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Cannot locate Windows Vista Sidebar

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M
Muttu Original post #1
Nov 2, 2008 at 8:35 PM
Hello,

I have Vista Ultimate OS.The problem is I cannot locate the side bar.
No not even in Accessories section or anywhere else.I searched in google and came across this solution,

" Jason Ross
I had the same issue. The way I solved it was by running the command prompt as a true administrator and typing in these commands:

cd \Program Files\Windows Sidebar
regsvr32 -u sbdrop.dll
regsvr32 -u wlsrvc.dll
regsvr32 atl.dll
regsvr32 sbdrop.dll
regsvr32 wlsrvc.dll "

But In the command prompt I faced these errors messages,

"
C: \Windows\system32>cd \Program Files\Windows Sidebar
The system cannot find the path specified.

C: \Windows\system32>regsvr32 -u sbdrop.dll
'regsvr' is not recognized as an internal or external cammand,
operable program or batch file. "

Could you please suggest how to proceed?
C
Nov 2, 2008 at 9:21 PM
Check C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar and double click sidebar.exe if it exists.
skippednote
Nov 2, 2008 at 9:26 PM
^
if it doesn't try repairing your copy of vista
M
Nov 3, 2008 at 9:21 PM
@Helmi(Muttu)
Did u try copying the Windows Sidebar folder to Program Files?????
jal_desai
Nov 4, 2008 at 4:52 AM
did u install some third party side bars or used customization tools for sidebar??? try searching C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe