Yahoo! Widgets
What is Yahoo! Widgets?
Yahoo! Widgets uses a JavaScript runtime environment combined with an XML interpreter to run small applications referred to as widgets, and hence is part of a class of software applications called widget engines. It includes some default widgets to get users started, including a weather widget, a digital clock, and a calendar among other things. Some of the most downloaded ones include a world timezone clock, and webcam viewers. Each widget runs in its own system process, separate from other widgets and the main Konfabulator system process itself, thus improving the stability of the software application as a whole. Should a problem occur with a Konfabulator widget requiring it to be shut down, that particular widget can be shut down without affecting other widgets or the main Konfabulator application. Yahoo! Widgets provides a feature that can quickly bring all open widgets to the top of the desktop. It can be activated by pressing a hotkey (set by the user). This causes all widgets to be brought to the foreground, and all other applications to be dimmed. Widgets that do not specify images are either provided with their screen-shot from the official widget gallery or the default widget icon, both shown on the right. When rolled over with the mouse, the dock helps users manage their widgets with buttons to close a widget, show a widget's preferences, and reveal a widget from the head-up display. For users who prefer not to have a dock visible all the time, the dock has options to auto-hide when not active, or even close entirely.
About (from Yahoo!)
The Yahoo Widget Engine (formerly known as Konfabulator) is a JavaScript runtime engine for Windows and Mac OS X that lets you run little files called Widgets that can do pretty much whatever you want them to. Widgets can be alarm clocks, calculators, can tell you your WiFi signal strength, will fetch the latest stock ... Read more
Overview
- Automatically starts with Windows
- Connects to the Internet
Program details
URL: widgets.yahoo.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\yahoo!\widgets
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files2\Yahoo!\Widgets\uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 22.88 MB
Files installed by Yahoo! Widgets
| Program executable: | yahoowidgets.exe |
| Name: | Yahoo! Widgets |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\yahoo!\widgets\yahoowidgets.exe |
| MD5: | e98ea7471918e1987075815dc4c61001 |
| Taskbar: | Displays an icon in the notification area |
Additional files:
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yahoonew.exe - Yahoo! Widgets
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YahooWidgetEngine.exe
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uninstall.exe - Yahoo! Widgets Setup
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WebKit.dll - WebKit Dynamic Link Library
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InstallRunner.exe - Konfabulator InstallRunner (Second level installer)
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zlib1.dll - zlib (zlib data compression library)
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Converter.exe
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js32.dll
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jsd.dll
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task
- YahooWidgets.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{D11F9635-5288-4359-A82C-D3B033160458}' (runs on registration).
Startup File (User Run)
- YahooWidgets.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Yahoo! Weather' and executes as C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Widgets\YahooWidgets.exe.
Startup File (All Users Run)
- YahooWidgets.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'Yahoo! Widgets' which loads as "C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Widgets\YahooWidgets.exe".
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
- YahooWidgets.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Widgets\YahooWidgets.exe'.
Network connections
- YahooWidgets.exe connects to timegov.boulder.nist.gov (132.163.4.22 port 80).
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| yahoowidgets.exe |
| Memory: | 17.91 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0017504141% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00099492% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00075549% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 1,166,165 | |
| Switches/sec: | 6 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 21.85 KB | |
| I/O writes/min: | 227 Bytes | |
How do I remove Yahoo! Widgets?
You can uninstall Yahoo! Widgets from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program Yahoo! Widgets, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Yahoo! Widgets.
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 25%
Keep it 75%
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GLOBAL RANK
 #5,164
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
62.53% |
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| Windows XP |
14.76% |
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| Windows 10 |
13.92% |
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| Windows Vista |
8.74% |
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| Windows Server 2003 |
0.05% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
34.43% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
16.10% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
14.46% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
9.80% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
7.10% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
3.34% |
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Geography
56.03% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
56.03% |
| Germany |
10.87% |
| France |
3.66% |
| Canada |
2.72% |
| United Kingdom |
2.63% |
| Romania |
2.39% |
| MK |
1.15% |
| Italy |
1.15% |
| Spain |
1.07% |
| Australia |
0.91% |
| Croatia |
0.91% |
| Belgium |
0.66% |
| RS |
0.66% |
| India |
0.66% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
27.55% |
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| Dell |
26.23% |
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| Acer |
14.43% |
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| GIGABYTE |
8.11% |
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| Toshiba |
5.19% |
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| ASUS |
5.09% |
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| Medion |
3.68% |
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| American Megatrends |
3.30% |
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| Intel |
2.92% |
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| Samsung |
1.79% |
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| Lenovo |
1.70% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
4.68% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
3.51% |
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| Dell Inspiron 530 |
2.58% |
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| MEDIONPC MS-7728 |
2.34% |
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| ASUS All Series |
2.34% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
2.11% |
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About Yahoo!
Yahoo! is a major internet brand that provides search, contents, and other web services.
Publisher URL: www.yahoo.com