sidebar dependencies ?

[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]

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.

Edited June 20, 2012 by UltimateSilence

[ricktendo]

Sidebar.exe /RegServer

There may be a reg entry you need to add also

Edited June 20, 2012 by ricktendo64

[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

Edited June 20, 2012 by vinifera

[UltimateSilence]

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?

Edited June 21, 2012 by UltimateSilence

[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

Edited June 21, 2012 by vinifera