Windows sidebar has stopped working

Ledgehammer · 27-03-2009 10:25AM #1

Hello there, hope someone can help me wth this

I have just installed Vista 64 on my home PC and the side bar opened up no problem but then i had a lot of updates from MS and took about and hour and a half to DL and install which included drivers for my graphics card and an update for my antivirus. One this finished i keep getting the message 'windows sidebar has stopped working' everytime i start the PC or try to open it manually.

I have a Geforce 9800gt with all latest drivers installed and am using Kaspersky AV - i have disabled this and still had no luck

Its not a life or death situation but it would be nice to have it back

Anyone got any ideas?

NullZer0 · 27-03-2009 10:36AM

Hi there,

There is a copy of sidebar.exe in the Windows\winsxs folder.
Boot into Safe mode and choose the Administrator account.

Do a search for sidebar.exe and then copy it out into the Program Files\Windows Sidebar folder.

iRock

Ledgehammer · 27-03-2009 11:47AM

Thanks for that, but im a Semi-noob how do i force start Vista into safe mode

NullZer0 · 27-03-2009 12:02PM

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-us/help/323ef48f-7b93-4079-a48a-5c58eec904a11033.mspx

Ledgehammer · 27-03-2009 12:15PM

Nice one,

Ok i got to the winsxs folder an the only files there that come under sidebar.exe is a few files called Sidebar.exe.mui theres 3 of them there. there is some files that just say Sidebar but are not .exe files

NullZer0 · 27-03-2009 12:27PM

You need to search for the sidebar.exe using the search feature because alot of the stuff in there is identified by its GUID.

Ledgehammer · 20-07-2009 08:08AM

Twas the drivers for my old graphics card, Didnt find this out till i put the new one in :-)

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