![]() While Desktop Gadget Gallery remained untouched for most of Windows 8's development, pre-RTM build 8437 (fbl_dev_dp8) removed this feature due to remote-code execution vulnerabilities, which pose a security risk to end-users. Unlike Windows Sidebar, Desktop Gadget Gallery had a less turbulent development, and it received significantly less changes after its first appearance compared to its predecessor, being the most notable introduced in build 6780, which included gadgets no longer being shown by default, and the ability to snap gadgets to an invisible bar at the desktop's right side. Gadgets, however, still rely on the Windows Sidebar platform, and as such the sidebar.exe process is still present. ![]() Default gadgets from the Sidebar have also been kept, though some others were also removed, and they can be managed from the same UI as it. Desktop Gadget Gallery was first introduced in Windows 7 build 6471 as a replacement for Windows Sidebar, known simply as Gadget Gallery by this point, which contains several functionality updates the most important being the ability to place gadgets anywhere on the desktop rather than just on a bar at one of the desktop's sides, which has been removed.
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