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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Gadgets not Displaying Correctly in Windows 7

If you had installed default and additional gadgets in Windows 7 that are displaying improperly as black, white, blank, or just messed up, then this will show you how to restore it.

Open a elevated command prompt (Click Start Menu, Type CMD in Search programs and Files, Right click on CMD and select Run as Administrator)

In the elevated command prompt, copy and paste each command below and press Enter one at a time. After each time your press Enter, you will need to click on OK before doing the next command.
taskkill /im sidebar.exe /f

regsvr32 msxml3.dll
regsvr32 scrrun.dll
regsvr32 jscript.dll
regsvr32 atl.dll
regsvr32 "%ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\sbdrop.dll"
regsvr32 "%ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\wlsrvc.dll"

reg delete "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones" /f

This command will reset the security zones in Internet Explorer back to the default settings.

Now run the sidebar again by running this  "C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe"
if not appearing Sidebar with gadgets then restart the computer

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