After changing the Windows Sidebar settings
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar\Settings.ini
( Where are the settings for the Windows 7 clock gadget stored? )
How do i refresh the Windows Sidebar to pick up these changes?
After changing the Windows Sidebar settings
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar\Settings.ini
( Where are the settings for the Windows 7 clock gadget stored? )
How do i refresh the Windows Sidebar to pick up these changes?
So far i have discovered killing and restarting "sidebar.exe" works.
But I assume there is a better way?
On Windows 7, right click on the desktop, view Show desktop gadgets, un-click it, then enable it again.
All the gadgets will initialize.
sidebar.exe
and restarting it does work though.
Save the following to a .bat text file and run it (probably as Administrator) :
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taskkill /im sidebar.exe /f
regsvr32 /s msxml3.dll
regsvr32 /s scrrun.dll
regsvr32 /s jscript.dll
regsvr32 /s atl.dll
Regsvr32 /s "%ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\sbdrop.dll"
Regsvr32 /s "%ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\wlsrvc.dll"
reg delete "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones" /f
"%ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe"
There's a way to make the last command exit the terminal without waiting on the program, but I forget it. You can just close the terminal.