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My Widgets Icon on my toolbar doesn't open even with the Widgets turned on in the settings. Could you help me?
I am the administrator. I have the Edition Windows 11 Home Version, 23H2, with a Windows Feature Experience Pack.
I have Windows 11 software and has been updated recently.
Everything under Task Manager, details, mswebview.exe is running, however, the window doesn't appear on the home screen.
Could this be an easy fix?
TIA
Joseph
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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
- Open Task Manager
- Go to Processes
- 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 cleanersNone of those fix this issue.
My answers are voluntary and without guarantee!
Hope this will help you.
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