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Gadgets in the Windows Vista Sidebar are not displayed correctly
- Copyright © 2008 Ramesh Srinivasan
- Windows Vista
Question
When I open Windows Sidebar, the clock gadget is displayed as a black square. All other gadgets show up as white rectangles with one of those information (i) icons and a plus sign. The settings button next to the gadget does not work, but the x to close does. Here is a screenshot:
Answer
This behavior is observed if the XML registration is missing in the system. To fix the problem, use the following steps:
- Close Windows Sidebar. To do so, right-click on the Sidebar icon in the Notification area and click Exit
- Open an elevated Command Prompt window. To do so, click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator.
- In the Command Prompt window, type the following and press ENTER:
regsvr32 msxml3.dll
Similarly, run these commands:
regsvr32 scrrun.dll
regsvr32 jscript.dll
If the registration was successful, you'll see the message DllRegisterServer in <filename> succeeded for each command executed. Open Windows Sidebar (sidebar.exe) and check if the problem is resolved.
Last updated on Aug 11, 2007
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41 Responses to "Gadgets in the Windows Vista Sidebar are not displayed correctly" 
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said this on 27 May 2007 5:45:36 AM PDT
Tryed, but still not working.
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said this on 09 Jun 2007 9:36:46 AM PDT
if you have this issue is due a registry cleaner program you used. Stop using registry cleaners! Registry cleaners create more damages than what they should fix!
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said this on 29 Jun 2007 6:25:40 PM PDT
didn't work for me and i don't use a registry cleaner
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said this on 07 Jul 2007 6:45:14 PM PDT
It did not work!Even when i
restored from a backup!
Same result!
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said this on 21 Jul 2007 9:26:23 AM PDT
It is still broken. What next? Thx.
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said this on 15 Aug 2007 11:11:43 PM PDT
Thanks for the quick fix! It worked for me and everything is back to normal. I am very pleased. :)
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said this on 18 Aug 2007 1:09:36 AM PDT
Works great buddy...
thanks for the help..
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said this on 25 Aug 2007 9:43:44 PM PDT
Thank you! It did not work at first, but I read another person's remark that indicated one must reboot to be effective. Correct! Works fine now.
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said this on 03 Sep 2007 1:09:14 AM PDT
thanx a lot m8 i have resolved the problem
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said this on 04 Sep 2007 9:14:32 PM PDT
Awesome. Worked after a reboot. Thank you! Also fixed some blank web page errors on hotmail and flash.
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said this on 09 Sep 2007 7:52:26 AM PDT
I have the same problem described here with the Sidebar. I tried the suggested fix including a reboot but no help. Any other ideas?
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said this on 11 Sep 2007 5:32:46 AM PDT
I have tried all registering .dlls and rebooting after it, but my sidebar is still not working.
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said this on 19 Sep 2007 1:22:22 PM PDT
The problem is with security zone settings in IE.
If all above was unsuccefull ,try to reset IE settings http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/06/12/628499.aspx
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said this on 05 Oct 2007 4:25:09 AM PDT
I had the same problem after using a registry cleaner, after following the instructions above, the problem is solved without even are reboot. thanks Mr Ramesh
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said this on 11 Oct 2007 4:03:27 AM PDT
wrks gr8.....everythin is bck to normal....it also solved prb in IE (not loadin up page properly :S )...thnkx a lot
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said this on 10 Dec 2007 6:12:07 PM PDT
Thank you very much! It worked for me!
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said this on 19 Dec 2007 4:27:32 PM PDT
I tried this but the last one didn't work. I get a pop up message that says "The module 'jscript.dll' may not be compatible with the version of Windows that you're running. Check if the module is compatible with an x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of regsvr32.exe."
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said this on 27 Dec 2007 6:02:20 PM PDT
Doesn't work even after a reboot, when I typed the things in it said it worked but windows Sidebar is still as it is.
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said this on 31 Dec 2007 12:56:32 PM PDT
Thank you Ramesh, that has fixed my problem with McAfee Internet Security Suite which would only display a blank window with no text and no controls making the product unusable.
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said this on 19 Jan 2008 5:28:38 PM PDT
No fix, after reregistering the first file I get Error Code 0x80004005. Any Ideas?
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said this on 29 Jan 2008 10:49:42 PM PDT
Thanks for the quick fix! It worked for me and everything is back to normal. I am very pleased. :)
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said this on 07 Feb 2008 7:23:57 AM PDT
Tnx! after 4 weeks of serching! iv edited my registry and stuff... but this did the trick! cheers
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said this on 31 Mar 2008 1:08:44 PM PDT
Thank you Ramesh !! it really worked . Also my media player wasn't working before , but its back to normal. :-)
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said this on 01 Apr 2008 3:59:25 AM PDT
this problem is caused by registry cleaners. DON'T USE ANY REGISTRY CLEANER, because a registry cleaner is useless and screws up your system
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said this on 21 Apr 2008 6:13:07 PM PDT
thank you! it's work for me. very usefull tips
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said this on 07 May 2008 11:19:00 AM PDT
THNX! worked for me! had a problem with sidebar, windows media player en internet explorer on vista. pictures or graphics weren't shown. even youtube didn't work with internet explorer. this fixed it. thanx a lot.
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said this on 08 May 2008 1:10:41 AM PDT
You've saved me a ton of frustration. I also had major problems with Java and downloads (example: Flash player wouldn't download).. after applying those commands, & rebooting system.. everything appears to be running great now! THANKS AGAIN...
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said this on 25 May 2008 10:50:04 PM PDT
bingo !!!! it worked perfectly.
thanks for the tip. i had this problem when installing KIS 7 after uninstalling KAV 6
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said this on 17 Jun 2008 4:26:42 PM PDT
wow. I had about 50 gadjets in the sidebar. I don't know how they got there. but I couldn't get them out by rebooting the computer or using system restore.
I happened upon this site and tried the above advice. I typed in all 3 commands and I was able............to take the gadgets out one by one till I had the only three I wanted in there.
thanks for your suggestion!!!!!
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said this on 19 Jun 2008 3:35:15 AM PDT
it really worked......thanks :)
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said this on 23 Jun 2008 11:38:58 AM PDT
Worked Great - this has been bugging me for weeks - must have been due to some Windows Update nonsense as this machine never gets any new software and is never 'tinkered' with. Many many thanks!
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said this on 10 Jul 2008 10:49:57 AM PDT
Thanks a lot!!! I have be fighting an issue with IE7 and displaying asp and running javascript pages. I had no luck in finding a solution. Also my sidebar controls stop working but I was focusing on the IE problem. Once I research my sidebar issue and found this post, the solution fixed both my problems. Thanks Again!!
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said this on 22 Jul 2008 8:41:01 AM PDT
Thanks didn't work at first but removed a gadget and then restarted sidebar again. I won't reinstall the culprit gadget.
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said this on 05 Aug 2008 12:42:06 PM PDT
help, tried to type in dll as instructed, but command prompt says not recognised internal or external info
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said this on 10 Aug 2008 8:54:41 PM PDT
exelente tip amigo. Muchas gracias
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