Drag more times to have multiple weather gadgets on your desktop, for different cities! Click the ' x' close button to remove a city (customization and location will be lost for that gadget). While Windows 8 no longer supports Gadget functionality, third-party software can still allow you to bring your favorite Windows Vista and Windows 7 gadgets into the Windows 8 desktop with the.When transparent, mouse over to temporarily restore full opacity. Right-click on it and open the ' Opacity' submenu to change it from near transparent ( 20%) to 100% opaque (default).Click, hold, and drag to move the gadget on screen: it snaps and docks against the edges.For even more information about upcoming days, click on the city name, and Windows 7 will open MSN Weather in your default web browser! Tip: move your mouse anywhere above the weather gadget to get a text description (tooltip) for not-so-obvious iconography. To get more weather information and next 3 days' forecast, click on the middle button to switch to large: The gadget now displays a (always gorgeous) background image representing both time of day and weather conditions, in addition to city and temperature in overlay.Optionally change temperature units from Fahrenheit to Celsius, and click ' OK' either way.

Simply click on the picture of a house (or other icon that may be there) under the words 'View your active networks', then click 'Merge or delete network locations'. Enter your city or zip code, hit Enter, and correct to the right state / region if needed: In Windows 7, this can found in the 'Network and Sharing Center'. A small version of the weather desktop gadget now floats on screen, probably with the wrong location: to change city, hover above it with your mouse and click on the wrench button.Tip: otherwise, if you no longer see a weather gadget, minimize all your windows. Right-click on the gadget and pick ' Always on top' to make it float above other windows.

When the Gadget Gallery launches, drag the weather gadget and drop anywhere outside that window: if you can't see it, type ' weather' in the search box (top right).

Windows 7 hides gadgets by default: type ' gadgets' in the start menu and hit Enter.

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