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Gadgets Fail

May 28, 2013 6:45:55 PM from Stardock ForumsStardock Forums

I just had to reformat my hard drive and got my data.  I then copied all my gadgets from backup to a new folder on my C drive.  When I tried to open the made in the shade weather gadget it failed and Windows closed the program giving an unspecified error.  I tried dl'ing a fresh copy and it also failed.  I then tried some others and most failed.  The ones that work so far are Blue my Mind and CF65 (2 different versions).  I have no idea why this is happening and I've never had these problems before with these gadgets.  The only things I've had to do before were to change compatibility with Vista SP2 but that fails to work on these now (except it still works for CF65).  Anyone know what the problem could be?  I haven't tried any widgets yet because I haven't gotten around to getting DesktopX yet.

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Reply #1 May 29, 2013 1:36:20 AM
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What OS?

 

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Reply #2 May 29, 2013 2:05:38 PM
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Win7 32bit

 

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Reply #3 May 29, 2013 7:15:38 PM
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Check antivirus and firewall.

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Reply #4 May 29, 2013 7:16:07 PM
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Also, anything you may have that blocks script.

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Reply #5 May 29, 2013 7:36:29 PM
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Neither avg nor firewall blocks these gadgets.  I don't know of anything that blocks scripts and don't know how to check for that.

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Reply #6 May 29, 2013 7:41:45 PM
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Did you try running them as admin?

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Reply #7 May 29, 2013 7:45:54 PM
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Yes, I also tried running as admin.  No luck.

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Reply #8 May 29, 2013 8:05:28 PM
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I just loaded Blue My Mind on 7 64 bit. with no problems.

 

Any others you can have me try?

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Reply #9 May 29, 2013 8:19:00 PM
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Blue my mind is one that works.  Fader , made in the shade, mezzanine don't.

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Reply #10 May 29, 2013 9:20:39 PM
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Fader seems to open, and disappear when I click the button to show more. I can fix that.

Mezzanine works fine for me.

Made In The Shade works here as well.

 

It would appear that something on your system isn't agreeing with the scripts in the weather gadgets.

 

Please let me know what the errors are.

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Reply #11 May 29, 2013 9:22:04 PM
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Quoting bachbeet,
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Neither avg nor firewall blocks these gadgets.

Did you kill your anti virus and try again? Same with the firewall?

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Reply #12 May 29, 2013 9:24:13 PM
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Quoting bachbeet,
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I don't know of anything that blocks scripts and don't know how to check for that.

 

Some anti virus programs have script blocking abilities.

 

http://www.ehow.com/facts_7548857_script-blocker.html

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Reply #13 May 29, 2013 11:00:53 PM
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All of these gadgets worked well before when I had avg and the same windows firewall.  And, like I said, Windows doesn't tell me what the error is; just that it is closing the program.

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Reply #14 May 30, 2013 2:00:54 AM
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Check your documents folder, perhaps an error report was generated. I know Objectdock does. And if you can post a screenshot.

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Reply #15 May 30, 2013 2:30:57 AM
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Uvah: No error report is there.

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Reply #16 May 30, 2013 2:39:44 AM
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Well, I just dl'd DesktopX and tried a widget.  It worked as usual w/o any problem.  Just had to reset my location.

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Reply #17 May 30, 2013 2:49:44 AM
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OK this is very weird.  After dl'ing Desktopx I tried running another gadget (Fader).  Failed as before.  So, I changed the compatibility to Vista SP2 and then ran as admin.  Ran perfectly.  I changed the location and closed it.  Then, just for drill, I re-dl'd made in the shade, did nothing for compatibility and simply double clicked (not as admin).  It ran perfectly.  Tried another (forget which) and simply double clicked and no problem.  Very weird! 

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Reply #18 May 30, 2013 11:02:13 AM
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Awesome, but odd.

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