Windows Sidebar Styler takes advantage of the new technologies introduced in Windows Vista™ in order to provide extensions to the existing functionality of Windows® Sidebar.
Custom styles allow for resizing and customizing the appearance of Windows Sidebar so that it fits other UI elements, such as the Aero Glass colorization or an actual third party theme. Designers could save their visual styles so that other Windows users could apply them. Designers would not necessarily create these files on Windows Vista - Windows Sidebar Styler is backward-compatible with legacy operating systems as well.
Gadgets are mini applications managed by Windows Sidebar. They can now take full advantage of Windows Presentation Foundation - the powerful managed code-oriented framework for presenting rich visual compositions such as vector graphics, 3D drawing, animations and more. In addition to that, it could be used in conjunction with Windows Communication Foundation in order for the Gadgets to connect to services and provide frequently updated information.
Using compiled class libraries also helps developers protect their intellectual property because the actual source code is not distributed.
The tight integration with the core of Windows Sidebar allows for extending the current set of features in Windows Sidebar by allowing users to customize its appearance and by providing a more powerful framework for building Gadgets and visualizing information.
Windows Sidebar Styler is available in a number of languages. Yours is not supported? Make sure to get in touch with me and it can be–in the very next version.
Designed for Windows Vista. Written in C#, C++ and Managed C++. Compatible with Alky for Applications.
Download: 32-bit, 64-bit v2.0.6/Aug 16th, 2007
Documents: Release Notes PDF, A Guide to Writing WPF Gadgets PDF, WPF Gadget Development Files
Styles: Gallery at WinCustomize
Help & Support: Frequently asked questions, Direct contact
If you would like to support the development of Windows Sidebar Styler, your donations would be greatly appreciated.
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Currently, he is administering AeroXperience and coding using Visual Studio 2008 on Windows Vista. He is looking forward to testing Windows 7 soon.
great job, and nice idea
too bad doesnt work with VAIO
gianboy, the extension has been proven to work correctly with VAIO b2. Please describe the behavior of your Sidebar.
the sidebar version is 6.0.6000.16386 under VAIO
XP SP2 SPANISH
like i wrote you in the mail i sent you i got the confirmation message of style applied successfully but nothing change
I see in the screenshots that resizing the sidebar is possible.
I get a “feature is not available in current release” message under that option.
I use Object Dock on the top of my screen and want to resize the sidebar so the top is reserved for the dock. A reply would be greatlt appreciated.
Thanks Much!
sincerely,
Chris
Chris, you will have to wait until next week when I will be releasing the next version. It does contain the resizing feature you would like to use.
Outstanding!
Thank you for your reply!
i love your work, very impressed with it so far and can’t wait for the resize feature!
So..i was really excited about the resize update…until i saw that it resizes left and right but not vertically?
i can’t make it take up half the side of the screen vertically?
am i missing something?
thanks
sincerely,
chris
omfg cant wait to try it out…
does it just install OVER the old version?
Did notice any difference at all. Maybe it do not work with Finnish Vista?
doesn’t seem to work for me. it installs just fine but whenever i try to run the styler it just stays at the taskbar, it doesn’t maximize. im running XP SP3
ok, i got it to show, but i still have a problem, it says An error has occurred while trying to load windows sidebar. i got alky for apps installed
Kyrael, make sure you point WSS to the folder where Windows Sidebar is installed.
i did, but it says “a generic error has occured while loading the executable file”
I just installed this proggie and ended up with the same results as Kyrael above
Please answer the following, if they are x86 or x64:
- Windows version (XP/Server2003/Vista)
- Windows Sidebar flavour (patched/original)
- Windows Sidebar Styler flavour (x86/x64)
x86 and running windows version XP SP3
i dont know if it’s patched or original
For use in Windows XP you have to get the original Windows Sidebar x86 media as well as the Alky binaries. The latter are used to patch Sidebar for use in XP. I have not yet done tests under SP3.
The mentioned generic error usually appears when the selected directory is not correct and when incompatible Sidebar flavour is available (e.g. x86 Styler plus x64 Sidebar).
On XP SP2 with WSS installed, “Display Sidebar on monitor X” in Sidebar properties panel is ignored. Sidebar won’t move to the 2nd monitor when it’s set to ‘2′. Works fine with WSS uninstalled. Might work fine in Vista, but I have no way to check. Just a heads up, nothing major
Thanks!
Almost forgot! I’m using “Ricks_WindowsSidebar_AlkyXP1.0_AddOn_70818″ version of the Sidebar (Vista SP1 Beta)
Me again, hehe…
Turns out the problem goes away when the “Resizeable Sidebar” extension is disabled.
It comes back when the extension is re-enabled. As long as it stays at the default size, all is well.
My goof! I should have been more thorough.
Keep up the good work!
I am running windows sidebar on my computer but somehow some gadgets dont work. CPU meter and recycle bin look like a white square. I cant see the pics of them and when I install sidebar styler on my computer(I have VAIO by the way) It encounters a problem closes itself. Can some1 help me:(
Can some1 send me a working sidebar for XP with styler and by the way I am running SP2 Turkish Version of XP. I will appreciate if u help me:)
Kadir, this is not a malfunction on Sidebar’s part. Make sure you have Internet Explorer 7 installed with the most recent updates.
Thanx alot! The sidebar is working again:) But when I run styler and restart sidebar, It encounters a problem and closes itself:(
I really want sidebar styler on my comp:( I am using 5744 with VAIO
OK, I must be very stupid!
I just want to resize the sidebar. I have the latest version of your tool on Vista Home Premium but it seems to do nothing. I understand I should be just able to drag the edge of the sidebar to expand it, but can I, can I heck!!
Tell me how stupid i am!
Thanks.
Yeh. None of the styles seem to do anything at all. The sidebar flickers for a second but no changes are visible.
Jon
Just a note for those having trouble with the resize feature. For the feature to work correctly (at least on my system) the sidebar must be located on the left side of the screen. Once you resize on the left, you can then move it back to the right hand side and then it will also resize on the right hand side of the screen.
One thing though Stanimir, since i have installed the update around a third of the time when my computer restarts or when I turn it on in the morning, the sidebar does not open on the desktop. If you look in Running Processes there is one instance of sidebar.exe running and you have to End Task and then reopen sidebar and then everything is fine. Now I do have some gadgets that sit on my desktop along with on the sidebar if that may be causing it, maybe not.
Thank you for the feedback. I am going to inspect this and make it a To-Do for the next planned version.
Uhm, the application doesn’t seem to do anything at all. I can change styles (or load the styles that came with it) and hit Apply Style all I want, but it doesn’t change the Vista sidebar in any way. It displays a message “The selected style was applied successfully” but nothing happens.
Am I missing something?
Me too. With Vista x64 (italian), i get “The selected style was applied successfully” but no new style applied. It seems that it s always applied the first one of my styles.
First, Thanks for doing some nice work on Sidebar Styler.
I tried to put the Sample gadgets like XAML clock and WebShots on my Sidebar in XP but they never snap in place and are always floating on the desktop. Any hints why?
My setup:
WIN XP Pro sp2
Sidebar v. 6.0.6001.16633
Alky For Applications 1.0
Windows Sidebar Styler 32-bit v2.0.6
Rob, please provide me with more details of your configuration. Samuele, since you are using x64, are you using the 64-bit version of Sidebar Styler? Note that for some reason the 32-bit Sidebar might get started which will not show any changes.
