Widgets Won't Work but Dashboard opens

I can open the dashboard and select widgets but if I try to open a widget or drag it onto the desktop, it automatically closes the dashboard and widgets fall off the screen, I think maybe somehow I've lost the original default settings and have disabled it? I really want to use my widgets, please advise

Hello Starman,
I am experiencing exactly the same symptoms on a brand new iMac 24" 2.8GHz / 2GB RAM :
- fresh full reinstall of MacOS 10.5.1 + QT 7.3.1 + Security Update 2007-009 v1.1
- no other widget installed than Apple standard ones
- I have 3 users created on my iMac : 1 admin, 1 for normal use + 1 for the kids
(no parental control activated)
- widgets have been working OK for 48h, and without any explanation, they are gone ?
I mean :
- when I launch Dashboard, I obtain a "grey" screen, without any widget at all appearing ;
- the "+" is available in the lower-left corner of the screen, and allows me only to select
the very first "Widgets" management tool : any other widget simply refuse to be selected ;
- any other action when Dashboard is active sends me back to the main Desktop window...
I deleted all related Pref files, tried the Terminal trick to deactivate then reactivate Dashboard, I even downloaded the Onyx Beta version for Leopard to clean all caches and then rebuild the authorizations on my startup disk, no way - still no Widgets
Any clue, pliz ?
Apple is not very optimistic in their note <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307022>, let's hope a clear solution will be found rapidly.
Thanks,
Didier

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