[Fix] Currency, Stock or Weather Gadgets Not Updating in Windows 7

Did the Currency, Stock, or the Weather Gadget got stuck and stopped updating in your Windows 7/Vista computer all of a sudden? Clearing the Sidebar Gadgets cache using the following steps might help.

Clear the Windows Sidebar Cache Folder

Press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC to bring up the Task Manager.

Exit Sidebar.exe process via Task Manager.

Instructions for Windows 7

1. Press WinKey+R, type the following and press ENTER:

%localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows Live\Services\

2. Right-click on the “Cache” folder, click Rename.

3. Assign a new name (e.g., cache.old) for the folder.

4.Press WinKey+R, type the following and press ENTER:

%localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar\Cache

5. Delete the folder named 53eab605-3b97-4da0-8e92-ea49d47af529

The above folder is where the Currency Gadget stores some data. Likewise, Weather gadget stores the data in a folder named 168522d5-1082-4df2-b2f6-9185c31f9472.

6. Press WinKey+R type Sidebar.exe and press ENTER.

Instructions for Windows Vista

1. Press WinKey+R, type the following and press ENTER:

%localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows Live\Services\

2. To reset the cache for Currency gadget, right-click the folder “currency” and choose Delete.

3. Press WinKey+R type Sidebar.exe and press ENTER.