32-bit Sidebar.exe shows no gadgets; 64-bit fine


  1. Posts : 94
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
       #1

    32-bit Sidebar.exe shows no gadgets; 64-bit fine


    Hello!

    I have Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit; I'm having some trouble with my gadgets. I need to run the 32-bit version of the Sidebar for Flash to work. For the past few days, however, launching the 32-bit Sidebar leaves me with no gadgets (even though the \Program Files (x86)\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets folder has all the standard gadgets in it). However, the 64-bit version of the Sidebar displays all the gadgets perfectly.

    32-bit Sidebar.exe gallery:



    64-bit Sidebar.exe gallery:



    I have attempted SFC /scannow, lots of Regsvr32 "stuff", uninstalling and reinstalling the Sidebar, turning off/on UAC (it's normally at the second to last position), deleting the "settings.ini" in the Gadgets' folder, nada.

    Any ideas what happened and what to do to fix it?

    ~Ibrahim~
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  2. Posts : 2
    windows 7 home premium 32 bit
       #2

    Help! I have exactly the same problem, have you found a solution yet?!!!!
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  3. Posts : 435
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #3

    32-bit Sidebar.exe shows no gadgets&#59; 64-bit Sidebar.exe works - Microsoft Answers

    He/she posted that thread on the Microsoft Forums too.

    Try a System Restore that's how he/she fixed it.
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  4. Posts : 2
    windows 7 home premium 32 bit
       #4

    Ok thank you. But my problem is that my last system restore date is after the problem with the gadgets occurred. Is this a problem, or will a system restore to any date fix the problem?

    Many thanks
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  5. Posts : 53,363
    Windows 10 Home x64
       #5

    Welcome to Seven Forums Rower1978. A system restore point after the gadgets stopped displaying will not help.

    Have you run the System File Checker?

    SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker

    Just a thought. Open regedit and navigate to:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

    Make sure there is a listing for

    C:\program files (x86)\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe /autorun

    If the entry is not there you can create a new one and see if that helps.

    If no help, then a repair install should fix this, although you'll have to enable the 32 bit sidebar again.

    Repair Install

    A Guy
      My Computer


 

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