GadgetPack Tools (formerly 8GadgetPack) is a utility that installs the original Gadget program files on Windows 11 and Windows 10. It restores desktop gadgets and provides access to programs tailored to your computer. The package includes over 50 gadgets along with a sidebar for organizing them.
GadgetPack enhances productivity with a range of useful gadgets. The familiar Windows 7 sidebar returns, enabling effortless organization and access to active windows. Take notes, schedule plans, and track to-do lists directly on your desktop. Customize your workspace further with a dedicated calendar, and create a convenient panel for instant access to applications, files, folders, and websites.
GadgetPack seamlessly integrates into Windows 11 and 10 with no noticeable impact on system performance. It responds quickly, delivers accurate information, and is resource-friendly, consuming minimal CPU and RAM. Extensive testing revealed no error messages, system hangs, or crashes.
GadgetPack included
- 7 Sidebar – Helmut Buhler
- Agenda – Ronnie
- All CPU Meter – AddGadgets.com
- App Launcher – Dean Laforet
- Battery Meter – Vitim
- Breathe – danvdragos
- Calendar – Microsoft
- Clipboarder – Helmut Buhler
- Clock (Analog) – Microsoft
- Clock (Digital) – s.blank
- Color Palette – Plain Wonders
- Currency – Microsoft
- Control System – AddGadgets.com
- Control Panel – Legiones
- Countdown – Alexander Burton
- CPU Meter – Microsoft
- Date & Time – buildagadget.com
- Display Sleep – Exodus-Sx
- DriveInfo – Kris Thompson
- Drive Activity – Sascha Katzner
- Glassy CPU Monitor – Helmut Buhler
- Glassy Network Monitor – Helmut Buhler
- GPU Meter – AddGadgets.com
- HUD Time – Factor Mystic
- Mousometer – Sven Bader
- MSN Weather – Microsoft
- My Weather – Pat Possible
- Network Meter – AddGadgets.com
- Network Monitor II – Igor M. Bushin
- Picture Puzzle – Microsoft
- Power Status – Orbmu2k
- Recycle Bin – Eiskalter Engel
- Reminder (Denk-Daran) – dahi24
- Remove Drive Safely – Plamen Todorov
- searchALL Gadget – Jayden Howard
- ShutdownRestart – Midnight Mick
- Slide Show – Microsoft
- Sticky Notes – Microsoft
- Top Five – Orbmu2k
- Turn off PC – Carlos A. Prialé Condori
- Unit Converter – GadgetWE
- Volume Control – Orbmu2k
- スクロールカレンダー – 66turn
Changes in GadgetPack 38.0 :
- Renamed 8GadgetPack to GadgetPack and moved the website to gadgetpack.net.
- Update graphics of many gadgets, gadget icons, graphics for gadget grip buttons, and installer. Big thank you to Lixkote for supplying this!
- Removed some gadgets that were either no longer working or redundant. Note that if you install this version these gadgets will remain installed if they were already present.
- Update graphics of CPU, Picture Puzzle, Slideshow, Currency, Drive Activity, Drive Info, Mousemeter, Powerstatus, Remove-Drive-Safely, Recycle-Bin, Shutdown-Restart, Turn-Off-PC, Unit-Converter Gadgets.
- Fixed some issues with Calendar Gadget.
- 7 Sidebar: Updated graphics for buttons.
- Make previews look better on Win11.
- The Clock Gadget features a new default skin, with the option to revert to the old skin in the gadget settings if preferred.
- Also, fix an issue where the Options of Clock would show wrong.
- CPU gadgets have been updated to display usage in the same format as the Task Manager.
- Fix Slideshow Gadget stops working in some circumstances.
- Update My Weather and Igors Gadgets to the newest version.
- AppLauncher: Make icons less blurry on High DPI Settings.
- Also, update default applications.
- Clipboarder: Change default skin.
- Fix opening clipboards with the new Notepad in Win11.
- Fix hang when retrieving the icon of a file on a slow drive.
- Enable blur for one skin.
- Battery Meter: Works now without .NET Framework runtime installed.
- Volume Control: Replace skins with ones that work with high-dpi settings.
- Countdown2Date: Fix some issues.
- MSN Weather: Update graphics of all symbols.
- Fix some high-dpi issues.
- Search All: Fix broken links and some other issues.
- TopFive: Fix text clipping and update graphics. Notes: Fix the green color.
- Show caret and buttons only when in focus.
- All CPU Meter: Fix error message involving Core Temp.
- Network Meter: Remove some options that no longer work.
- Date and Time: Fix the incorrect time display when selecting a time zone.
- Also, update the list of time zones.
- HUD-Time: Adjust the gadget to extend more tightly, making it easier to snap to a corner.
- Update holidays in the Japanese calendar.
- Add a new simple Digital Clock Gadget.
- Add Color Palette Gadget.
- Add Display Sleep Gadget.
- Fix rare Gadget Rendering issue.
- Fix the issue when an error message about compatibility mode appears.
- Fix the issue that could potentially delay Windows shutdown/restart.
- Make gadget startup more reliable and faster.
- Ensure gadgets remain visible on the desktop when pressing Win+D or the button in the bottom right corner on Windows 11.
- 32-bit Windows and gadgets that require a 32-bit process are no longer supported.
Supported Operating Systems: Windows 11, 10.
Size: 16.7 MB
