Dashboard widget manager gone

[loves_the_IIsi]

So I casually open up dashboard yesteday and my widget manager that came with 10.4.2 is gone And I have no idea how to get it back, apparently it's part of dashboard, and not just another widget. I restarted, no luck, but I don't know what else to do to get it back. Anyone seen this problem?

 

[ElDiabloConCaca]

There's an actual Widget Manager widget, then there's the "Manage Widgets" button that appears when you click the "+" symbol to add a new widget... are both of those gone?

 

[loves_the_IIsi]

There's an actual Widget Manager widget, then there's the "Manage Widgets" button that appears when you click the "+" symbol to add a new widget... are both of those gone?

The "Manage Widgets" button is gone. I downloaded a third party widget manager and installed it, so that is there, but the Apple one isn't. When I download new widgets it doesn't ask if I want to install it etc.

Edit: Okay I take that back, I misunderstood you. The "Manage Widgets" button IS there, but the "Widgets" widget is not there. And when I clicked on Manage Widgets, this is what showed up

 

[MrNivit1]

Looks like your widget manager file (the actual widget) got corrupted. I'd upload mine, but i can't seem to find my copy (the actual file, that is).