Fix Windows 7 Sidebar & Gadgets Not Working When UAC is Disabled

By Sandip Dedhia on January 22, 2009
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Windows 7 Desktop Gadget

Windows 7 Sidebar has significant change then windows vista. Windows Vista sidebar was completely independent of user account control. However in windows 7 sidebar with gadget and UAC are related means if you turn of or disable UAC in windows 7 then sidebar will not work.

This has been done to prevent users from installing any malicious unsigned desktop gadget in windows 7. Since most of the users prefer to keep User Account control (UAC) disabled, they wont be able to enjoy desktop gadgets and sidebar in windows 7, well here is small work around basically a registry hack to make windows 7 sidebar with gadget to work when UAC is disabled or turned off.

How to Enable Sidebar & Desktop Gadget with Disable/Turned Off UAC in windows 7

1. Click on start and type regedit on search bar

2. Now navigate to follow registry key in left pan of registry editor

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Sidebar\Settings

3. Right Click in right pan of registry editor to Create A New DWORD(32 Bit Value) with name “AllowElevatedProcess” and set value as “1”.

4. Now close registry editor

5. Right click on desktop and add desktop gadgets to confirm Desktop gadget and sidebar working properly

You can download AllowElevatedProcess.reg and double click on AllowElevatedProcess.reg file to add registry entry.

Windows 7 Sidebar with Desktop Gadget

Windows 7 Sidebar with Desktop Gadget

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  • Joe Young

    Thank you for this fix my friend, great instructions. I am using Win 7 64 bit with 8GB of ram and love it, so much better than Vista already and blazing fast. I have not experienced any issues at all except for this sidebar thing. It will be another mistake if they disable the sidebar when disabling UAC. I hate the UAC but am sure it will be useful to some. Thanks again!

  • Nikita

    Thank U from Russia! :)

  • Beerbellybilly

    Thx for help even thoug i am drunk, very helpfull. Buuuurp

  • SmoakThatBowl

    Thank you very much, works like a charm!

    I’m in agreement with many others, so far I’m enjoying W7 more than Vista and I’ve been using V for quite sometime. The easy accessibility of the wireless networks and option of adding admin rights to temporary tasks is a major upgrade.

    UAC removal took me a second to figure out, but once that was over, it’s been a great experience so far.

  • Troy

    Thanks!! That was driving me nuts trying to figure out how to get those things back on!!

  • Mictain

    Now if I can just figure out how to get 32 bit flash gadgets to work. I love the weather addon called “Pro Weather”, but can’t get it to work in Windows 7. :(

  • Stef

    Thanks a lot! You saved a lot of my nerves :-)))

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  • Ahish

    thank u!!!

  • Alex Jorge

    Thanks for this.

    I Download the utilities and save this page, First thing to do when I arrive home is try it.

    :)

  • Mictain

    /quote
    Now if I can just figure out how to get 32 bit flash gadgets to work. I love the weather addon called “Pro Weather”, but can’t get it to work in Windows 7. :(
    /quote

    Forgot to mention…I’m running 64 bit Windows 7

  • Jubran

    its work 100%

    big thanks

  • http://NA itchan

    working and simple tutorial. nice dude

  • Cap’n Jack Burntbeard

    Thanks you rock

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  • http://www.britneymeadows.com/blog Britney

    WOW, thank you SO MUCH for this!!!!!!!!!! 100% satisfied with this solution! I’ve been so mad at it not working, and now it does. Do you think you could fix my tuner card that doesn’t work now? (it worked for a week or so then decided to not work).

    Thanks again!

  • http://monthsforever.wordpress.com .c

    worked perfectly on win 7 beta via boot camp on osx leopard.

    thanks.

  • Blake Woodington

    Thank’s a heap mate, i thought my beta was rooted. Thanks for the solution!

  • N1C3

    Thanks so much, it is very appreciated i do a lot of OC’ing and my desktop gadgets help me keep on eye on my CPU vitals :D

    Best tutorial I have ever seen :D

  • Nick

    Nice work around, this exactly what I needed. Thanks!

  • darshan

    thanks it worked……..

  • http://yuingoprek.co.cc nurul

    nice tutorial, is it ok if i post this article to mine for my archive?

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  • Fabiano Brazil

    Thank you!Yes I got it
    You’re the best!!!

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  • Ran

    good work…
    Thanks.. Worked fine

  • Saman

    tnx sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much:X:X:X:X:X:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • kurt80

    you are a goddess
    thanx

  • gautham

    your explanation is stupid.

    i am also using win 7 with uac disabled. but it works fine. maybe some problem with ur build

  • kostas

    thnx

  • http://bcmdesigns.com/ Britney

    Is there anyway to make the “sidebar” not run on startup… msconfig doesn’t give me any option and the program itself doesn’t either. Thanks in advance…

  • Yannis

    Thanx from Greece

  • http://www.best-registrycleaner.net registrycleaner

    Thank’s a heap mate, i thought my beta was rooted.

  • Kanerd6

    i followed this, but i didn’t find settings in the sidebar folder. under it was just another folder for compatibility. please help!!

