After installing Avast free on my Win 7 Home Premium x64 I have encountered problems with gadgets. They can suddenly cease working and often no gadgets are displayed. I can’t access the gadget settings. Nothing happens if I click Gedgets in the control panel or from the desktop popup menue.
did you uninstall your previous used antivirus before installing avast?
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/gadgets
I usually have the Avast gadget and calendar when I reboot my computer but the past 2 times I rebooted they didn’t show up.
MS has stated that Gadgets are a security risk and no longer supports them.
This wouldn’t happen to occur after running an avast program update would it ? if so it’s an old problem and rebooting the system will usually fix the broken side gadgets.
As mentioned previously MS do not support the Gadgets anymore and the recommendation is to disable the sidebar.
Just rebooted my computer and now the Avast and Calendar Gadgets are showing on my desktop.
Didn’t have a previous antivirus program
Rebooting has only fixed the broken gadgets once. Mostly I don’t have my gadgets any more. I find the gadgets useful and havn’t heard about MS not supporting them. They are part of Win 7 which is supported. And btw just visting a web page can be a security risc have I heard.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/gadgets
Did you not click on this link?
I’ve seen this issue on a number of computers. To resolve the issue open up Avast!/Security/BehaviorShield/Settings/TrustedProcesses. Now browse to your Programs Files and select the Windows Sidebar folder and then select sidebar.exe.
HTH
All software sites are even doing away with Gadgets. They are a security risk. Avast should follow MS’s advice.
Don’t get excited, there are no gadgets in avast! 2014. 
http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/screenshots/u/Lh/1377903942561-59301.png
But shouldn’t a good security program be able to protect us against such risks so we can safely continue using gadgets ?
Don't get excited, there are no gadgets in avast! 2014
I’m not excited just stating facts. There are Gadgets in the released versions of Avast Bob. Gadgets are a waste of resources anyway. When Microsoft says that they are a security risk , I listen. I believe that Rainmeter skins are just as risky as all they are is a giant Gadget. I have never used either.
You’ve already been told that they’ll be history in the next version.
Why are you still complaining ???
Will they Bob? This is AIS Beta 1 2014
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b243/TK-1913/Capture_zpsf41279ab.png
I don’t use that product and the Free version doesn’t have it included.
Guess you get what you pay for.
The free version also has it included over a clean install… I’m guessing it’s perhaps the OSes. It showed up on Win 7 but not on Win 8…
Gadgets are allowed in Win 7 not part of Windows 8 or 8.1