How to bring back a desktopX gadget invisible?

I had put a desktopX gadget on screen near the edge of my desktop and had it run on windows startup. A few days ago I noticed it wasn't on screen after a reboot. But I couldn't "start it back up" again -- if I clicked on it, hourglass woudl spin and then nothing. I checked the task manager and see that it is running but I can't get it to display. I suspect it is somwhere "off screen" but don't know how to reset it coordinates.

What's the best way to fix that situation? I looked for controls to do things with it in Desktop X but didn't find anything other than the normal "start" on windows load and the bring to front, back, etc.

Any help would be appreciated.

Todd

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Vad_M

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What the application you have tried to use? This is a "WIDGET" or directly "GADGET"? As well what is the name of this widget(gadget)?

I need this information to understand where it save its current position and how to make it visible again.

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if it's actually an object or widget & you know the name:

switch to builder moder, then right click on the builder icon in the tray
choose 'list object'

find it in the list and check the 'x'/'y' position - if it's there but off screen (negative numbers) you can right click on it and go to properties and in the summary tab change the x/y to something else (like 150/150) to bring in back in

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It was an actual stand alone widget -- the one I am having a problem with is "Vista Weather" which was kind of a clone of the vista sidebar gadget that runs on XP. I think that although it is a widget it's not totally stand alone -- it does require DesktopX be installed. Thanks on all the replies. I'll check into the suggestion Bichur mentioned tonight when I get back home and see if I can pull it out of the twilight

I'll let you know if that did the trick! Again thanks.

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Vad_M

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Vista Weather is a usual DesktopX widget (not a stand alone gadget).

This widget keeps current data in the simple text file (named "weather.ini") which doesn't contains any widget coordinates. Just temperature units and location...

So your problem isn't a bug in the widget script and you can't correct it in the DesktopX Builder. However it may be a bug in the Widget Manager! Try to run it and clear the widget cache (total!). Hope this help you.

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How to bring back a desktopX gadget invisible? i'm using a stand alone gadget, whn i minimize it it disapears and my only change to get it back is to go to TASK MANAGER.

How can i greate from my GADGET.exe application a System tray icon so i can restore back.??

thank you

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