Hi,

This is my second post about this issue, but it´s really anoying to me not
to be able to make my sidebar to work again.

I have installed Windows Vista FINAL ( not rc1 or rc2 ) in my laptop.
Everything was going well, but one day after a reboot I noticed that my
sidebar had dissapeared from my desktop.

Untill now i have tried almost everything but nothing seems to go well.
What i have done untill now is:

Tried to run from command line => dont worked.
Tried to run double-clicking at sidebar.exe => same behavior.
Checked my status bar to see if it was running in the background => it
is not.
checked system logs so see if in the applications or system logs i could
find something => nothing seems to go wrong.



At this point i don´t know what to do, if someone can help i will
apreciate it, i know that i am not the only one with this issue, so any
solution will help to a lot of people.

Regards.

Pedro Gil

"Pedro Gil" wrote

> Hi,
>
> This is my second post about this issue, but it´s really anoying to me not
> to be able to make my sidebar to work again.
>
> I have installed Windows Vista FINAL ( not rc1 or rc2 ) in my laptop.
> Everything was going well, but one day after a reboot I noticed that my
> sidebar had dissapeared from my desktop.
>
> Untill now i have tried almost everything but nothing seems to go well.
> What i have done untill now is:
>
> Tried to run from command line => dont worked.
> Tried to run double-clicking at sidebar.exe => same behavior.
> Checked my status bar to see if it was running in the background => it
> is not.
> checked system logs so see if in the applications or system logs i
> could find something => nothing seems to go wrong.
>
> At this point i don´t know what to do, if someone can help i will
> apreciate it, i know that i am not the only one with this issue, so any
> solution will help to a lot of people.


Have you tried a system restore to before the problem started?

Or from an elevated command prompt run sfc /scannow

Or try a Startup repair.
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...f3f351033.mspx

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Rock [MVP - User/Shell]

Hi Rock,

Restore point is not an available option because I have de-activated
"system restore" points when installed my machine.

I´m trying sfc / scannow to see what it says ;-)

I will post results here ..

Thanks for your time and help

Regards

Pedro Gil.
"Rock" <rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:e0sDcKbPHHA.3944@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> "Pedro Gil" wrote
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> This is my second post about this issue, but it´s really anoying to me
>> not to be able to make my sidebar to work again.
>>
>> I have installed Windows Vista FINAL ( not rc1 or rc2 ) in my laptop.
>> Everything was going well, but one day after a reboot I noticed that my
>> sidebar had dissapeared from my desktop.
>>
>> Untill now i have tried almost everything but nothing seems to go
>> well. What i have done untill now is:
>>
>> Tried to run from command line => dont worked.
>> Tried to run double-clicking at sidebar.exe => same behavior.
>> Checked my status bar to see if it was running in the background => it
>> is not.
>> checked system logs so see if in the applications or system logs i
>> could find something => nothing seems to go wrong.
>>
>> At this point i don´t know what to do, if someone can help i will
>> apreciate it, i know that i am not the only one with this issue, so any
>> solution will help to a lot of people.
>
>
> Have you tried a system restore to before the problem started?
>
> Or from an elevated command prompt run sfc /scannow
>
> Or try a Startup repair.
> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...f3f351033.mspx
>
> --
> Rock [MVP - User/Shell]

Well,

Bad News....the command sfc / scannow doesn´t seemed to work :-(

I will try startup repair to see if this works.

Regards .

Pedro


"Rock" <rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:e0sDcKbPHHA.3944@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> "Pedro Gil" wrote
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> This is my second post about this issue, but it´s really anoying to me
>> not to be able to make my sidebar to work again.
>>
>> I have installed Windows Vista FINAL ( not rc1 or rc2 ) in my laptop.
>> Everything was going well, but one day after a reboot I noticed that my
>> sidebar had dissapeared from my desktop.
>>
>> Untill now i have tried almost everything but nothing seems to go
>> well. What i have done untill now is:
>>
>> Tried to run from command line => dont worked.
>> Tried to run double-clicking at sidebar.exe => same behavior.
>> Checked my status bar to see if it was running in the background => it
>> is not.
>> checked system logs so see if in the applications or system logs i
>> could find something => nothing seems to go wrong.
>>
>> At this point i don´t know what to do, if someone can help i will
>> apreciate it, i know that i am not the only one with this issue, so any
>> solution will help to a lot of people.
>
>
> Have you tried a system restore to before the problem started?
>
> Or from an elevated command prompt run sfc /scannow
>
> Or try a Startup repair.
> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...f3f351033.mspx
>
> --
> Rock [MVP - User/Shell]

