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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.
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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.
Level: Recommended For Novice Users
Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\] |
Location: Current User |
Value Name: Windows |
Data Type: Key |
Enabled Value: |
Disabled Value: |
Action Type: Add an Entry |
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Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Windows\] |
Location: Current User |
Value Name: Sidebar |
Data Type: Key |
Enabled Value: |
Disabled Value: |
Action Type: Add an Entry |
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Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Windows\Sidebar\] |
Location: Local Machine |
Value Name: TurnOffUserInstalledGadgets |
Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value) |
Enabled Value: 1 |
Disabled Value: 0 |
Action Type: Add an Entry |
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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type 'regedit'. |
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Second, go to <b> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\] </b> and create a new key 'Windows'. |
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Third, create a new subkey 'Sidebar' under the key 'Windows'. |
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Fourth, create a DWORD value 'TurnOffUserInstalledGadgets' under the subkey 'Sidebar'. |
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Next, right click on the DWORD value 'TurnOffUserInstalledGadgets' and select 'Modify'. |
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Finally set the value data as '1' in the textbox and click 'OK'. |
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