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Vista Sidebar Gadgets Just "Disappeared"
I am new to Vista. I just got my computer and had someone come over and transfer data and settings from my old XP system. After the transfer my sidebar disappeared, but more importantly, all of the cool gadgets that came installed are GONE.
The "recover" option in my control panel is disabled as well.
What happened? I have an unnatural attachment to these far out gadgets that are now seemingly gone forever. Where did they go? What happened during transfer?
Hmmmmm.
mahalo for any advice.
- Get more here http://gallery.live.com/ , you may still have those, they are just not open. Right click on the sidebar icon in the system tray and select add gadgets.FYI, you can learn anything about Vista by going to Start/Help and Support, and typing in key words in the search bar at the top.
Message Edited by mombodog on 06-19-2007 10:30 PM - Thanks kids......so, i do have a sidebar, and I know where to access it, but i swear to you, there were a bunch more cooler gadgets that were installed on my system from Dell and now they are all gone.There was a "to-do list" and a cool world map clock and a better weather thingy......they are all gone....it's making me crazy....L.
- thanks for the scoops......yes, I've been to the gallery, I've searched the control panel and all the files on my computer, and all the gadgets that came installed from Dell are gone. It happened when the guy transfered my files and user settings over from an old XP system.There used to be 4 pages of gadgets to choose from and now there is only one. Unfortunately, for me, the ones I really want are the ones that are gone and they are nowhere to be found on Windows Live either....It's like a menehune came in and swiped all the fun stuff.I'm completely baffled and would love to know if this happened to anyone else.
- How many did you have before the transfer? My Vista Ultimate has 11, I did not add any yet.There are reports of using the Vista easy transfer causing issues similar to yours.
Message Edited by mombodog on 06-20-2007 01:10 AM NancyM1037
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Nice to hear everything is OK.
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Message Edited by GioAguilar on 06-19-2007 02:28 PM