Windows 7 Desktop Gadgets disappeared

Hello Everyone,
After installing Windows 7, I was able to select and run desktop gadgets on my desktop. After few days, or I should say that after few reboots, the desktop gadgets disappeared. Now, when I right click on the desktop and click on gadgets, nothing comes up. I also tried to open desktop gadgets from start menu, run command, and accessaries, but nothing works.
I did a clean install of Windows 7, did someone else have the same problem? Any solution?

Can anyone help me? I have Windows 7 on an HP G60-125nr laptop. My gadgets worked the first few days I had Windows 7 installed. I tried checking the Windows Features under Control Panel to make sure Gadgets were turned on and they were. I tried
the registry change, they still don't come on. I tried the run command and they still didn't come on. I tried making sure UAC was turned on and they still don't come up. I right click on the desktop and click "Gadgets", and it doesn't even come up with the
window to let me see the gadgets installed. I tried system restore. I tried reformatting. Nothing seems to work. I've tried everything listed so far and nothing seems to be working.
Hi
You are not reading carefully!
You need to right click on desktop and then to marck show desktop items if you want to see gadgets.
If you want read and my w7 bugs list here:
http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprogeneral/thread/ee88ae8d-27d4-42b6-96d3-b68eedfcac64
Your problem is bug 12 in this list
First off I didn't need to do that because mine was already set to show desktop items. Secondly, it ended up being the UAC problem, just with mine it made me restart before it would show up. Please word your responses a little more respectfully next time. Adding
an exclamation point at the end of your sentence it generally taken to mean you are being rude and yelling at someone pretty much. You should have simply asked if I had or not before just rushing to assume I hadn't
Read your previous post!
You have listed all things you have tried and show desktop items is not between them!
Are you still wondering why there are exclamation marks?!
If there someone is rude, that is you, because you did not apreciate my time and good will to help you!!!
Do you know there is some phrase as thank you?!
When someone waste time to answer my question, I always thank him, no matter how useful replay is to me!
As a third party observer.. you are the one coming across as disrespectful
As ANOTHER party observer, I totally agree with Ventsislav, he was helping, and assuming that an exclamation is something negative is just being way too susceptible. The fact is that Muhawka described the same problem that the whole post had, he ignored all
posts, and eventually the answer was already in one of them, so indeed, he was not reading carefully, or most probably, he was not reading at all.
If only Muhawka had started with a "thank you" the whole thing might have been a bit different. But that's another story, Muhawka did not appreciate the time Ventsislav spent on him.

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