Phillip, docking of XAML gadgets is not yet supported due to the complicated nature of Sidebar. I plan on having this implemented in the next version.
my PC system is simple chinese language in win xp sp2
i have been install the IE7 ,WMP11, Alky For Applications 1.0
and the sidebar can work in my pc,the version is 6.0.6000.16386.then i install .net framework 3.0 befor install the Windows Sidebar Styler 32-bit v2.0.6,after the sidebar styler can display,.when i dbl click the wsstyles files,it shows “the selected style was applied successfully.” and in preview mode i can see the skin has been change,but the sidebar’skin didn’t change,still normal style
what’s the problem?is the sidebar version too low?
plz help me .if someone’s can working,plz send the sidebar to me or give a link to download
my e-mail:ericyu_love@hotmail.com
sidebar styler isn’t changing styles for me, maybe i have some other softs missing.
this is my config:
xp home sp2
afa_final
Windows_Sidebar_Installer_August_1-2007
.net 3.0
hope you can solve this for me.
Yes, i’m using the WindowsSidebarStyler_x64.msi file.
I’ve tried to reinstall it, but nothing. When i click the apply button, the taskbar flashes but always the first style in alphabetical order is applied.
I’ve noticed two strange thing (but maybe there are normal):
1) That style is applied even if i delete the style in the sample style directory (is it cached in someplace?).
2) There are two sidebar process.
The previous release worked.
It appears many people have this issue. I will try to research this and post back ASAP.
I noticed two cases in which Sidebar styles will not get applied:
a) If, for some reason, the %AppData%\Windows Sidebar Styler\ directory is not writable and/or the LastUsed.wsstyles file is read-only. You can resolve this by deleting the file.
b) If Sidebar is started elevated and Styler is not. In this case it is Windows Vista which disallows sending messages to its window.
Thanks, the first did the trick.
Uhm there was also a sbres.dll file in that directory. Is it from sidebar styler or from something else? For now I’ve removed it.
Samuele, sbres.dll was used in earlier versions of the program. It can be safely deleted.
I have Vista Business 32bit ENU with two monitors.
I have my sidebar on the left edge of my second monitor, which is to the right of my primary monitor.
Although the resize function does resize the sidebar, it also force its position to monitor 1.
Is there a fix for this?
very nice tool. thx for your job. it works well.
Hej you,
your WSS is great…
but if you can resize the sidebar you should take more than one gadget next to an other…
matti, if you fill the whole first column, if there is enough space the rest of the gadgets will be placed on the right. This is the default layout.
Thomas, I am trying to reproduce and fix this.
ok YEAH guys the resize works on either side you can resize it left and right….or stretch it horizontally..
now why not vertically?? that would be a huge help and an amazing feature..am i missing something?? please someone reply to this thanks
I´ve got the same problem as Cyx and Thomas.
I´am using two monitors and without WSS, it works without any problems to move sidebar between them.
But with, it is always on the primary monitor without any possibility to change position
I hve the same problem the styler is not applying the style and I have tried both of your fixes seems like a good program if I could get it to work
I tried it using Windows Vista, and it just doesnt do anything, i first used a style downloaded somewhere else, after nothing happening i tried the default ones included, and NOTHING happened at all.
Okay, it works after several restarts, but now i got some other problem, since the install when i maximizie my windows, they go behind the Sidebar, which just wasnt the case before i altered the appearance.
hey is there any way that I can change the size of the gadgets?
when u detach the gadgets from the sidebar it comes in its full size
I want to be able to do that on the sidebar
is there a way i can do that?
Resizing option produces no results for me. I am running Win Vista32 bit Premium, and I run the resize option, but I have no option to resize the sidebar, even after moving it to the left hand side of my monitor. What am I doing wrong, and How do I resize the window vertically? Please help. Thanks
Dear Mr. Stoyanoff
Thanking you in advance for your supports and efforts. Actually, I have recently installed this sidebar Vista Inspirat2 to convert my boring XP style into Vista and I have to admit that I’m so happy with its appearance and functionality. But, unfortunately there is a problem with my MS office 2007 files and documents. As long as sidebar is on process, when I doubleclick on my office files (i.e. xls, doc, etc) it takes a long long time to open, while when I open microsoft execl and try to open the file directly there is no problem an its fast. I’m sure this problem is caused by sidebar as far as, when I make it close, there is no problem with my office files. this trouble is only exist with my office projects and other ones such as pdf, Acad ets are working well. Even, sometimes I recieve an error prompt that says “there is promlem for explorer to send command to …” .
it would be highly appreciated if you can help me to sort this out as I’m really enjoying this sidebar you have provided.
