Windows sidebar disabled but keeps coming up

I've got Windows Sidebar disabled, but every time I boot up it comes up too. There is nothing inside of msconfig that I can associate with the sidebar, nothing in the services, and nothing in add/remove windows components. the only configuration options I can find for it are just the main properties for the sidebar. The checkbox is disabled for the startup. Does anyone have any ideas on why it keeps starting up.

 

when you go to exit the sidebar it always self enables itself, that was my problem... there sahould be a lil tick box when you close it

 

To disable the sidebar, right click on the sidebar or sidebar icon, and choose properties-Uncheck the "Start Sidebar when Windows starts" checkbox-Then right-click on the icon, and choose Exit to close the sidebar-Your sidebar should now be gone, and won't start back up with Windows anymore (hopefully).

 

That was the very first thing I did but it still comes up. I work in a computer place and no one understands why it is still coming up.

 

When it boots and the sidebar comes up, I can go into the properties and the check box is still disabled. And yet it still wants to start. It's like Vista hates me (which is ok because I hate it back).

 

have you tried using msconfig and seeing if it is in the startup there?

 

Forget msconfig and get CCleaner. Useful tool for cleaning up your computer's files/registry/etc., and it can also handle your startup programs.

 

you can also check C:\users\default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu just to see if the sidebar crap is in there... another thing to try is creating a second user profile and see if disabling it works on another profile.

 

Ah yes CCleaner I have that on my portable tech drive.

 

Nothing at all in there about it. This is really annoying because I know it shouldn't be coming up. Already checked msconfig and zilch under any of the tabs.

I'm currently downloading a new linux distro to try (I try several a month it seems like) and I might just do another re-install. I've done about 15 Vista installs and about 35 Linux installs total.

 

Crazy stuff. Did you give CCleaner a shot?

 

not yet but I'm fixing to download it. I'm at work so I'm doing it as I go

 

CCleaner did the trick. It found it under the start up even though I could not get it to show up before. I even have it where it shows hidden files, operating system files and everything but it wouldn't show before. Cleaned everything up nicely. Did that and went through and cleared my restore points and I went from 229 GB of free space to 269 GB. Amazing.

 

I have to go through every week and clear my restore points out because after about a week it takes up 40+ GB. The only reason I don't completely disable it is because I have had them come in handy before.....

Thanks for all the help everyone.

 

CCleaner saves lives! I was getting a 1722 error on an SQL install yesterday and CCleaner saved me Glad it worked for you.

 

I'm learning a little SQL/MySQL/PHP for work.

 

Its in MSCONFIG...

Its just labeled as Microsoft Windows Operating System...

You have to make the command column bigger so you can see the filenames and then you'll see the sidebar.exe

 

NP for the CCleaner suggestion. I use it in conjunction with Spybot and Glary Utilies to keep my system nice an clean, heh. Kind of OCD about it personally.