

As the name suggests, this widget will show you moon phases based on your current location. If you love astronomy, then I am sure you will love this gadget for Windows.

However, in terms of productivity, nothing can beat this classic widget. Unfortunately, the color scheme and font choice are not the best in this gadget. This is why it is most suitable for laptops and other portable devices. This is originally a system monitoring gadget with a battery percentage.

Laptop Stats is one of the most popular desktop gadgets out there. Here is a list of the 8GadgetPack gadgets for Windows that you can use on your desktop. Besides, there are different software to apply those gadgets, which leads to compatibility issues.īut I think 8gadgetPack has the most support for third-party desktop gadgets, and this is why I recommend this. Since there is no centralized repository from Microsoft to store and distribute publicly available widgets for Windows, it is very difficult to find the best ones from the internet. But we are fortunate enough that there are a lot of third-party independent developers who have come up with some solutions like 8GadgetPack to install these widgets on Windows 10. If you are on Windows 10, don’t forget to check out our get desktop gadgets in Windows 10 article.You know desktop widgets were always built to increase productivity, and even mobile operating systems like Android and iOS have adopted this feature recently. To install a gadget, download and then double-click on the gadget to see the gadget start working. At the same time, Microsoft has retired Windows Live Gallery page, the download source for all above-mentioned gadgets. In fact, it has dropped gadgets from Windows 8 operating system. UPDATE: It turns out that Microsoft no longer supports desktop gadgets. Minimize: Use this to quickly minimize and restore windows. Toggle Hidden Files: Toggle between show/hide hidden files.Ģ0. Drive Buddy: Insert/eject your CD/DVD drive quickly.ġ6.
