Calendar Gadget in Windows Sidebar is blank with orange background

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:

regsvr32.exe vbscript.dll

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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9 Responses to “Calendar Gadget in Windows Sidebar Is Blank With Orange Background”

Aron

said this on Saturday, May 2nd 2009 11:22 pm

I have a problem with some of the sidebar gadgets’ background is magenta. Only some of them.
This started after the last Vista update on 4/29/09, which also installed IE8. I have seen some users complaining or this same thing after IE8 install.
I tried the suggested “regsvr32.exe vbscript.dll” fix. It ran without error, but did not fix the problem with the magenta background on some of the sidebar gadgets.
Also noticed that no clock gadget works now either (including the default gadget from MS). The clocks do not respond and can not be closed with the “X” at the gadget, but must be removed in sidebar properties.
Any insight on this issue would be appreciated.
Sam

said this on Wednesday, February 11th 2009 12:51 pm

Haha, finally this problem is solved.
The reason is that I used a IE tool (IEMaster) to optimalize IE8 and deleted some activex or somthing else.
So, after uninstalled IE8, the calendar is normal.
This is a leason that I should never try a third deep cleaner except MS.
Sam

said this on Wednesday, February 11th 2009 12:13 pm

It doesn’t work! My calender is still plain orange. I have registered both jscript.dll and vbscript.dll.
Also, tried other methods than could searched by Google.
Is there another solution to this problem?
shailendra

said this on Monday, February 2nd 2009 2:28 am

thanku Mr. srinivasan……………….
may god bless you……….long lasting and forever…………….
SomeGuy

said this on Wednesday, December 3rd 2008 9:26 pm

Thanks a lot, this worked perfect. Your help is much appriatiated
robert kurniawan

said this on Tuesday, October 28th 2008 3:48 pm

Thanks for this usefull post! GOD bless you!
kerflot

said this on Saturday, August 2nd 2008 7:13 am

Just happened to me, I thought that it had something to do with the latest Windows Updates.
Sidebar works well again.
mkhalifa07

said this on Tuesday, June 17th 2008 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?
Mike

said this on Tuesday, June 10th 2008 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.

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