Widget screen is blank

[kiddingguy]

My Windows Widgets screen has gone blank since several days.
Also, the temperature is not shown, and some latest news snippets.

I thought it was the recent W11 update, but that's not the case (on another computer it's still working).
I do see that the Windows Widget process is not running.

Multiple attempts have been made by me, e.g. reinstalling Microsoft Edge WebView2, re-installion of Windows Web Experience Pack, turning on and off the Widgets via Taskbar.

Nothing worked.

What can be the case here?

[Nick H. Supervisor]

On 24/11/2024 at 14:55, kiddingguy said:

I do see that the Windows Widget process is not running.

What happens if you manually start the process?

[kiddingguy]

On 24/11/2024 at 16:57, Nick H. said:

What happens if you manually start the process?

What's the process called? I cannot find it.

Where to start it from?

[kiddingguy]

This one didn't work: https://www.elevenforum.com/t/widget-exe-is-missing.27814/

[Nick H. Supervisor]

On 24/11/2024 at 17:02, kiddingguy said:

What's the process called? I cannot find it.

Where to start it from?

How do you know that the Widget service hasn't started, but you don't know its name?

Start a new process from Task Manager, selecting "run new task" and entering the process name.

I think that is about as much as I can help. I don't use Windows often anymore, and I don't use their widgets.

EDIT: Also, using PowerShell you want to look for the following package: MicrosoftWindows.Client.WebExperience

Remove that and put it back again, see if that helps.

[kiddingguy]

I kinda decided to reinstall Windows. Yes, it was that time of year.

Hopefully the widget will be working again....

[kiddingguy]

Yes. Reinstall worked