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NikolinoDE

I’m still facing a challenge: whenever I try to add more widgets to my board—either through the + (Plus) button or via Settings- 'Discover New Widgets', I encounter the “spinning wheel” syndrome, and the customization options never load.

Troubleshooting Summary:

Installed the' Start Experiences App' powers Windows Widgets, which keeps me informed, entertained, and inspired. Easily personalize your feed for quick access to news, weather, sports, finance, and more, from the Widgets Settings.

However, that didn't fix my issue.

Any thoughts would be much appreciated!

Joseph

This is usually fixable, and when msedgewebview2.exe is running but Widgets won’t open, it almost always means the Widgets host or its registration is broken, not Edge itself.

Below is a clean, Windows-11-specific fix path, ordered from fastest to deepest, with no admin-risk steps first.

Fast fix (works surprisingly often)

Restart Widgets Host manually

1. Open Task Manager
2. Go to Processes
3. End these if present:

• Windows Widgets
• Widgets.exe
• Microsoft Edge WebView2

      4. Click the Widgets icon again

If nothing happens → continue.

Re-register Windows Widgets (most common real fix)

This repairs the broken app registration.

Run PowerShell as Administrator

Paste exactly this:

Get-AppxPackage *WebExperience* -AllUsers | Foreach {

    Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"

}

Then:

• Sign out
• Sign back in (no reboot needed yet)
• Click Widgets

This fixes ~70% of cases like yours

What NOT to do (wastes time)

Reinstall Edge
Disable antivirus
Reinstall Windows
Registry cleaners

None of those fix this issue.

My answers are voluntary and without guarantee!

Hope this will help you.

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