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Hello,
I am Parsa,
I am using Windows 11 Insider preview build 22000.176 in Beta channel but the widgets panel is old and looks alike the widgets panel on the first leaked versions of Windows 11. Following items are missing in my widgets panel:
And these functions are unavailable in my widgets panel:
I have joined to the Insider program from Windows settings and I have not downloaded any ISO files from Internet.
Please fix this issue on the next Windows 11 cumulative update if it is a Bug. It seems the widgets needs to install again or maybe completely replaced with a newer version in my Windows 11.
Does anyone know how to fix this problem? I have checked the file location of Widgets.exe and found the version code of this .exe file. please take a look to the summary:
As you can see here, widgets.exe is old and it is modified on June 5, before official release of Windows 11 on June 28, whereas I have updated to Windows 11 build 22000.51 on June 30.
Now, this is what I see in widgets:
So, How can I update widgets.exe?
Looking forward to your reply,
Best regards.
![](data:image/svg+xml, %3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='64' class='font-weight-bold' style='font: 600 30.11764705882353px "SegoeUI", Arial' width='64'%3E%3Ccircle fill='hsl(60.8, 61%, 15%)' cx='32' cy='32' r='32' /%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='55%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' fill='%23FFF' %3EM%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Hi
The widgets panel is not a bug.
If you are not satisfied with this design,
you could also give your feedback on this page:
https://insider.windows.com/en-us/understand-feedback
As a Windows Insider,your feedback can change and improve Windows for users around the world.
We are looking forward to listening to your advice.
Best Regards
![](data:image/svg+xml, %3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='64' class='font-weight-bold' style='font: 600 30.11764705882353px "SegoeUI", Arial' width='64'%3E%3Ccircle fill='hsl(281.6, 64%, 37%)' cx='32' cy='32' r='32' /%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='55%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' fill='%23FFF' %3ES%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E)
I have the same problem on the latest available build .120.
The widgets panel look like in the first release, no option to add/remove (basically the same functionality as the Win10 one).
The MS Store looks like on Windows 10, not like in the 11 builds.
Hi,
I have the same problem with widgets, store, and chat icon.
Chat is not available in my Windows 11.
So could you solve this problem?
You can also give a feedback in Feedback hub app. But I cannot do it because it is not available in my region.
![](data:image/svg+xml, %3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='64' class='font-weight-bold' style='font: 600 30.11764705882353px "SegoeUI", Arial' width='64'%3E%3Ccircle fill='hsl(89.60000000000001, 81%, 18%)' cx='32' cy='32' r='32' /%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='55%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' fill='%23FFF' %3ERA%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E)
What you are seeing in the official release of the Windows 11 is the official design and it not bug.
However, you may open start and search for feedback and open Feedback Hub app and share your idea of how want it to be look like.
![](data:image/svg+xml, %3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='64' class='font-weight-bold' style='font: 600 30.11764705882353px "SegoeUI", Arial' width='64'%3E%3Ccircle fill='hsl(124.80000000000001, 23%, 22%)' cx='32' cy='32' r='32' /%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='55%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' fill='%23FFF' %3EKM%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E)
No, Even I have a similar problem. As in the attached Screenshot, the add widgets button is missing and the menu shows the Account settings instead.
I am on the build 22000.160
Yes, my widgets looks like this.
But this is not only problem.
I am using 22000.160 and clock app is not updated.
I don't see any changes in anipping tool, mail, calendar, and Microsoft store.
It seems it is a dead build.
I think we should download the official ISO file of build 22000.132 and update the OS.
![](data:image/svg+xml, %3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='64' class='font-weight-bold' style='font: 600 30.11764705882353px "SegoeUI", Arial' width='64'%3E%3Ccircle fill='hsl(176, 44%, 27%)' cx='32' cy='32' r='32' /%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='55%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' fill='%23FFF' %3EXM%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E)
I am having the same issue. All images and articles show a widgets menu like that on the left, however, some of us are seeing an outdated version of the widget menu, despite being on the current version of Windows 11, as shown on the right. This means we are unable to customize our widgets.
Hello,
Thanks for your helpful reply,
I hope developers fix this issue in next updates,
I recently switched to beta channel but widgets is old, yet.
