As of a few days ago my desktop gadgets have stopped working. When I start Windows they appear to function normally for a minute or so then the error message "Windows desktop gadgets has stopped working" appears. Sometimes there is a second attmept to launch the gadgets but it fails in the same manner.
Worryingly for the general robustness of Windows 7, performing a System Restore to a time before the problem arose did NOT fix the problem.