Thanks again
Sicerely,
Ali
Yeah, Uh, I downloaded the sidebar but when I apply a style nothing happens it says successful but nothing. I got it to work once by applying the style then restarting sidebar but after that I haven’t been able to do it. I am using windows vista home premium 32 bit.
i have been useing the windows sidebar alky install and its really cool and i downloaded your sidebar styler and have had no trouble changing the look of my sidebar im running windows xp
pro and i just want to thank you for all your hard work on this project good job stan
Hi all!
I originally had an issue where the styler would say that it has been applied, but it would just be black or nothing would show. Here is how I fixed it:
Exit out of the sidebar completely (don’t just close it, but exit the program)
Re-open the program in the start menu
Enjoy your new sidebar style
If that doesn’t work, you should try restarting your computer. This was using Vista.
~Griffin
College and Beyond
Hi,
I made a WPF sidebar gadget that does broadband cap monitoring using SNMP to get the information directly from the router. There is also a standalone version for people running xp
. The two versions are identical except for gadget xml file, the sidebar styler only runs from the WPF so the extra code for the standalone version doesn’t run (tray icon etc), based loosely on the tutorial documentation from this site. It is available at http://antcodd.co.nr/projects.html if anyone is interested.
Anyway, I have a problem that only seems to affect my computer. When Windows Sidebar Styler is installed (whether the DataCapper gadget is installed or not), the sidebar doesn’t start on startup. Only one instance of sidbar.exe starts with very low memory usage (not sure why two instances always start normally?), after killing that and starting it manually it works. I’ve tried reinstalling sidebar styler several times. but I don’t think it is being uninstalled fully as WPF gadgets still work (launchs the normal version unhosted but still automatically launched). I also have a problem where the standalone version AND the sidebar version both get launched by the sidebar and sometimes but not always the sidebar crashes when closing the gadget on exit. My friend doesn’t have any of these problems on two seperate computers.
Can anyone help? I would just use the standalone version but that gets covered up by the sidebar if you use any of the sidebar gadgets (I added bring to top but this gets annoying). To fix that problem is the reason I made it work as a gadget as well in the first place.
Love Windows Sidebar Styler when it works though
Im using a VAIO sidebar on my computer and i installed your program several times with alky and several time i installed the VAIO build. When i apply a style, the program says Succesfully, but nothing has changed. I tried restarting, deleting Last used in Appldata, and exit sidebar and restart again but it doesnt work for me. Any suggestions?
hi! im using vista ultimate x86..
since i formattedweeks ago there r problems wit my styler n aero visual.
i cant even prewiew the aero n my styler is not working at all…
anyone can help??
I have a problem. WSS not work with windows sidebar. when i try to open windows sidebar, the sidebar close itself. microsoft’s warning says that sidebar has encountered problem and sidebar will be closed automatically. Why this happen?
I have a problem. WSS not work with windows sidebar. when i try to open windows sidebar, the sidebar close itself. microsoft’s warning says that sidebar has encountered problem and sidebar will be closed automatically. Why this happen? my specification windows xp sp 2, alky 1.0, .net 3.0 WM 11, IE 7, WLan API
thanxxxxxxxxxxxx
Feature request: I would like for the gadgets in the sidebar to stack up from the bottom of the column, instead of drifting to the top, so I can use that display area for another purpose. Is this something you can accomplish with your sidebar styler? Thanks, Bob
Hi, I have recently brought a new computer with windows vista. However when i started my computer up for the first time windows sidebar is automatically meant to be installed and come up, however it didnt and when I tried to manually activate it a box popped up saying ‘windows sidebar is managed by you systems administrator’ with only and OK box to click.
I then checked to see if I was definately an administrator which I am and it seems that there is some other problem as I have tried various methods to activate it.
Does anyone know how I can overcome this problem and make it work?
