Stocks widget - keeps going back to default list..why?

[BadboyHouse]

i've just set up the stocks widget in Lion so that it shows my list of investments.

Problem is, when I log out and log back in to OSX, the widget reverts back to the default list of companies, with mine right at the very bottom.

Is there something I need to do in order to make it display just my selections?

 

[wrldwzrd89]

This is probably caused by the stocks widget's preference file (plist) not being writable. This is very easy to fix, once you find the offending file - it's in Users -> username -> Library -> Preferences (if you're running Lion Library is hidden, but Go To Folder can take you there), and called widget-com.apple.widget.stocks.plist (Odd file name, yes - Apple's choice, not mine). Once the file has been located, perform a Get Info on it, and see if the permissions on it say "You can read and write". If they don't, then there's your problem.

 

[BadboyHouse]

I've checked the permissions on that file but it already has read and write for my account.

Also tried removing and re-adding the stock widget.