Keyboard Shortcut To Open Sidebar Not Work
Jan 14, 2010
You can also open Windows Sidebar by clicking the Start button, typing sidebar in the search box, and then pressing ENTER. To bring gadgets to the front using a keyboard shortcut Press the Windows Logo key +SPACEBAR. I have also read the same thing throughout the web which comfirms that this is the right keyboard shortcut.
I have all the information that tells me how to open windows sidebar using a keyboard shortcut the problem is nothing happens when I do it. I went to my other computer running vista and as soon as I did the shortcut windows sidebar popped right up. The computer I am using is about 1 week old, the first thing I did was update it so it should be fully updated and I can confirm right now it has SP2 and windows update says there are no updates available (which is surprising since vista seems to have hourly updates). There is nothing wrong with the windows key or space bar key as they both work independently and for other shortcut combinations.
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C:PROGRAM FILESWINDOWS SIDEBARSBDROP.DLL
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Quote: Description:
Stopped working
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: sidebar.exe
Application Version: 6.0.6002.18005
Application Timestamp: 49e02551
Fault Module Name: kernel32.dll............
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Visit Stanimir Stoyanov’s blog and download the latest version ...
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