But this desktop gadget will come in handy if you want to take a glance at your storage drives without wasting any time. Of course, you can do it from the file explorer itself. This is why constantly checking on your free storage is a good practice. If your C drive becomes full of junk files, it might slow your computer down. Besides, you can customize the look and feel based on your choice. It shows you the available memory, temperature, and a few other parameters. If you are a gamer, you would definitely want to check on the GPU status. Most laptops and desktops are nowadays built with discrete graphics processing units.

The design of this gadget is a bit nerdy, and most people will fall in love with this. IP address, firewall status, speed graphs are some useful additions to the features.

This is an all-in-one gadget for Windows that shows you various network parameters. If you are a networking enthusiast, then this one will help you a lot. You can also customize this gadget with your favorite font and background color. But if you want a quicker and simpler option, Minimal Notepad is the one to go for.

I know that Microsoft Sticky Notes has become a great option for taking notes right on the desktop. This gadget is specially made for office users. However, in terms of productivity, nothing can beat this classic widget. Unfortunately, the color scheme and font choice are not the best in this gadget. This is why it is most suitable for laptops and other portable devices.

This is originally a system monitoring gadget with a battery percentage. Laptop Stats is one of the most popular desktop gadgets out there. Here is a list of the 8GadgetPack gadgets for Windows that you can use on your desktop. Besides, there are different software to apply those gadgets, which leads to compatibility issues.īut I think 8gadgetPack has the most support for third-party desktop gadgets, and this is why I recommend this. Since there is no centralized repository from Microsoft to store and distribute publicly available widgets for Windows, it is very difficult to find the best ones from the internet. But we are fortunate enough that there are a lot of third-party independent developers who have come up with some solutions like 8GadgetPack to install these widgets on Windows 10. You know desktop widgets were always built to increase productivity, and even mobile operating systems like Android and iOS have adopted this feature recently.

Windows desktop note organizer