  • Asifkhan_619

    Try in : HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionSidebarSettings

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Yarkov-Anton/1466724605 Yarkov Anton

    Guys, I made a small simple gadget for text editing. You can download and try the installation for it on my website (of course, for free):
    http://www.ayarkov.com/project.php?id=30
    Please, write me your ideas and suggestions about creating of gadgets or software you need =).

  • Badjek606

    Try this one, It may work! Ive done all that stuff but it doesn’t solve the problem. Downlaod Malwarebyte here is the link: http://www.malwarebytes.org/ (free download) install>Full scan> removed selected. Mine was not displaying properly like that in the above but this solve my problem! Good luck!

  • Tom

    Guys, I went to HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionSidebarSettings but there was no settings folder???? Can anyone please help me? Where to from here? Thanks in advance. :)

  • Suchibrata Ash

    did not have a satisfied result……………..

  • Simranrocks94

    Just close all the gadgets from desktop and then try it out,
    If not then do these fuking things!!!!

  • Paleozoid

    Hi Tom,

    Did you get an answer to this question? I have exactly the same problem.

    Jay

  • http://www.best-registrycleaner.net Best Registry Cleaner

    I am also using win 7 with uac disabled.

  • Marvin1317

    This worked perfectly, great freeware.. thx
    (I did’t have settings under sidebar also..)

  • Tom

    Problem Solved.. Your side bar will work perfectly when you create a new user and delete your old one… but before you delete your old one find out how to transfer all your files to your new user….. :)

  • Hefkam

    Worked fine for me. Thx.

  • Manolo

    funcciona! Gracias!

  • Hi

    Ok the sidebar works it’s just when I put gadgets on the sidebar its like they are corrupted or something because all the gadgets are messed up. They just show like maybe the outline or maybe just some dots that are on the gadget.

  • Hi

    @Badjek606
    never mind it’s working now thanks to that program.

  • Rajram2

    I CANNOT FIND THE SETTINGS FOLDER

  • Rajram2

    please tell me i cannot find the folder setting hoe to create

  • rammayor

    i had a similar kind of problem on my windows 7 64 bit version. Some gadgets disappeared and the clock turned black. After a long time found a solution.

    Deleting the Zone setting from Registry can help fix the Gadgets issue.

    1. Open regedit and navigate to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet Settings Here, delete the Zones Key

    2. Restart the Computer and test it

    it worked for me..check it out guys and let me know!!

  • Prithvi Ice

    Tns rammya love u uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

  • Razara

    hey, thanks for the solution with installing and scanning with malwarebytes..! it’s work for me very well…and i’m happy now. =)

    i’m very appreciate it and thanks again, Badjek606 .
    regards.
    -razara-

  • Biswas0002

    i m not getting zonekeys……………………………….

  • orange..

    i also followed thos, but i didn’t find settings in the sidebar folder….
    plz reply..

  • Trex

    Thanks a lot! it worked for me as well.

  • Felipe_fsa

    Thanks a lot!!!
    I’ve got my problem, which was the same, completely solved.
    I even had other bug envolving ActiveX solved after the scan.
    Pretty efficient solution!!

  • Nick

    thank you man , it realy helped me , i’ve tried all this stuff with removing the zones registry folder and many other and thought that nothing will help me.
    this malware also has found other issues and fixed them.

    thanks a lot from Moldova.

  • AJ

    Mine use to work and now it doesn’t. I haven’t changed any settings however I tried to do what it says here but “Settings” doesn’t exist in my “sidebar” folder it only has “compatibility” written there.

  • Admin

    You saved my day! :) Many thanks from Poland.

  • http://twitter.com/CRO_GUY Dino Lazarevi?

    http://www.malwarebytes.org solved all of my Win7 (64bit) gadget problems!!!!!!

    Badjek606 U R THE MAN!!! THE MAAAAN!!!

    THANK YOU MATE!!!!
    Best regards!

  • Mesha

    I’m using windows 7 32bit, I’ve followed the instruction above, but my gadget still doesn’t work.. :(
    could someone please help me ?

  • Ezra_drummer13

    gadgestku iki rah kenek mas…
    mestii metuu gadgets stoped mas..
    yok op cara mas???
    pean lak iso emailen aq yoo…
    ezra_drummer13@yahoo.com
    swun sak durunge..

  • antuk

    There is another “workaround” for those gadgets not functioning on Win 7. Try this, it worked for me when all the other solutions failed:L
    There is a very easy solution for this problem:
    1. open the regedit
    2. navigate to this address:
    HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet SettingsZones
    3. Rt. click on Zones and export it to your desktop as a backup.
    4. Delete Zones and re-start your computer.
    5. You should be able now to display your gadgets.

  • Isamo4u

    thank u alot from japan^^

  • elcapo

    The zones’ trick did work for me, thanks a lot antuk!

  • Starkey

    Thanks very much works on the first time :X

  • Keith

    …..ive tried many ways to fix it.. grrr, ,anyway , ,thank you for sharing that link ..it solved my problem .^_^ @ rednash

  • Keith

    …..ive tried many ways to fix it.. grrr, ,anyway , ,thank you for sharing that link ..it solved my problem .^_^ @ rednash

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