Sidebar working nicely on Windows Server 2008

I've been running with Windows Server 2008 as my primary desktop OS now for a few weeks and one of the things that I had not got to work was Sidebar.  I found several blog posts on the net where people claim to have it working but following their steps always resulted in failure.

More specifically running sidebar would show the icon in the system tray but the app would immediately exit.  Turns out that I needed on extra step.  So, without further delay, here are the steps I did to get sidebar working in Windows Server 2008 x64.

  1. Copy the Windows Sidebar folder from c:\Program Files on a Vista x64 SP1 installation to your Win2k8 install.
  2. From an administrator console run:
    regsvr32 sbdrop.dll
    regsvr32 wlsrvc.dll
  3. From that same console run:
    sidebar /RegServer
  4. Move the Sidebar registry information from a working Vista SP1 x64 install.  You can find it at HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/SideBar.
  5. Run sidebar!

Here's a screenie showing it working on my setup.

sidebar


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March 16. 2008 11:58 PM

Andrew

Is this for Windows Server 2008 64bit or 32bit?
I am running 32bit - would I need to get the registry entries from a 32bit Vista install?

Andrew

March 19. 2008 03:31 AM

dominic

please can someone send me the files required for 64 bit version of sidebar and the required registry entries as i can only find the 32bit editions

dominic

March 23. 2008 02:10 AM

Peter Sinke

Just tried this on a 32bits win2k8 server with the registry settings from a 64bits vista, works like a charm.

Peter Sinke

March 26. 2008 11:37 PM

DrWatson

Thanks! What about the Snipping Tool? Got that working also?

DrWatson

March 27. 2008 03:56 AM

shahed

ok, sidebar working like a charm. but what about tv tuner support on server. do you know how to get my tv tuner loading on server 2008. it works fine on vista
thanks!

shahed

April 8. 2008 04:32 AM

Mirko

I get an App Crash instantly after starting. I run 2k8 32bit and copied the sidebar and reg from a 32bit Vista.

roblem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: sidebar.exe
Application Version: 6.0.6001.18000
Application Timestamp: 4791952a
Fault Module Name: StackHash_0275
Fault Module Version: 6.0.6001.17051
Fault Module Timestamp: 47454860
Exception Code: c0000374
Exception Offset: 000b00b8
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.274.10
Locale ID: 1031
Additional Information 1: 0275
Additional Information 2: cdff3720a18c6cc1c6eee32a403e501d
Additional Information 3: 4ffa
Additional Information 4: 4ebfa8abdd97e1325ea5f6a69c12a15a

Mirko

April 9. 2008 01:56 AM

Tyler

how do you transfer the registry information? i have a 32bit version of vindows vista and i need the sidebar for server?? please help! it would be greatly apperciated

Tyler

April 9. 2008 01:57 AM

Tyler

*EDIT*


how do you transfer the registry information? i have a 32bit version of vindows vista and i need the sidebar for server! please help! it would be greatly apperciated

Tyler

May 6. 2008 10:44 AM

Marc Brooks

Having no Vista SP1 32bit installs around, where might I find the requisite folder's contents?

Marc Brooks

May 13. 2008 05:28 AM

Jester

I have this installed, it is great... only 1 issue, how do you get the color of the sidebar to change & be opace?

Jester

May 13. 2008 12:13 PM

Afshin

I tested your instructions on Windows Server 2008 32 bit and it worked! Thanks.

Afshin

June 12. 2008 09:56 AM

Bolsa de Trabajo

I tested and work fine.

Bolsa de Trabajo

June 15. 2008 07:45 PM

Jonas

Works like a charm!
The regisistry export content:
[quoute]Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Sidebar]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Sidebar\Compatibility]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Sidebar\Settings]
"SidebarDockedPartsOrder"="0x1,0x2,0x3,0x4"[/quote]

Jonas

June 18. 2008 03:51 AM

Jeff Jones

All settings are correct still wont work.....sigh...

Jeff

Jeff Jones

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