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 2001, 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 for international publications such as PC-Praxis, Computerbild, PCWorld in the USA, IMTEST.de and Hifi.de. Sandro's main job is as Global Product Marketing Lead and Consultant for various global tech companies, including Microsoft, AVG, Avast, Nero, TeamViewer, Swiss IT Security Group and now currently in the fintech sector for Gendigital. But he can't get rid of his passion and shares his tweaks here again. Privately, he enjoys traveling the world and loves Asia, especially Japan, Singapore and Korea, but also natural places like Iceland and the Nordics. You can reach Sandro via e-mail.
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