The gadget file extension is associated with Windows sidebar gadgets.
Gadgets are mini applications that can give you information and provide you with access to frequently used tools. Windows Sidebar helps you to organize your gadgets.
Windows Sidebar is a panel on the side of the Microsoft Windows Vista desktop where you can keep your gadgets organized and always available. You can customize Windows Sidebar to suit your preferred location—always on top or resting below maximized windows. Windows Sidebar is all about personalizing your own personal desktop.
Gadgets
Gadgets are mini programs with a variety of possible uses. They can connect to web services and deliver business data, weather information, news updates, traffic maps, Internet radio streams, or even slide shows of online photo albums. Gadgets can also integrate with other programs to provide streamlined interaction.
Windows Vista and Windows 7 comes with an essential set of gadgets to get you started, and you can also download more.
You can easily download, open and install new gadgets to your sidebar. Gadget file is basically a zip file which contains gadget files. It can be renamed to ZIP and simply decompressed by any compression utility.
This gadget file type entry was marked as obsolete and no longer supported file format.
This type of file is no longer actively used and is most likely obsolete. This is typically the case for system files in old operating systems, file types from long discontinued software, or previous versions of certain file types (like documents, projects etc.) that were replaced in higher versions of their original programs.
Updated: January 23, 2020