Thanks
Sam
nice work, but it doesn’t work with two screens in dualview.
i use the 64bit version with vista home premium.
one prblem was that it need a lot of time to start the sidebar.
hope you can fix it.
The program will not skin my sidebar. Im running Vista Home Premium on a HP DV9000 Laptop.
2.4Ghz Dualcore Amd Turion
2 Gigs of RAM.
320 Gig HDD
256 Mb Nvidia Gforce 8400gs
The sidebar flashes and refreshes itself and the program says it was skinned successfully. but no skin was applied
Doesnt work, no skin gets applied even if it says it. Running Dual View on Vista X64.
Sidebar Styler works on xp but when you load style you have to restart your sidebar to load it
Sidebar Styler работи на xp но когато заредите някакъв стил трпбва да рестартирате програмата за да го зареди
Please tell me how can i add gadgets on the sidebar.
my message is deleted…
i have a problem…
windows sidebar styler working on windows sidebar vista version…
but not working windows sidebar for xp version… (ricktendo64 version)
great software, love it!!!
i do have one problem, sadly im having problems with my dual monitor setup i cant get the sidebar to the 2nd screen eventho i went into properties andmade the arrangment to screen 2 on the right side, but it wont go for some reason.
any idea?
thanks,
-s
I have a couple of feature requests:
1. It would be great to have the undocked appearance of a gadget while docked in the SideBar. A good example is the Weather Gadget; it only shows the current weather while docked, but shows a three day forecast if undocked.
2. It would be useful to be able to position a gadget anywhere within the Sidebar as if it wasn’t docked. There are a couple gadgets I prefer to keep to on the very bottom while still having the rest ordered normally.
Obviously all of this is possible if I undocked everything and closed the Sidebar. Problem is my laptop screen and the external monitors I use when it’s on the docking station are different. I end up repositioning everything each time it’s on and off the docking station. The second request seems a bit more difficult to code from my understanding of how it all works. The first feature request is what I’d find the most useful.
Take it easy.
I’m having the same problem as everyone else. It flashes and then says the style is successfully applied, but then it does nothing. The sidebar is unchanged. Vista Ultimate X86.
Same problem as many others… Sidebar says that the style was successfully applied, but nothing happens. The style remains the same. Though, this is happening after the first time I applied a style. The first time I applied a style, namely “Curved”, it successfully applied it. After that onwards, I am not able to revert back to the original nor apply a different style. Please help.
And thanks for your wonderful work Stan.
Also would be nice to have an auto-hide feature
I can’t access sidebar anymore, must have accidentally deleted the files. How can one reinstall the files necessary for vista sidebar to run again?
I want to download window sidebar on windowxp.
download
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Hello,
I’ve tried everything but I can not seeing any downloaded gadgets. I’ve tried to completely remove windows sidebar and reinstall it; but i don’t see my downloaded gadgets. How is it possible?
Hi Stanimir,
My computer person disabbled rthe gadgest that I had in windows office 2007, stating that they woudl slow down my e-mail. How do I put them back?
Tahsnk Jurij
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Stanimir,
I am currently running vista on my laptop, and when i hook it up to my external monitor i use the sidebar option to put it on monitor 2 (my external). After I installed the sidebar styler, it only appears on monitor one even when i pick the monitor two option. Is there any way to fix this?
it is good to use in xp sp2…and give amarvelous look to ur windows.
While using the styler I cannot move the sidebar to my secondary monitor. It will stay on the primary monitor even after setting it to the other monitor within the properties. Is this an issue that I can resolve?
