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Microsoft to remove desktop gadgets from Windows 8

We hope you haven't grown too attached to those desktop gadgets in Windows, because reports indicate that they won't be around anymore in Windows 8.According to a published report, build 844x of Windows 8 abandons desktop gadgets, with no reference to them found in the OS control panel.This is a shift from the previous Consumer Preview and Release Preview builds of Windows 8, which did feature desktop gadget support. Metro to the rescueMicrosoft first introduced desktop gadgets with Windows Vista, offering the HTML-based widgets through a desktop sidebar. The sidebar...

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Published By: Tech Radar - Thursday, 5 July, 2012

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