Vista Windows Sidebar - Reinstate on Windows 7

Ex_Brit said:

whs said:

Works like a charm. In addition I suggest to put the newly aquired sidebar .exe into the startup folder. Else you have to start the sidebar gadgets manually each time.

If you've set it up correctly it should be an option just like in Vista where you can tell it to start with Windows or not, whatever you want.

With Sidebar open right click the taskbar icon and select Properties.

Of course. I just have this habit of using the startup folder. Then I don`t have to crawl all over the system to see where to put the checkmarks. It is just a more generic way - I think.

You were not supposed to delete the Sidebar folder in program files - just rename it. You should end up with Windows Sidebar (2) from Win7 and Windows Sidebar from Vista.

What difference does it make since windows no longer reads the original files? Anyways I got it working myself. Thanks anyways.

Good, even the hard way sometimes works - LOL.

Hello! I'm a bit of a newbie here....
I was going along well with trying to get my old Vista sidebar back, but didn't understand your directions for steps 8 and 9. Can you please help with some screen shots or something for the less savvy users like me? I'm not sure where the Vista folders are...

Thanks in advance!!!

Hmm, suggest you use Method1 - there is no step9 and step8 is only for closing the sidebar. You can also right click on the sidebar itself and close it. Then when you want get it back up, just click on the icon in the tasktray.
But if that was not what you were looking for, plse post back. Method1 is really easy and should be no problem at all - but if there are steps you dont understand, I'll be glad to make pictures.
And tell me how far you got without problems.

Thanks for your reply--will try method one and see how it goes....

I was confused about the folders in the method two.

I figured out why I didn't use method one:

5. Go to the Windows Sidebar Programs folder in Vista and copy it.

6. Now just paste the Vista folder in the Programs folder on your Windows 7 partition.

What exactly is meant by the sidebar programs folder in vista vs the programs folder on my windows 7 partition??? This is what confused me and why I tried to use method two.