Windows Sidebar

A way to uninstall Windows Sidebar from your PC

Windows Sidebar is a Windows application. Read more about how to uninstall it from your computer. It was developed for Windows by xXiNightXx Creative. Open here for more information on xXiNightXx Creative. Please open http://xxinightxxcreative.weebly.com if you want to read more on Windows Sidebar on xXiNightXx Creative's website. Usually the Windows Sidebar application is to be found in the C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar directory, depending on the user's option during setup. You can uninstall Windows Sidebar by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\Uninstall.exe. Keep in mind that you might be prompted for admin rights. sidebar.exe is the Windows Sidebar's primary executable file and it takes approximately 1.44 MB (1513984 bytes) on disk.

The following executable files are incorporated in Windows Sidebar. They take 1.83 MB (1917952 bytes) on disk.

• sidebar.exe (1.44 MB)
• Uninstall.exe (394.50 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 1.0.6001.16510 of Windows Sidebar. If you are manually uninstalling Windows Sidebar we advise you to verify if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Directories that were left behind:

• C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar

Generally, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\Additional\Settings.ini
• C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\de-DE\sbdrop.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\de-DE\Sidebar.exe.mui
• C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\en-US\sbdrop.dll.mui

Usually the following registry data will not be cleaned:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{24529455-AEB0-00FD-97E2-467F22777937}

Additional values that you should delete:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{4F47FCF0-E864-4D97-B309-2F5902306128}\1.0\0\win64\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{4F47FCF0-E864-4D97-B309-2F5902306128}\1.0\HELPDIR\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Windows.Gadget\FriendlyTypeName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Windows.Gadget\DefaultIcon\

How to remove Windows Sidebar from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Windows Sidebar is a program offered by xXiNightXx Creative. Sometimes, users decide to uninstall this application. Sometimes this is efortful because removing this manually takes some know-how related to Windows internal functioning. The best SIMPLE action to uninstall 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 Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your Windows PC.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs installed on your computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Windows Sidebar or simply click the Search feature and type in "Windows Sidebar". If it exists on your system the Windows Sidebar application will be found automatically. After you select Windows Sidebar in the list of apps, some information about the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about Windows Sidebar, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Windows Sidebar:

• The software company is: http://xxinightxxcreative.weebly.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\Uninstall.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Windows Sidebar.


8. After uninstalling Windows Sidebar, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Windows Sidebar which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Windows Sidebar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove Windows Sidebar by xXiNightXx Creative from your computer, nor are we saying that Windows Sidebar by xXiNightXx Creative is not a good software application. This text simply 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 other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.