Enable and disable windows sidebar program in Windows 7

[Anwar]

Hey Guys,

I'm running Windows 7 as my operating system. As i'm using Windows 7 recently so i don't know much about it. It shows lot of Window programs running on my system during start up. I would like to know that how do i enable as well as disable Windows sidebar program in Windows 7? Does any body have any idea on it,that how can i do so? Any kind of information on it would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

[Expertz]

In Windows 7 , you can't access Sidebar and Gadgets when UAC is disabled by slide bar. So this security settings would block anyone from installing a Malicious sidebar widget without user intervention . But many people who already disabled UAC is looking for a method to access those sidebar gadgets.

Enable Windows sidebar and Gadgets when UAC is disabled .

Press Win+RUN and enter regedit .
Now this will open Windows 7 registry editor .

From the left pane , search for the following registration entry .

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Sidebar\Settings

At this point , move on to right pane . Right click anywhere and select to create a new DWORD of 32 bit value and name AllowElevatedProcess . Here set the value as 1 .

Now you can enable Windows sidebar and Gadgets when UAC is disabled .

[Gusgr8]

Follow the below steps.

1. Download the sidebar files.

2. Download the script.

3. Right click on the script and click on Run as administrator and that's it.

4. If it doesn't open the Start Menu, then type sidebar and click on “add gadgets to desktop”.

Hope so it may help you out.

[Jimmy24]

Follow the below procedure to make it happen.

1. As usual, we type in regedit in Start menu search field and hit enter to open Windows Registry Editor.

2. Click, Yes for the UAC prompt (If you see any).

3. Move to the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Sidebar \ Settings

4. Here, you need to create a new DWORD value (32-bit) named “AllowElevatedProcess”.

5. Next, double-click on the newly created “AllowElevatedProcess” and change the default value to “1”.

6. Close Windows Registry Editor. Now you should be able to see the change in Desktop Gadget behavior.