Quick overview:
In some cases, the Windows Sidebar no longer starts automatically and therefore no gadgets are displayed. You can easily solve this problem...[By Sandro Villinger].
- Open "Computer" (see Desktop or Start menu) and select your system drive. You can recognize this by the Windows logo on the hard disk symbol:
This is usually drive C:!
- Now change to the directory "ProgramsWindows Sidebar". Click here with the right mouse button on the file "sidebar.exe".
- Select "Create link". The file "sidebar.exe - Shortcut". Highlight these and simultaneously press the "CTRL+X" to cut the file.
- Now open the start menu and select "All programs". Click with the right mouse button on "Autostart" and select "Open". Now press "CTRL+V" to insert the link to the sidebar. After a restart, the sidebar will load again automatically!
Note: The problem occurs very frequently on freshly installed systems. With Vista SP1 (Service Pack 1) this strange behavior also disappears again!
Yours, Sandro Villinger
Founded Windows Tweaks as a teenager in the 90s. His helpful PC tricks made it Germany's most visited Windows site (at the time Sandro looked like this). He then went on to write elsewhere, for example for PC-Praxis, Computer Bild and PCWorld in the USA. Microsoft also poached him from us. Now Sandro is back, finally sharing his tweaks here again. For a stress-free digital everyday life. You can reach Sandro via e-mail.
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On Windows Tweaks you will find time-saving tech guides for PC, software & Microsoft. For a stress-free digital everyday life. Already we have been "tweaking" Windows since 1998 and just won't stop!
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