Windows Sidebar

A way to uninstall Windows Sidebar from your computer

This web page is about Windows Sidebar for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows version was developed by Microsoft Corporation. More information on Microsoft Corporation can be seen here. More details about Windows Sidebar can be seen at http://gallery.microsoft.com/Results.aspx?vista=landing&rdm=77802&l=1&ti=2. You can remove Windows Sidebar by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line rundll32.exe advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection D:\WINDOWS\INF\Sidebar.inf,DefaultUnInstall. Keep in mind that you might receive a notification for administrator rights. The program's main executable file is labeled sidebar.exe and its approximative size is 1.20 MB (1253376 bytes).

The executable files below are installed beside Windows Sidebar. They occupy about 1.21 MB (1265152 bytes) on disk.

• regsvr32.exe (11.50 KB)
• sidebar.exe (1.20 MB)

The information on this page is only about version 6.0.5744.16384 of Windows Sidebar. For more Windows Sidebar versions please click below:

• 6.0.6002.18005
• 6.0.6001.22303
• 6.0.6001.18000
• 6.0.6001.16510
• 6.0.6001.16633
• 6.0.6000.16386
• 6.0.6001.16659
• 6.0.6001.16549
• 6.0.5342.2

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A way to remove Windows Sidebar with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Windows Sidebar is an application released by Microsoft Corporation. Frequently, people try to remove this application. This can be difficult because doing this manually takes some knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best SIMPLE action to remove Windows Sidebar is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system utility.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the programs existing on your computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Windows Sidebar or simply click the Search feature and type in "Windows Sidebar". The Windows Sidebar program will be found automatically. Notice that when you click Windows Sidebar in the list , some information regarding the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding Windows Sidebar, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Windows Sidebar:

• The web site of the program is: http://gallery.microsoft.com/Results.aspx?vista=landing&rdm=77802&l=1&ti=2
• The uninstall string is: rundll32.exe advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection D:\WINDOWS\INF\Sidebar.inf,DefaultUnInstall

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Windows Sidebar.


8. After removing Windows Sidebar, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of Windows Sidebar which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Windows Sidebar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove Windows Sidebar by Microsoft Corporation from your PC, nor are we saying that Windows Sidebar by Microsoft Corporation is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Windows Sidebar supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.