Windows Live Essentials is a suite of application programs.
It ***does not*** install any gadgets.
Gadgets in Win7 are available via your Start Button/Programs Menu called:
- Desktop Gadget Gallery
Windows Live Photo Gallery (WLPG) is a photo editing program (not a gadget).
WLPG was not included in XP (or Vista or Win7) thus requires a download and install.
- Vista unlike XP included a bundled but different version called Photo Gallery
- XP only provided a viewer called Windows Picture and Fax Viewer
- Win7 unlike (Vista) includes a program called Photo Viewer
WLPG provides the ability to signon with a Live ID. Live ID's are any Hotmail type account (Hotmail/Live/Msn.com and any third
party email address registered as a Live ID). All Live ID's are email addresses.
- sign on with a Live ID in WLPG provides the ability to share files with your Live ID SkyDrive, and a variety of other services
'Connected' to Windows Live (Facebook, Youtube, Flicker) and the option when Windows Live Mail is installed to send Photo email.
On Win7 Desktop Gadgets Gallery is present under 'All Programs'
- Start Menu orb/All Programs
Likewise installing Windows 'Live' PhotoGallery shows up on the All Programs menu
- contrary to most folks opinions that it should show up under the All Programs/Window Live subfolder (which if installed holds
Live Writer and Mesh)
You appear (since you keep referring to 'gadgets') to be looking for a gadget installed on XP (if a Live Gallery gadget, those are
no longer available as of Oct 2011) and upon upgrading from XP expected Win7 (after upgrading from XP) to accommodate that XP
gadget as an item in Win7's Desktop Gadget Gallery.
You may have opted in the past to use a third party gadget app from a company called MSTN (that provided the Vista SideBar gadget
files) as an non-MSFT supported add-on for XP (or installed other 3rd party gadgets apps - like Yahoo Widgets or Google Desktop)
If looking for a Live gadget (as noted they are no longer available) though you do have the ability to use the Windows 7 gadgets
(Desktop Gadget Gallery, and other other gadgets still available as an add-on). If looking for a photo gallery viewer in Win7 your
only options are the include Win7 Photo viewer, WLPG or another third party application (e.g. Adobe PhotoShop, Picassa, etc)
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....winston
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"W. eWatson" wrote in message
I can find a "Windows Live Essentials All" download link here.
As I explained to White above, I found a buried window maybe from an
essentials that I installed last night. It resulted in six useless
gadgets. The buried window (labeled ... essentials 2011) had a recommend
and custom choice for installs of Movie, Photo Gallery, etc. I chose
Custom. I selected the Photo/Movie combo, and it just finished
downloading. Now it wants me to sign onto Windows Live. e-mail and pwd.
This is screwy. I have a Live account, but I don't think I gave an
e-mail address. The Live Photo Gallery window looks like the one I've
used on other Win 7 PC. I see another choice to get a Live ID. I hope I
don't have to use my e-mail there.
