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Widgets on Windows 11 not opening at all
On Windows 11 (build 22000.120), the Widgets program does not open when I click on it. Nothing shows up on the screen, not even a blurry rectangle. The animation on the icon works, but that is it. I ...
Has anyone else been able to fix this issue? I just installed Win11 a week ago and noticed that I am experiencing this same issue yesterday. I can't seem to find any sort of fix online.
I found it was my Zonealarm anti-virus program. I decided to live without Widgets.
- For anyone that has not found a solution yet, I just found one on another thread: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/report-an-issue/widgets-are-not-opening-in-windows-11/m-p/2866225/highlight/true#M3222
You have to install the edge web view 2 runtime: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/
My widgets started working right away. We'll see if the fix lasts.- The first solution would not go to a page which offered any help. Something must be missing.
After trying everything I read here and in other forums to no avail, I converted my C drive from MBR to GPT and now widgets are working.
