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In my testing using COM causes crashes when trying to get the list of running widgets, which is why I used the registry query method. I'll see if there are any other ways, but for now I'm afraid if you are using Windows and are seeing the widgets reopen after closing then The Widgets Widget is not compatible with your system.

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For all those experiencing the problem on Windows of widgets reopening automatically after closing. First, thanks for your patience and letting me know about the problem. Second, I've made a modification and uploaded version 2.36 to allow a work-around for the problem. The work-around is to double-click the button to close the widgets rather than single-click. I will continue to try to make the single-click method smart enough to deal with all Windows configurations and flavors, but unti…l then double-clicking should work. I hope this helps. Version 2.36 is available now at my website and should be available in the gallery in a few days.

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My apologies, but the double-click to force close widgets added in version 2.36 caused some problems. The Engine doesn't handle objects with both an onMouseUp and an onMultiClick handler the way I thought it would. So I've now updated to version 2.37 which will force a group of widgets to close if you hold down the shift key when clicking on the group name. So if widgets keep reopening after you close them, try shift-click on the group name.

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I found that site while, searching, but I didn't notice the widget download the first time around. Anyway, I tried it out, and the new method works perfectly. Thanks for your dedication, and kudos for being so quick to correct things.

J,

Thanks for your patience. I'll be leaving the shift-click method in place, but if I can come up with a more reliable way on Windows to determine what widgets are running I will implement it so that a normal click will work on both Mac and Windows.

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