Turn off Windows Gadget Platform to disable Windows 7 Sidebar & Gadgets

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The Windows Sidebar, introduced as a gadget presentation and development platform in Windows Vista, ships in Windows vii as the Windows Gadget Platform, and is the new framework for creating and hosting the mini-applications called Gadgets on the Windows 7 desktop.

While in Windows Vista, the Sidebar starts multiple instances of the sidebar.exe procedure, in Windows 7, but one instance of the sidebar.exe process starts. Moreover, this single case does not start until a gadget is added to the desktop, the Gadget Picker starts, or a new user session starts with existing gadgets on the desktop. If the Gadget Picker is closed with no gadgets added to the desktop, or the last gadget is deleted from the desktop, the sidebar.exe process stops automatically.

To start any Windows Gadget, you would right click on the desktop and click on Gadgets to open up the Gadget Picker.

Only if yous never use the Gadgets, and if you desire to disable the Windows 7 sidebar, here is how yous can do it.

Open up Control Console > Uninstall Programs > Turn Windows Features on or off.

Here uncheck the Windows Gadget Platform and click OK. This will plough off the Windows Gadget Platform and the Gadgets and Sidebar. You may have to reboot.

Now if you lot right click on the desktop, yous will see that the Gadget option does not be. You tin start the Sidebar / Gadgets once again simply by checking on the Windows Gadget Platform in the Turn Windows Features on or off option and clicking OK.

Microsoft recommends that yous disable your Windows seven & Vista Sidebar & Gadgets, if you lot haven't!

Anand Khanse is the Admin of TheWindowsClub.com, a ten-yr Microsoft MVP (2006-16) & a Windows Insider MVP. Please read the unabridged post & the comments first, create a Organization Restore Point earlier making whatever changes to your system & exist careful nearly whatsoever tertiary-party offers while installing freeware.