Vista - Windows Sidebar will not Start in Vista

Hi Plokijey, and welcome to Vista Forums.

What is the error message that you get?

Go ahead and finish the rest of the commands to see if you area able to start Windows Sidebar afterwards. If not, then try doing the tutorial while in Safe Mode to see if you can do all of the commands without getting an error. This tutorial will show you how to if needed.

Safe Mode

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Hey Brink.
This is really a tutorial first i want to say Thank you.
I had same problem and after reading this tut. i fixed this problem.
i did an action with sfc/scannow command before reregistering dll's. and i dont know which action did fix my problem but i guess just scanning ( scannow) isn't enough for fixing. I think it fixed after reregistering dlls. Anyway thank you very much for this tutorial. I want to say again. This is really a tutorial.
I will tell everyone that need help for this situation and show them this Site's url

Thank you Thank you Thank you
Again Thank you

Your welcome Cheliksel, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Sometimes the sfc /scannow may help, but usually it is the re-registering of the dll files that fixes the problem as you stated.

Shawn

i learned now with this shortly reading again thanks so much

Step Two worked for me!
...oh, and by the way, Brink is single-handedly better than Microsoft Support. That means all online and over-the-phone help.
WIN!

Thank you Righteous, and welcome to Vista Forums. I'm happy to hear that it is working for you now.

Shawn

This was great. I needed to run from the command prompt, but windows sidebar is now running and visible.

Your welcome Mtooley, and welcome to Vista Forums. Thank you for posting back your results.

Shawn

Hi, i was wondering if someone here can point me in the rght direction to solve my windows sidebar problem.

All i did was install IE 8 Beta 2, and by the way i love it. So i wont take it off. I have allready tried the step number 2 but did nothing to fix the problem.Every time i restat my pc or turn it on the sidebar tries to open but it errors out and windows cant find a solution for it so the only thing it does is gathers info and sends it for a future fix.

Can some one help me???

Hi d4rkd3ze, and welcome to Vista Forums.

As a test, uninstall IE8 Beta 2 to see if your Windows Sidebar will work properly afterwards. You may also have a gadget that is not compatible with IE8. If you have installed any gadgets other than the default Vista ones, then you might try removing them one by one to see.

Hope this helps,
Shawn