Comments on: Make Windows 7 Gadgets (Sidebar) Work With UAC Disabled http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/windows-7-gadgets-sidebar-work-with-uac-disabled/ Troubleshooting Windows 7/XP/Vista, Fixes & Tweaks | General Productivity Tips Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:27:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rod Lockwood http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/windows-7-gadgets-sidebar-work-with-uac-disabled/comment-page-1/#comment-17031 Rod Lockwood Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:09:26 +0000 http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/?p=850#comment-17031 This is the second time I have seen this suggestion to fix this problem. I am using W7 Home Premium. There is no Settings under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Sidebar. Also I am running W7 64 bit. Apparently that requires a ‘QWORD’. Please check and see which version this fix is good for and specify it. Then, since there is an obvious need to have different solutions for the different versions. We need all of the variants in one place so everyone can find the solution here no matter which version they are running. There should also be instructions for the mode (32 or 64 bit) that is being used. Also, I have tried the suggestion substituting QWORD for DWORD in the Current User (where there is a Setting) instead of Local Machine. It does not work either. Could it be possible you need to reboot for the changed registry to work? If so, no one mentions this either. This is the second time I have seen this suggestion to fix this problem. I am using W7 Home Premium. There is no Settings under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Sidebar.

Also I am running W7 64 bit. Apparently that requires a ‘QWORD’.

Please check and see which version this fix is good for and specify it. Then, since there is an obvious need to have different solutions for the different versions. We need all of the variants in one place so everyone can find the solution here no matter which version they are running. There should also be instructions for the mode (32 or 64 bit) that is being used.

Also, I have tried the suggestion substituting QWORD for DWORD in the Current User (where there is a Setting) instead of Local Machine. It does not work either. Could it be possible you need to reboot for the changed registry to work? If so, no one mentions this either.

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