Lost Desktop Calendar Gadget

PC / Windows 10 :


In Windows 7, I had a three-month calendar tucked in the upper right corner of the desktop screen; since it's been there for years, I have no recollection of where I found it; is there some way to locate it in my system? There's nothing found in Win10's "apps" version of All Programs. I transferred to Win10 earlier this month, and now the calendar is stuck on July 31.


Some comments online regarding a similar situation talk about right-click on the desktop, then click on Gadgets . . . no "gadgets" listing shows up when I right-click, so I have no idea what those folk are talking about.


Related: Every now and then I see a comment about something instructing to "click on the sidebar" . . . which means nothing to me; what are they talking about . . . since MS's goal with Win10 clearly was to NOT retain any of previous simplicity, but create an entirely "new and exciting" (and time-wasting) relearning curve merely to repeat what one did in previous versions. Go figure.


Any info / assistance with the calendar issue much appreciated. Thank you.

8GadgetPack
8GadgetPack - Gadgets for Windows 11 / 10 / 8.1 / 7

With this program I can use these two gadgets in Windows 10.

Does your three-month calendar gadget look like this?

Thank you for the responses.

Spunk: Nothing comes up in Apps or Search.

Mister Ed: Attached .jpg is what I'm talking about.

Thanks.

[POSTED THE ABOVE PREVIOUSLY; HAVE FOUND A WORKABLE DESKTOP CALENDAR WIDGET WHICH I'VE DOWNLOADED; NOW MY QUESTION HAS CHANGED (below).]

PC / Windows 10 -

Had a three-month calendar widget (previously called it a "gadget" . . . ummm . . . ) on my Windows 7 desktop. Now have moved to Windows 10, and the widget remains (frozen) and does not change dates.

I've found another calendar widget which I've downloaded, but have no idea how to find appropriate info in my system to remove the Win7 widget from the desktop.

Any info / assistance? Again, many thanks.

Hikermann said:

[POSTED THE ABOVE PREVIOUSLY; HAVE FOUND A WORKABLE DESKTOP CALENDAR WIDGET WHICH I'VE DOWNLOADED; NOW MY QUESTION HAS CHANGED (below).]

PC / Windows 10 -

Had a three-month calendar widget (previously called it a "gadget" . . . ummm . . . ) on my Windows 7 desktop. Now have moved to Windows 10, and the widget remains (frozen) and does not change dates.

I've found another calendar widget which I've downloaded, but have no idea how to find appropriate info in my system to remove the Win7 widget from the desktop.

Any info / assistance? Again, many thanks.

Windows 7 came with Gadgets. You can add them to Windows 10 with a program like 8GadgetPack.

Widgets do not come with Windows 7. Windows 10 does have Widgets. However, since I do not use them I can't help you with them.

So I need to know are you talking about Gadgets or Widgets. If it is Gadgets then here is how I use them with Windows 10...

After I installed 8GadgetPack in Windows 10 I could install Windows 7 gadgets. 8GadgetPack includes some gadgets but you can get others elsewhere and install them.

To open the Gadget menu I right-click in desktop and select Gadgets.


The Gadget menu is shown. To add a gadget I can double-click on a gadget or drag it too the desktop.


To delete a gadget from the desktop hover over the gadget with the cursor and click on the X.

Thanks to all!

As I've been futzing around attempting sort this out, I decided (for whatever reason I have no idea) to take a look at Webshots, which I have loaded on as my wallpaper function . . . and as I poked around in there, guess what I found? In addition to my most favorite pix, I had at some moment lost back in the mists of computer time checked the box "Display calendar on Desktop" . . . where it had been obediently sitting with the little date highlight jumping from number to number through all those weary days of my life . . . until Windows 10 came along, and Webshots got its back up and said "I'm freezing!".

So, a simple, mere unchecking of a box has removed the offending used-to-work calendar from view, and All Of Life Is Now Good!

Appreciate y'all helping sort this out.


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