I think Startup Repair only repairs the bcd store.

"Pedro Gil" <nospam@spamhaus.com> wrote in message
news:ef9wyebPHHA.1280@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Well,
>
> Bad News....the command sfc / scannow doesn´t seemed to work :-(
>
> I will try startup repair to see if this works.
>
> Regards .
>
> Pedro
>
>
> "Rock" <rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:e0sDcKbPHHA.3944@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> "Pedro Gil" wrote
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> This is my second post about this issue, but it´s really anoying to me
>>> not to be able to make my sidebar to work again.
>>>
>>> I have installed Windows Vista FINAL ( not rc1 or rc2 ) in my laptop.
>>> Everything was going well, but one day after a reboot I noticed that my
>>> sidebar had dissapeared from my desktop.
>>>
>>> Untill now i have tried almost everything but nothing seems to go
>>> well. What i have done untill now is:
>>>
>>> Tried to run from command line => dont worked.
>>> Tried to run double-clicking at sidebar.exe => same behavior.
>>> Checked my status bar to see if it was running in the background =>
>>> it is not.
>>> checked system logs so see if in the applications or system logs i
>>> could find something => nothing seems to go wrong.
>>>
>>> At this point i don´t know what to do, if someone can help i will
>>> apreciate it, i know that i am not the only one with this issue, so any
>>> solution will help to a lot of people.
>>
>>
>> Have you tried a system restore to before the problem started?
>>
>> Or from an elevated command prompt run sfc /scannow
>>
>> Or try a Startup repair.
>> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...f3f351033.mspx
>>
>> --
>> Rock [MVP - User/Shell]
>

"Pedro Gil" <nospam@spamhaus.com> wrote in message
news:ef9wyebPHHA.1280@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Well,
>
> Bad News....the command sfc / scannow doesn´t seemed to work :-(
>
> I will try startup repair to see if this works.
>
> Regards .
>
> Pedro
>
>
> "Rock" <rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:e0sDcKbPHHA.3944@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> "Pedro Gil" wrote
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> This is my second post about this issue, but it´s really anoying to me
>>> not to be able to make my sidebar to work again.
>>>
>>> I have installed Windows Vista FINAL ( not rc1 or rc2 ) in my laptop.
>>> Everything was going well, but one day after a reboot I noticed that my
>>> sidebar had dissapeared from my desktop.
>>>
>>> Untill now i have tried almost everything but nothing seems to go
>>> well. What i have done untill now is:
>>>
>>> Tried to run from command line => dont worked.
>>> Tried to run double-clicking at sidebar.exe => same behavior.
>>> Checked my status bar to see if it was running in the background =>
>>> it is not.
>>> checked system logs so see if in the applications or system logs i
>>> could find something => nothing seems to go wrong.
>>>
>>> At this point i don´t know what to do, if someone can help i will
>>> apreciate it, i know that i am not the only one with this issue, so any
>>> solution will help to a lot of people.
>>
>>
>> Have you tried a system restore to before the problem started?
>>
>> Or from an elevated command prompt run sfc /scannow
>>
>> Or try a Startup repair.
>> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...f3f351033.mspx


Oops, I typed it wrong. That should be sfc /scannow, no space between the /
and the scannow.

--
Rock [MVP - User/Shell]

Thks Rock,

I typed the command in the right way, but nothin fixed ;-( I tried also
the repair option and obtained the same behavior.... i think i must start
believing in "gosts" ;-)

Any other ideas??