hmm i got the sidebar to show different styles but now it wont stay on top anymore :S even with stay on top clicked before i applied another style it ‘resized’my maximized windows so they couldnt get on top of the sidebar now they slip underneith it
im running windows XP home edition sp2 (32bit) with .net 3 and all updates installed (ie7, wmp11) alky for applications and styler installed and im running Windows Sidebar v6.0.6000.16386 from ricktendo64
thanks in advance
Nick
hmm i got the sidebar to show different styles but now it wont stay on top anymore :S even with stay on top clicked before i applied another style it ‘resized’my maximized windows so they couldnt get on top of the sidebar now they slip underneith it
im running windows XP home edition sp2 (32bit) with .net 3 and all updates installed (ie7, wmp11) alky for applications and styler installed and im running Windows Sidebar v6.0.6000.16386 from ricktendo64
if anyone could help me out thanks =]
Nick
could anybody please teach me how to use this sofware/step-by-step procedure… because i followed the steps i found but when i do it… it seems that there were no changes with my sidebar… thanks. if ever… can you send it to my email…
could anybody please teach me how to use this sofware/step-by-step procedure… because i followed the steps i found but when i do it… it seems that there were no changes with my sidebar… thanks. if ever… can you send it to my email…..
It doesn’t work on a dual monitor setup.
It won’t allow the sidebar to be placed on the 2nd monitor.
:)
this thing is absolutely magnificent. hats off
this thing is absolutely magnificent. hats off
my windows sidebar is having a problem…. whenever i want to close a gadget, my windows sidebar doesn’t respond and a dialog box appears saying i either have to restart the program, close the program, or wait for the program to respond. But, non of them works…. i was thinking of uninstalling the program and reinstall it back again to solve the problem… is it possible? if yes how do i do it? or is there any other better way to solve this problem? please help me here… and very much thanks to you… i really appreciate your help..
Bravo na nashto momche… !!!
Nice… !
I like it…
When I choose the style i want and click apply, sidebar flashes, WSS says style was applied successfully but nothing on the sidebar is changed.
I have the same problem as many others on this page. When I apply a style, the sidebar flashes, but no style is applied. I have tried the two solutions you mentioned but they don’t work.
I’m using Windows XP Pro SP2 and the Windows Sidebar Styler x86 version with Alky for Applications. I’ve also tried to use WSS with VAIO but this also didn’t work. Restarting the sidebar or a reboot doesn’t help.
awesome ! ! !
Stanimir Stoyanov is my hero. This program is great! If only Microsoft had 1/100th of your imagination they might have succeeded with this. Also it’s got to be gratifying to know that a company such as Stardock is willing to host your program! Thanks and keep up the good work.
First, it’s a great program Stanimir, thanks for your work.
I use Vista 32 Bit Business edition, I change sidebar backgrounds with custom png images and then press “apply style” button, the program says “selected styles was applied successfully” and the sidebar refreshes but nothing seems to change, I tried to change all the images but none available. Am I doing something wrong?
I wish my sidebar worked… I just got windows vista and I tried opening the sidebar and it wont open
i’ve got the same problem as tivo, ferenc, erman… can i also get instructions, please? (vista home premium, 32)
i installed vista ultimate but i got a surprise which is there is no side bar installed with vista installation i dont know what to if any one can help
i looked for download every where but couldnt find one
Hi Stanimir, Great program idea. It seems I am having the same problem as many here. I have installed the program, but when I push the Apply button the sidebar just flashes and no change. I did right clicked on the sidebar and clicked extensions and then custom styles and the skin changed to the first in alphabetical order. I so far cant affect an change other than that. Even deleting that skin and it still shows up when I click on custom styles. I click on it again and it then shut off and returns to the default skin.
I am running 32 Bit Vista Premium with SP 1.
SideBar Styler don’t work in windows XP service pack 3 Genuine
Hello, I´m using Windows Sidebar (version 6.0.5744.16384) under VAIO on Windows XP. But when I apply a new style, it doesn’t work and sidebar close every time I try to open it. What I must to do to have nice? And a little question: Where I can download the sidebar version 6.0.6000.16386 and the latest version of VAIO? Thank you! If it’s possible answer me at my e-mail, please.
I realize now that what I really wanted out of this is probably not possible without recoding all the gadgets from scratch.
