It has a ton of other window and desktop organizing functions (which may be overkill for you), but it’s still pretty light on computer resources. However, we tried them all and the only one that really worked well for us was a program called Dexpot. There are many programs or utilites that do this: AlwaysOnTop, Aquasnap and WindowPinner, to name a few. To keep apps always on top, you’ll need to download some software that can “pin” a window to the top of the screen. Is there a way to keep apps always on top? We LIKE to have gadgets visible at all times, and they lose a lot of their productivity appeal for us if we have to keyboard-shortcut our way to the desktop and then back just to see them. There is no out-of-the-box way to make apps stay on top – visible at all times.Which brings us to the thing that posed the biggest problem for us… Some app windows are just too big and can’t really be minimized to a size that will be reasonable when the app is supposed to stay open next to other windows.That makes sense from a security standpoint. Looks like Microsoft just doesn’t give apps permissions to change things in guts of its operating system. Not all the functionalities that we had with gadgets (for instance the one-click power options, or the clipboard options – see the 8 Gadget Pack below) could be found in app-store apps.We found it hard to fill our gadget-needs with apps from the app store. Make your own educated decision if you want to take that risk or use apps instead.Īnd if you do decide to use gadgets, our advice is to use 8GadgetPack (see reviews below) or one of the other packs, which we trust, and not to download any additional individual gadgets, unless you completely trust the source.
#Quick note gadget windows 7 install#
You would have to install a malicious gadget for an attacker to be able to make an attack on your computer, so if you only download your gadgets from sources you completely trust, you should be OK. However, Microsoft discontinued them for a reason: they do pose a security risk. We use gadgets on Windows 10 and we like them.
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