Windows Xp Sidebar

A sticky reminder for my PC screen?

Yes there is and if you are using Windows Vista or 7 enable a Sidebar Gadget called Notes (in Vista), which looks and works just like paper Post-It notes stuck to your screen, or Sticky Notes in Windows 7. Type Gadgets in the Search box to find out how to install and use the Sidebar and download more Gadgets from the web. Windows XP doesn’t support Gadgets but there are plenty of freeware alternatives, including one that also called Sticky Notes. You’ll find a link to the download at: http://goo.

Install and Create Vista Sidebar in Windows XP « My Digital Life

Fancy having a Windows Sidebar on your Windows XP desktop to display and run popular gadgets such as Live Clock, iTunes Songs, Outlook Info, MSN Video, Remote Desktop Gadget, Google-bar, Weather Forecasts, Calculator, Hangman and KEXP Now Playing, just like in Windows Vista? Windows Sidebar provides instant access to gadgets , mini-applications that deliver games, live webcams, traffic maps, weather information, RSS feeds and other interactive, and customizable utilities that offer information at a glance and provide easy access to frequently used tools, in a similar way to Apple’s Dashboard Widgets and Yahoo Widgets. Windows Sidebar is available only for Windows Vista, however, for Windows XP users, a ported version of XP side bar is available for free download. MSTN has packaged all files and executables needed to install and run Windows Vista Sidebar in Windows XP properly into one setup file WindowsSidebarInstall.exe ( alternative download location ). Download and install WindowsSidebarInstall.exe . The installer will automatically create a sub folder Sidebar (can also be installed in “Windows Sidebar” folder) in the Program Files folder, and then copy all the necessary files, DLLs and executables (e.g. Sidebar.exe, xmlrw.dll and emu.dll) to the \Program Files\Sidebar (or \Program Files\Windows Sidebar folder if you choose so when prompted by setup) directory, with two more child folder “Default Parts” and “en-US”. Beside, the setup will also create a folder named “Parts” in the currently logged on user home directory (assuming you logon as Administrator, the Parts folder will be located in C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\ directory or accessible via %userprofile%\Parts command), with all the default gadgets (parts). This is the folder where all gadgets should be installed.

After finished copying the files, installer will automatically execute Windows Vista Sidebar Compatibility Patch which will patch Sidebar.exe so that the executable which originated from Windows Vista can be ran in Windows XP. Click Start and then click on OK when prompted with message that process succeeded with file successfully patched. Installation of Windows XP Sidebar is done.

To run XP side bar, click on Start and then Run. Type in the either one of the following commands, depending on your installation directory, in the Run box:

C:\Program Files\Sidebar\sidebar.exe

Realmente este sidebar es el mejor, ya que puedes agregar gadgets de manera muy fácil. Yo lo tenía instalado, formateé la lap y ahora que quiero instalar de nuevo la sidebar pues según hace todo el proceso, sin ambargo cuando le doy doble click al sidebar no parace la barra,¿a que se podrá deber este asunto?, la única barra que me dejó instalar es la de Thoosje pero lo malo de esta otra sidebar es que no puedes agregar gadgets. Si alguien me puede decir como le hago para volver a tener la otra sidebar(la que si le puedes agregar los gadgets desde la página oficial). Gracias y saludos desde Puebla, México.

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