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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12 Comments

  1. Toni
    said this on Friday, April 23rd 2010 1:30 pm

    Worked great for me, thanks!

  2. Joe
    said this on Sunday, April 18th 2010 3:41 am

    Windows 7 in 2010–blank orange calendar gadget. The above fix did not help me. Oh Microsoft, how things never change.

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