Calendar Gadget in Windows Sidebar Is Blank With Orange Background
When you open Windows Sidebar and add the Calendar Gadget, it may show a plain orange background with no date. Also, the Stocks Gadget may now show when you add it to the Sidebar. Registering the vbscript.dll file from an admin Command Prompt fixes the problem. Follow these steps:
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.
Type the following command and press ENTER:
You should see the following message after running the command:
DllRegisterServer in vbscript.dll succeeded.
Exit the Windows Sidebar and re-open again. To exit the Windows Sidebar, right-click on the Windows Sidebar Notification icon and choose Exit. If that does not help, restart Windows and see if the Calendar and Stocks Gadgets render correctly.
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October 28th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Thanks for this usefull post! GOD bless you!
August 2nd, 2008 at 7:13 am
Just happened to me, I thought that it had something to do with the latest Windows Updates.
Sidebar works well again.
June 17th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
I just have to thank Mr Ramesh Srinivasan for the prompt and wonderful response. Romba Nanri Sir!!!
My problem got solved with the above cmd entry. Now my question is can i now again install KIS 2009? will the installation/uninstallation cause any more such problems? will this recurr?
Has use of cc registry cleaner got anything to do wih it?
June 10th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Thanks a lot for this! It happened on my friend’s computer, but I couldn’t remember how to fix it.
Thanks for your help, much appreciated! :)
Mike.