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Remove user installed gadgets from Sidebar.

This tweak can disable execution of user installed gadgets from the new Sidebar feature of desktop.

Tweak for : Windows Vista

Description:

Microsoft has introduced yet another feature in Windows Vista, the Sidebar on desktop. Sidebar has the ability to make use of gadgets, which are small applets that may display information or utilities to the user.

With this tweak you can opt to disable execution by removing user installed gadgets from Windows Sidebar.

For this, go to Start > Run menu, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. If any of the subkeys “\Windows\Sidebar” does not exist, create it as explained below. Then, create a DWORD value “TurnOffUserInstalledGadgets” in the right panel, and change its value to “1”.

However, if you want to enable user installed gadgets, change the value to “0”.

The changes take effect after a restart or logoff.

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Turn Off User Installed Gadgets.reg

The '.reg' file will turn-off user installed gadgets.

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Turn On User Installed Gadgets (Default).reg

The '.reg' file will turn-on user installed gadgets.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

Windows

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 2 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Windows\]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

Sidebar

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 3 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Windows\Sidebar\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

TurnOffUserInstalledGadgets

Data Type :

DWORD (DWORD Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

Remove users installed gadgets from Windows Sidebar.

Users installed gadgets to Windows Sidebar are fully-functional, by default.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type 'regedit'.

Second, go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\] and create a new key 'Windows'.

Third, create a new subkey 'Sidebar' under the key 'Windows'.

Fourth, create a DWORD value 'TurnOffUserInstalledGadgets' under the subkey 'Sidebar'.

Next, right click on the DWORD value 'TurnOffUserInstalledGadgets' and select 'Modify'.

Finally set the value data as '1' in the textbox and click 'OK'.

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