Dashboard doesn't work

I just installed 10.4.11. The dashboard icon is on the dock, but when I click on it, the screen dims but no dashboard items appear. It used to work fine before the upgrade. Any ideas?

I got the same problem: Updated from 10.4.10 to 10.4.11 and now the dashboard is absolutely blank, all widgets are gone.
Of course I could just readd them, but I had some notes written on virtual "Post-its" on the dashboard and also made many many customizations and settings to the other widgets.
Is there any way to restore the previous settings and contents of the widgets?
Is there a folder where the dashboard settings and post-it contents are stored that may still contain some data?
Thanks for any help!

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