Then, create a dword value turnoffuserinstalledgadgets in the right panel, and change its value to 1.
If any of the subkeys \windows\sidebar does not exist, create it as explained below. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. With this tweak you can opt to disable execution by removing user installed gadgets from windows sidebar. Sidebar has the ability to make use of gadgets, which are small applets that may display information or utilities to the user. Microsoft has introduced yet another feature in windows vista, the sidebar on desktop. This tweak can disable execution of user installed gadgets from the new Sidebar feature of desktop.Ĭlick Here to Run a Free Scan for None Related Errors Remove user installed gadgets from Sidebar. If you want to retain the ability to display the sidebar gadgets but also want full use of the desktop,ġ.Right-click the gadget you want to detachģ.Move the gadget wherever you want on the desktopĦ.There will now be an icon in the system tray for the sidebar if you want to get it back You also can't put icons on the space it uses. I have no viruses that my antivirus can find.Īny changes you make in the registry can make the computer unstable or UN-operable.īy default, the sidebar can take up a unwanted room on the desktop. I am running Vista Ultimate 32-bit with SP1, and have UAC disabled if that's significant. none, and it's as if I had never touched it).
I have also tried disableing the startup item through msconfig, but it has the same effect (i.e. You untick it and it has no effect (if you go into the properties again it will be re-ticked). I did that soon after I built my computer and it worked for ages, but then it somehow got switched back on (I think it might have been windows update) and now that method does nothing. I know you would usually just go to the properties (either by right clicking on the sys-tray icon or through the control panel) and un-tick run on startup (or whatever it's called). It just clutters the desktop and system tray, and uses resources (which is admitedly almost negligable, but if there are loads of things like that running then it all adds up).Īnyway, back to the point. OK, as you have probably guessed, I'm not a fan of windows sidebar - I find it pointless and annoying, especially when I have a screen on my keyboard which is usually set to display multicore CPU usage, memory usage, bandwidth etc etc (it's a Logitech G15 keyboard -2nd edition/orange one- if your curious).
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