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Weather Channel Windows Vista Gadget

The Weather Channel just created a fantastic Vista gadget that provides your local weather and shows you a quick view into what the weather will look like over the next few days.  Even better, it links to the local radar that is based on Virtual Earth!  The gadget is also posted in the Gadget Gallery up on live.com (http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=8e134119-7320-4d3b-a5b0-60b025db3956&bt=1&pl=1).

If you have Windows Vista, download it from the link below and install onto your sidebar.

http://download.weather.com/web/services/gadgets/vistasidebar/TheWeatherChannelVistaSidebarGadget.gadget

 

Posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 7:50 PM by chabrook
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TPJ said:

That's just what I was looking for! A huge improvement over the standard Vista weather gadget. Thanks.

# May 23, 2007 2:06 PM

Dave's Team System Blog said:

Another cross-post here. Chad Brooks posted a link to a Weather Channel Vista Gadget for seeing your

# June 5, 2007 4:13 PM

michael falderoff said:

what happpened to the radar gadget that you could load 3 radar maps from the weather channel web site ???

it really really works !!!

I LOVE IT !!! I can't find it so i can put it on another computer and I can't find the program on mine

( i installed it straight from the web..didn't save the program then installed it)

# August 20, 2007 6:19 AM

Carl Sharak said:

Weather Channel's Vista Gadget is great: graphic, easily expandible to 3 day forecasts, and better yet is bug-free.

# January 5, 2008 10:17 PM

Direnc said:

is there more information on this gadget? On the Yahoo Widget have much more information and attractive. I'm looking for like yahoowidgets in vista side bar. At least a similar gadget like widget... (five days forecast and good readable day&nihgt pictures are great value)

if it possible to make a gadget, I never leave this more accurate weather information on my territory...

thanks

# January 8, 2008 9:32 PM

Markus Weidner said:

michael falderoff-

Vista gadgets are stored in a few places

C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets

C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\Shared Gadgets

%userprofile%\appdata\local\microsoft\windows sidebar\gadgets

I just reinstalled Vista and forgot to backup my gadgets and now it looks like the 3 map radar gadget is no longer available.  Can you possibly e-mail me yours??  Or if you have since found it can you let me know where to go?

# July 4, 2008 10:10 AM

Luke said:

Does not seem to have Canada support :(

# September 20, 2008 7:58 AM

Piero said:

Thanx mate, exactly what i was looking for

# December 29, 2008 5:51 PM
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