Vista - Sidebar Gadgets

What do you open sidebar gadgets with under the open with option? i selected
notepad by acident once so now I dont know what the default program GADGET
programs open with. since i dont know what to open those files with i cant
install them.

Look for "sidebar.exe"


"Keeep Out" <Keeep Out@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:20E01FD8-77FA-49F7-A438-9619A892F93E@microsoft.com...
> What do you open sidebar gadgets with under the open with option? i
> selected
> notepad by acident once so now I dont know what the default program GADGET
> programs open with. since i dont know what to open those files with i cant
> install them.

"Hugh Jass" wrote:

> Look for "sidebar.exe"
>
>
> "Keeep Out" <Keeep Out@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:20E01FD8-77FA-49F7-A438-9619A892F93E@microsoft.com...
> > What do you open sidebar gadgets with under the open with option? i
> > selected
> > notepad by acident once so now I dont know what the default program GADGET
> > programs open with. since i dont know what to open those files with i cant
> > install them.
>
It wont open with that

Well, that is the program that starts the sidebar. Don't know what else to
tell ya. What is the file extension of the file you are trying to open?


"Keeep Out" <KeeepOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Hugh Jass" wrote:
>
>> Look for "sidebar.exe"
>>
>>
>> "Keeep Out" <Keeep Out@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:20E01FD8-77FA-49F7-A438-9619A892F93E@microsoft.com...
>> > What do you open sidebar gadgets with under the open with option? i
>> > selected
>> > notepad by acident once so now I dont know what the default program
>> > GADGET
>> > programs open with. since i dont know what to open those files with i
>> > cant
>> > install them.
>>
> It wont open with that

Save the below snippet into a .reg file and then double-click on it. it will
restore the file association required to cause Sadebar open/install .gadget
extensions.

-shannon norrell

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.Gadget]
@="Windows.Part"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.Gadget\shellex]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.Gadget\shellex\open]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.Gadget\shellex\open\DropTarget]
"CLSID"="{6B9228DA-9C15-419e-856C-19E768A13BDC}"

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"Hugh Jass" wrote:

> Well, that is the program that starts the sidebar. Don't know what else to
> tell ya. What is the file extension of the file you are trying to open?
>
>
> "Keeep Out" <KeeepOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C9DE5483-8D45-41A1-B829-02E35D6B99F5@microsoft.com...
> >
> >
> > "Hugh Jass" wrote:
> >
> >> Look for "sidebar.exe"
> >>
> >>
> >> "Keeep Out" <Keeep Out@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:20E01FD8-77FA-49F7-A438-9619A892F93E@microsoft.com...
> >> > What do you open sidebar gadgets with under the open with option? i
> >> > selected
> >> > notepad by acident once so now I dont know what the default program
> >> > GADGET
> >> > programs open with. since i dont know what to open those files with i
> >> > cant
> >> > install them.
> >>
> > It wont open with that
>
>