andriod app support, a new Microsoft store, better handles multitasking, improves gaming experience, and more when compared to Windows 10. It is a more elegant and clean-looking operating system by Microsoft.

Windows 11 also offers a Widget Dashboard that allows you to quickly access weather, stocks, traffic and so much more. However, some users have experienced unexpected crashes while opening the widget dashboard. Like – widgets are unavailable or your need to install Microsoft Edge WebView 2 Runtime and more. Here we are guiding you to fix such issues on Windows 11.

How to Fix Widgets not Working on Windows 11

Here in this section, we are going to discuss three ways to fix widgets not working on windows 11.

1. Enable Widgets Option on Taskbar

You can enable the icon of the widget on the taskbar. Windows 11 provides you with the option to manually turn on and off the widgets for your system. Sometimes due to the presence of a bug, the widget app gets crashed or disappears from the taskbar. This can be fixed manually by turning on the widget dashboard from the taskbar settings. For that, follow these simple steps:

Step 1: Move your mouse cursor to the blank side of the windows taskbar at the bottom of the screen, right-click on the taskbar, and click on “Taskbar Settings“. Or else you can also click on “Start Menu” and click on “Settings.

Step 2: Next, click on the “Personalization” tab from the left panel of the Settings window. Then, look for the “Taskbar” option present to the right of your screen.

Step 3: Now to turn on the widgets dashboard icon on the taskbar, simply turn on the toggle next to the widgets option.

Step 4: Now, you will find a widget icon on the taskbar. You can click on the icon to open the widgets dashboard. If you are still facing the same issues with the widgets, then follow the next methods.

2. Restart Windows Explorer from the Task Manager

Windows Explorer or File Explorer is a crucial application responsible for providing a graphical environment for accessing files. It is closely linked with the user interface library that controls all the visual elements including widgets. If Windows explorer is not working properly or has a bug, you may face such an issue.

To fix you can restart the explorer app from the task manager. Restating the explorer app will refresh all the visual elements that might fix the issue. Here are the steps to restart the file explorer app in your system.

Step 1: Open the “Task Manager“. For that, right-click on the “Start” button and click on task manager. Or else, you can also use Ctrl + Shift + Esc keyboard shortcut to launch the task manager.

Step 2: Now click the “Processes” tab in the Task Manager window. Here you will find a list of programs that are currently running, scroll down to locate Windows Explorer. Here either right-click on “Windows Explorer” and then select “Restart” or select the “Windows Explorer” app and click the “Restart” button at the bottom right corner to restart the explorer.

If you are still facing the same issue, you can install Microsoft Edge WebView 2 Runtime on your Windows operating system.

3. Install Microsoft Edge WebView 2 Runtime

Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime is a Runtime installation that Microsoft began installing on devices earlier this year. WebView2 is used to provide web-based features in Microsoft desktop applications and it uses Microsoft Edge as a rendering engine to do so.

As “widgets” is a web-based application that shows weather, stocks, traffic, and more to show this information, Windows 11 need Microsoft Edge WebView 2 Runtime. Here are the steps to install it:

Step 1: Open the Microsoft Edge browser and visit this link https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/. If you don’t have Microsoft Edge then install Edge on your Windows PC and open the link.

Step 2: From the official website download the evergreen standalone installer file. To download, select your operating system architecture and accept the license agreement.

Step 3: After it gets downloaded, open the installer file. It will download Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime and automatically gets installed on our windows 11 computer.

Step 4: After the installation gets completed, close the installer and restart your computer. Now your “Widgets” should work perfectly fine.

Conclusion

That’s it; this is how you can fix widgets not working on Windows 11. I hope this article was helpful to you. If you liked the article, share it with your friends. If you have some suggestions or doubts, do not hesitate to leave them in the comments section.

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