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Widget Board and MS Start Feed

Anonymous
2025-03-24T06:26:12+00:00

I haven been struggling to make my Widget/MS Start Feed Board behave in a proper way.

  1. When the Start Feed section is on/enabled the Board flickers twice before sliding out. Like it is opening twice, on top of itself. Incredibly annoying! Also, when "Hover" is enabled the Board slides out as expected, but it will not slide back when mouse-over is away. Also very annoying. I have to click twice elsewhere ti make it disappear.

I have tried everything including uninstalling and reinstalling the Web Experience Pack. Still same behavior. The only "workaround" I have found so far, is disabling the MS Start Feed part. Then the Widget Board behaves nice calm. Slides out with no flicker on hover and back again when.mouse removed. However, I need some of the feeds. Those cannot be added as a Widget.

Everything works beautifully on my wife's Laptop. We both have a Lenovo Thinkpad.

Please help me solve this annoying behavior!

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Siva Shankar 10,995 Reputation points
2025-03-25T18:23:25+00:00

That’s great to hear!

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-03-24T17:09:21+00:00

    Hello again Siva,
    I followed your instructions to the very point. I noticed that the folder LocalState contained a lot of subfolders, however I deleted everything in the LocatState folder. Did a reboot and activated the Widget feature in Settings -> Taskbar.

    Sorry to say the issue persist: The MS Feed section still flickers twice, upon launch. The hover configuration is a headache: It makes the Widget Board (MS Feeds to be correct) slide out producing the annoying flicker (like loading twice, on top of each other) but when I remove the mouse from the board, it should slide back to the right (disappear) but I have to clock more that two times outside the Board to make it close down. Siva, this is incredible annoying.

    I did uninstall the Web Experience Pack and reinstalled it from Microsoft Store, prior to this the other day. The only way to get some peace is to disable the MS Start Feeds and only run the Widget Board. Here thinks work as per design...

    Can you still help me with the described issue(s)

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  2. Siva Shankar 10,995 Reputation points
    2025-03-24T12:17:47+00:00

    Hey sorry , Ignore the step.

    1. Close all open widgets.
    2. Open File Explorer and navigate to: C:\Users\YourUsername\AppData\Local\Packages\MicrosoftWindows.Client.WebExperience_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState
    3. Delete everything inside the LocalState folder.

    4.Restart your PC and test the Widget Board.

    Please follow them and check if the issue still persists

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-03-24T10:25:51+00:00

    Hello Shiva

    Thanks.

    I am not sure how to perform this step:

    1. Open File Explorer and navigate to:Close all open widgets.

    Where is this located?

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  4. Siva Shankar 10,995 Reputation points
    2025-03-24T10:03:49+00:00

    Hello ,

    I’m here to help you in resolving your issue

    Since the issue persists after reinstalling the Web Experience Pack, try clearing the widget cache.

    1. Close all open widgets.
    2. Open File Explorer and navigate to:Close all open widgets.
    3. Open File Explorer and navigate to: C:\Users\YourUsername\AppData\Local\Packages\MicrosoftWindows.Client.WebExperience_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState
    4. Delete everything inside the LocalState folder.

    5 .Restart your PC and test the Widget Board.

    After trying above steps, please reach out to me if you have any doubts or issues

    Help others by sharing your experience! Click “Yes” if this solution worked for you or “No” if it didn’t.

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