Thanks in advance

Pedro Gil.

"Rock" <rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> "Pedro Gil" <nospam@spamhaus.com> wrote in message
> news:ef9wyebPHHA.1280@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Well,
>>
>> Bad News....the command sfc / scannow doesn´t seemed to work :-(
>>
>> I will try startup repair to see if this works.
>>
>> Regards .
>>
>> Pedro
>>
>>
>> "Rock" <rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
>> news:e0sDcKbPHHA.3944@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> "Pedro Gil" wrote
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> This is my second post about this issue, but it´s really anoying to me
>>>> not to be able to make my sidebar to work again.
>>>>
>>>> I have installed Windows Vista FINAL ( not rc1 or rc2 ) in my
>>>> laptop. Everything was going well, but one day after a reboot I noticed
>>>> that my sidebar had dissapeared from my desktop.
>>>>
>>>> Untill now i have tried almost everything but nothing seems to go
>>>> well. What i have done untill now is:
>>>>
>>>> Tried to run from command line => dont worked.
>>>> Tried to run double-clicking at sidebar.exe => same behavior.
>>>> Checked my status bar to see if it was running in the background =>
>>>> it is not.
>>>> checked system logs so see if in the applications or system logs i
>>>> could find something => nothing seems to go wrong.
>>>>
>>>> At this point i don´t know what to do, if someone can help i will
>>>> apreciate it, i know that i am not the only one with this issue, so any
>>>> solution will help to a lot of people.
>>>
>>>
>>> Have you tried a system restore to before the problem started?
>>>
>>> Or from an elevated command prompt run sfc /scannow
>>>
>>> Or try a Startup repair.
>>> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...f3f351033.mspx
>
>
> Oops, I typed it wrong. That should be sfc /scannow, no space between the
> / and the scannow.
>
> --
> Rock [MVP - User/Shell]

"Pedro Gil" wrote

> Thks Rock,
>
> I typed the command in the right way, but nothin fixed ;-( I tried
> also the repair option and obtained the same behavior.... i think i must
> start believing in "gosts" ;-)
>
> Any other ideas??
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Pedro Gil.
>
> "Rock" <rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:eCr216bPHHA.3552@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> "Pedro Gil" <nospam@spamhaus.com> wrote in message
>> news:ef9wyebPHHA.1280@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Well,
>>>
>>> Bad News....the command sfc / scannow doesn´t seemed to work :-(
>>>
>>> I will try startup repair to see if this works.
>>>
>>> Regards .
>>>
>>> Pedro
>>>
>>>
>>> "Rock" <rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
>>> news:e0sDcKbPHHA.3944@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>> "Pedro Gil" wrote
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> This is my second post about this issue, but it´s really anoying to me
>>>>> not to be able to make my sidebar to work again.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have installed Windows Vista FINAL ( not rc1 or rc2 ) in my
>>>>> laptop. Everything was going well, but one day after a reboot I
>>>>> noticed that my sidebar had dissapeared from my desktop.
>>>>>
>>>>> Untill now i have tried almost everything but nothing seems to go
>>>>> well. What i have done untill now is:
>>>>>
>>>>> Tried to run from command line => dont worked.
>>>>> Tried to run double-clicking at sidebar.exe => same behavior.
>>>>> Checked my status bar to see if it was running in the background =>
>>>>> it is not.
>>>>> checked system logs so see if in the applications or system logs i
>>>>> could find something => nothing seems to go wrong.
>>>>>
>>>>> At this point i don´t know what to do, if someone can help i will
>>>>> apreciate it, i know that i am not the only one with this issue, so
>>>>> any solution will help to a lot of people.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Have you tried a system restore to before the problem started?
>>>>
>>>> Or from an elevated command prompt run sfc /scannow
>>>>
>>>> Or try a Startup repair.
>>>> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...f3f351033.mspx
>>
>>
>> Oops, I typed it wrong. That should be sfc /scannow, no space between
>> the / and the scannow.

Sorry Pedro, I don't.

--
Rock [MVP - User/Shell]