Apr 25, 2017 April 25, 2017 Deviantdon Clocks 2017-04-25T06:28:06+00:00 Clock Gadgets Nailing down the perfect desktop design is often tricky. Once you get started, it’s usually a never ending spiral of customization, wallpaper searching, and settings tweaking. Oct 02, 2018 How to use Alarms & Clock app in Windows 10. Content provided by Microsoft. Applies to: Windows 10. Alarms and timers. Select Compare (the two clocks), and then select a time on the slider at the bottom. Select a location on the map to change which place the slider is referring to.
There is a clock on Windows 10’s taskbar, but I find it really small on my large 27” full HD monitor. So, I was looking for a good desktop clock for Windows 10. After searching for close to a week, I finally got what I was looking for.
Before I tell you about this new desktop clock for Windows 10, let me tell you little about desktop gadgets and why I didn’t use desktop gadgets to get a better clock.
As you likely know, desktop gadgets or desktop widgets are officially not part of Windows 10. Microsoft has dropped desktop gadgets from Windows 10 for security reasons, and there is no built-in alternative to desktop gadgets in Windows 10 (we may get one in future when Microsoft decides to add live desktop tiles). That said, you can always get desktop gadgets feature in Windows 10 by installing desktop gadgets for Windows 10, but I didn’t want to compromise on security.
Coming back to the new desktop clock that we are going to share with you, it’s not a free program to start with. However, it can be bought for just $1 from Windows Store. You can even try it before buying it. The new desktop gadget or widget is called Sense Desktop.
Sense Desktop
Sense Desktop is a Windows Store app designed to help you place an awesome looking clock on your desktop. As the name says, the clock is inspired by the HTC Sense UI. If you remember, there was a free HTC Sense gadget clock out there for Windows 7 as well.
The Sense Desktop gadget is simply cool. In addition to the time, it also shows date and weather information with animations. You can obviously select or change the location and animations.
The clock is moveable and can be placed anywhere on the desktop.
You can choose the time zone, time display format (12 or 24-hour), widget size, and widget opacity. There is an option to show temperature in Fahrenheit or Celsius. Right-click on it and then click open Settings to see all available settings.
The Sense Desktop clock is the best looking and functional clock out there for Windows 10 desktop. If you are looking for a desktop clock, try it out right away.
Lastly, this is NOT a paid review of the clock. I liked it, so thought of sharing this beautiful desktop clock for Windows 10.
Windows 10 Clocks On Desktop
Visit the following Windows Store page to try or buy it. Let us know how do you like this desktop clock. Between, Fliqlo is the best clock screensaver out there for Windows.
Sense Desktop (Windows Store)
Microsoft released a new build of Windows 10 and with it comes a plethora of new features and updates. One item that has been updated but is not turned on by default is a new calendar and clock widget that you can see at the top of this post.
If you want to enable this feature in your install of Windows 10, it's quite easy, if you know how to tweak the registry. With that being said, only proceed if you have experience adding values to the registry because if you do this incorrectly, it can break your install of Windows 10.
- Open Regedit.exe
- Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionImmersiveShell
- Right click and select New - > DWORD (32-bit) and call it UseWin32TrayClockExperience with no spaces, exactly as written.
- Click on the clock in the system tray
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Once completed, you will be able to see the new calendar and clock. Other than the new UI, there is not much else to the feature but seeing that it is polished, we expect this to arrive in the final release of Windows 10.
We have been covering all of the new features that shipped with the latest build of Windows 10, and if you need a refresher, you can check all of our coverage here. If you happen to find something that we have not covered yet, make sure to send us a tip. Or, if you are having issues with your install, you can get help in our forums here.