[vinifera]

since i used rt7lite to customize my win7 install
seems I removed sidebar support as well

now I opened original install.wim and extracted back "sidebar" folder into program files
and registered back with regsvr32 both sbdrop.dll and wlsrvc.dll

but I can't run sidebar.exe itself
it won't start at all

any cure ?

[UltimateSilence]

vinifera, on 19 June 2012 - 06:38 PM, said:

since i used rt7lite to customize my win7 install
seems I removed sidebar support as well

now I opened original install.wim and extracted back "sidebar" folder into program files
and registered back with regsvr32 both sbdrop.dll and wlsrvc.dll

but I can't run sidebar.exe itself
it won't start at all

any cure ?

Dependency Walker log for Sidebar.exe (should be) attached.

EDIT: File will not upload.

This post has been edited by UltimateSilence: 20 June 2012 - 02:09 AM

[ricktendo]

Sidebar.exe /RegServer

There may be a reg entry you need to add also

http://www.msfn.org/...post__p__755811

This post has been edited by ricktendo64: 19 June 2012 - 11:41 PM

[vinifera]

nothing happens

does this thing maybe need .net 3.5 to run ?
(tho I'm not getting any error messages)

regarding dependency walker
it reports ieshims.dll that file cannot be found
but i have it, even copied it to sidebar folder

tho I do have IE feature "uninstalled" via programs and features

This post has been edited by vinifera: 20 June 2012 - 01:03 PM

[UltimateSilence]

vinifera, on 20 June 2012 - 12:59 PM, said:

nothing happens

does this thing maybe need .net 3.5 to run ?
(tho I'm not getting any error messages)

regarding dependency walker
it reports ieshims.dll that file cannot be found
but i have it, even copied it to sidebar folder

tho I do have IE feature "uninstalled" via programs and features

I will remove IE on my Windows 7 installation and let you know if the Sidebar still works.

Vinifera,
It should be noted that ieshims.dll was also reported missing for me, but this is before I uninstalled Internet Explorer. Sidebar worked perfectly at that time.
It apparently does not work without IE. Upon removing IE, I execute Sidebar and nothing happens, though Task Manager states that it is running.

However, clicking "Gadgets" in the context menu on the desktop does work on my end. Could you try that and see if it works for you?

This post has been edited by UltimateSilence: 21 June 2012 - 01:37 AM

[vinifera]

I managed to find reg entry that enables that context menu back
and indeed gadgets start to work then and sidebar.exe appears in task manager

but again if i try to run it alone it wont start

This post has been edited by vinifera: 21 June 2012 - 10:56 AM