jchen Posted October 10, 2009 CID Share Posted October 10, 2009 I have Windows Vista, and I've always had the Windows sidebar until a few months ago it suddenly vanished and never came back. I tried restarting the computer, because usually if I restart it, it comes back, but ever since it never came back. I went to the control panel, personalization and appearance and clicked on the option for windows sidebar, but nothing happened. WIll I ever get the sidebar back? I appreciate your help Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/26280-windows-sidebar/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted October 10, 2009 CID Share Posted October 10, 2009 goto start > then in the search box at the bottom, type "sidebar" without the quotes, and bam, there you go If this does nothing, or gives you an error that there needs to be a service running, post it , and someone will help you get it running again Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/26280-windows-sidebar/#findComment-314463 Share on other sites More sharing options...
compuguybna Posted October 10, 2009 CID Share Posted October 10, 2009 "%ProgramFiles%Windows Sidebarsidebar.exe" Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/26280-windows-sidebar/#findComment-314464 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted October 10, 2009 CID Share Posted October 10, 2009 "%ProgramFiles%Windows Sidebarsidebar.exe" Any simple explanation what to do with that to make it work? Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/26280-windows-sidebar/#findComment-314469 Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted October 10, 2009 CID Share Posted October 10, 2009 not really sure but im thinking thats the directory to find the .exe (executable file) for the sidebar....just a guess... Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/26280-windows-sidebar/#findComment-314471 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zalternate Posted October 10, 2009 CID Share Posted October 10, 2009 I killed the SideBar as one of the first things I did to Vista to Fix it to work better. My Windows 7 RC is on the new build machine now(off the old tester machine) and it's just so freaking awesome. Fast and no crashes. Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/26280-windows-sidebar/#findComment-314472 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fikester Posted October 10, 2009 CID Share Posted October 10, 2009 I have had no issues with the sidebar with SP2....? Still do not much care for Vista, but it came with my XPS1730 thought I would try it. Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/26280-windows-sidebar/#findComment-314494 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jchen Posted October 10, 2009 Author CID Share Posted October 10, 2009 goto start > then in the search box at the bottom, type "sidebar" without the quotes, and bam, there you go If this does nothing, or gives you an error that there needs to be a service running, post it , and someone will help you get it running again I clicked on sidebar in the search results but nothing came up Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/26280-windows-sidebar/#findComment-314496 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fikester Posted October 10, 2009 CID Share Posted October 10, 2009 use task manager to look for any process of sidebar.exe if so end them then run this file (will enable sidebar in registry) after you run - restart next do search for windows sidebar...look for sidebar properties then see that "start with windows is enabled" Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/26280-windows-sidebar/#findComment-314497 Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted October 10, 2009 CID Share Posted October 10, 2009 You can also look here! This was posted back in February!!!! http://www.testmy.net/t-25712 Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/26280-windows-sidebar/#findComment-314499 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanobot Posted October 11, 2009 CID Share Posted October 11, 2009 Here, this is how you can find it. I will attach a picture for easier explanation. Start-->All Programs-->Accessories-->Windows Sidebar Picture attached. Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/26280-windows-sidebar/#findComment-314503 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jchen Posted October 11, 2009 Author CID Share Posted October 11, 2009 Here, this is how you can find it. I will attach a picture for easier explanation. Start-->All Programs-->Accessories-->Windows Sidebar Picture attached. whatever button that says windows sidebar doesnt work for me. nothing comes up at all. Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/26280-windows-sidebar/#findComment-314505 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanobot Posted October 11, 2009 CID Share Posted October 11, 2009 If I were you I would repair Windows with a recovery disk or something like that. It should fix the issue, but if it doesn't you would need to google it or reinstall windows. Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/26280-windows-sidebar/#findComment-314529 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted October 12, 2009 CID Share Posted October 12, 2009 Wow. Side bar was kind of cool looking. But in my way. Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/26280-windows-sidebar/#findComment-314534 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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