
If your taskbar is centered, you’ll see the Widgets icon on left, when you click it, it changes to the Weather icon.

After running each command, you’ll notice the command prompt displaying a message that the Vibranium tool has successfully set feature configuration.Click Start, type cmd, and select “Run as administrator”.Extract the zip file contents to Windows\System 32 folder.Note: the following instructions involve running a third-party tool that Microsoft does not recommend, run the tool and follow the instructions at your own risk, we’re not responsible for damage your device may incur with this article.Įnable Weather Widget on the taskbar in Windows 11 However, the new feature is available to only a few insiders, if you want, you can get the Weather Widget icon on Windows 11 taskbar too, here is how. The build also includes the Spotlight collection backgrounds feature. Microsoft has fulfilled both by adding Widgets Entry point to the taskbar in build 22518. Users have requested to make it easier to open Widgets by providing a shortcut than opening them by clicking them.Īpart from the Weather icon that shows Widgets on hover over (Yep, you don’t need to click on the new Weather icon to open Widgets), you can use the Win+W shortcut or Esc and again press the Win+W shortcut to close that.īesides requests to make it easier to open and close Widgets, there is a popular demand to bring the weather icon to the taskbar in Windows 11. If you like the feature, you can continue to use it. If you don’t like Widgets, you can disable and remove them. Widgets in Windows 11 show up-to-date information on news, weather, stocks, entertainment, and sports when you click on its icon on the taskbar. If you’re missing, the News and Interest feature of Windows 10 that shows Weather on the taskbar, the company has added a Weather widget icon to the taskbar in Windows 11 as an entry point for Widgets. Microsoft has already bloated Windows 11 with a Newsfeed through Widgets and Edge bar in Microsoft Edge.
