Start by going to and downloading the program, then double click to begin the install process:Ĭertainly looks good, doesn’t it? Click Next to continue.ĭisclaimer: I scanned the binary when I downloaded and installed this program and it was clean. Still, let’s have a look, because if all you want is a clock and the clock on the Taskbar (you know, the lower right edge of your screen) isn’t enough, it is a solution. I looked around and did find someone who had cobbled together a Windows 7 widget utility that brings back the original Win7 desktop widgets, but it’s rather flakey from what I can ascertain. Still, the official Microsoft answer for Windows 10 would undoubtedly be “use the active tiles on the new start menu”, and that works when the menu’s visible. And while those active tiles remain accessible from the Start menu, the widgets never quite made it back when we were all dropped back onto the Desktop upon login. True, it did, but then Windows 10 came along and we went back to the Desktop with a Start menu. In fact, it was way back in July of 2010 that Microsoft recommended everyone disable the Win7 Desktop Gadgets!īy Windows 8, the logic was that the start screen would give you everything you wanted, whether it was a weather widget, a clock, a stock ticker or anything else. It was definitely a really cool concept and there were a number of slick widgets people created, but there was one major issue that caused Microsoft to drop it from Windows 8: security. Press the new Ctrl + Alt + C key combination to activate the flip clock screensaver and check the time.Ah yes, the old Desktop Widgets and side panel from Windows 7 days. Select the Apply and OK options to save the new hotkey. Click in the Shortcut key box shown directly below, and press the C key. Right-click the Fliqo’s desktop shortcut and select Properties. You can even turn the Fliqo.scr desktop shortcut into a screensaver hotkey.
Then you can double-click the Fliqo.scr shortcut on the desktop to immediately activate and view the clock. Select Send to and Desktop (create shortcut) on the context menu.
Right-click the Fliqo.scr file there and select Show more options. To do that, open the extracted Fliqo folder in File Explorer. Read also: How to Add Classic XP Screensavers to Windows 11If you don’t want to wait for the clock screensaver to come on, set up a desktop shortcut for it. It’s a good alternative to the somewhat boring screensavers that come with Windows these days. Then the Fliqo flip clock screensaver will appear. Now leave your PC idle for whatever wait time you set for the screensaver.
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