My expectation, having used Gnome environments for years, was that resizing the sidebar would do what you would want it to do: resize the widgets in the sidebar to match. This works in Gnome. (Well, mostly. There are a couple of badly-behaved panel applets that don’t resize properly below a certain width, but they’re not particularly useful anyway, so I’ve always just avoided them.) So you can have a side panel that’s 32px wide, and it really only takes up 32px of space, applets and all. Or 48px. Or 24px. Whatever size you want.
Instead, all I get on Vista is a resized side panel _background_; the widgets continue to take up unreasonably vast amounts of space, something on the order of a sixth of the whole screen. Which is clearly far too much. I know I can put app windows in front of it, but then it loses most of its usefulness.
This isn’t the Styler’s fault, of course. Because the sidebar isn’t resizeable in a default installation, gadgets are just not designed to scale to different widths. I doubt if there’s really anything the Styler can do about that.
This is kind of unfortunate. I think I’m going to end up turning the sidebar off entirely, because of the excessive amount of screen real estate it consumes. Which is a bummer, because in many respects the sidebar is one of the most overdue and potentially useful features in Vista.
Bummer.
Fantastic extension for the Sidebar!
Had the same problem as many others with the styles not being applied to the sidebar, but this was remedied by exiting and restarting Sidebar, as suggested above.
I have just one additional feature request… Please can you make it so that when a resized sidebar is on the right of the screen, gadgets are also aligned to the right.
Thanks
I
Hi guys…
I have the same problem that the other guys had. I’ve tried many workarounds, like closing the sidebar and reinstaling the programs, but nothing worket yet…
I don’t know what to do to solve the problem, i’ve writted to Staminir, but he didn’t replied yet.
If someone else can give me some tips for fixing the Styler, reply here, i’m reading this entry every time i enter o internet to get this problem solved.
Thanks in advance. Sorry for the bad english, i’m brazillian, ^^
PS: I’m running Vista Ultimate SP1 X64
Hi guys…
I have the same problem that the other guys had.
Close the sidebar, uninstall any themes applyed to the bar, aplly new theme and enjoy the new look. These steps worked for me, if someone need more help, contact me by mail or in Windows Live Messenger:
rodirgocandidocosta @ gmail.com
Sorry for the bad english, i’m brazillian, ^^
PS: I’m running Vista Ultimate SP1 X64
whoever had the problem with sidebar only showing on display #1 in dualview setup:
disable the resizable sidebar extension (right click on sidebar tray icon), and restart the sidebar and it should then display on the screen you specified
Any possibility of making the screend edge mouse sensetive to pop out the sidebar?
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thanks
thet’s nice and cool, thank’s for the idea man.
It would be nice to have a different Vista Theme to the standard boring black theme but sadly all these themes never work no matter what you do. Sometimes you just get taken to a PAY site so this is all a CON!!!.
Great work.
thanks, Very much.
When i had the problem of not being able to move the side bar of my first monitor onto the second monitor i was rather annoyed and found myself here… I had previously installed Sidebar Styler when I only had one monitor setup, and when i setup my second monitor wasn’t able to move it over… But once i disabled all the tickboxes in the “Extension” section of the sidebar menu, i was able to move the side bar to the second monitor, and then re-enable the tickboxes (which once this was done the opposite happened, i couldn’t move the side bar OFF the second monitor (until i disabled the options again))…
can someone help me…
when i click to apply the skins, but it dosent work…
can someone help me on this matter and i am using the Window vista 64 bit.
Thank you.
i can’t load your sidebar……it say “the selected image is not available because of windows sidebar version incompatibility….etc,etc”……….oh i downloaded your newest one and i have NET framework 3.5
Tried. Doesn’t work w/same as above (style not applied). Sys does have read/write access to WindowsSidebarStyler app data folder. Running Vista Prem. Seems like this project has been abanded anyway???
on my vista sp1 it doesn’t install. Is that because I have sp1 or what?
sorry about my last post but when i downloaded it came up as 0Kb so i downloaded again and it was fine thanx!
I can’t get resizing to work. I apply the styke but nothign happens. Please help!
thanks for informatin.
thanks for this trick.
Where is the download link? I must be overlooking it.