Once it opens you’ll know there’s some Windows goodness hidden here: You can see it, it’s the entry one before the last and even has a cute - if tiny - picture of an orange gizmo against the computer screen.

Seems like a bit of a failed experiment to me, but that doesn’t mean that they’re not cool and useful!įirst off, it’s as easy as possible to get to the Gadgets: Simply right-click on an empty spot on your Windows desktop, and it shows up in the contextual menu that appears: What’s odd is how few people know about them, let alone actually enable them on their WinPCs. These desktop Gadgets are intended to be little widgets or gizmos that serve a single, simple purpose and can be scattered throughout your desktop, showing things like system performance, the weather, or even a ticker with the latest news from your favorite RSS-friendly Web site. You’re in luck, actually: it turns out that Windows 7 includes an entire set of small apps that Microsoft calls “Gadgets”, one of which is a clock.

Analog clock for windows 10