Greg S Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 it works fine exept when i want to uninstall gadgets then it says that sidebar needs to close blah blah blah but ive tried uninstalling and reinstalling both alky and sidebar but it says the same every time.... HELP!!!!!!!!!!I think for now this is normal. Sidebar will crash when selecting uninstall of gadgets. There is a .dll file you can use to fix this but it will do away with the task tray icon. The .dll does work as far as stopping the sidebar crash when uninstalling gadgets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 hi all! thanks for your work! :thumbsup_anim: however i have this problem with the sidebar:yesterday i tried to burn a cd/dvd with the program Dvddecrypter but it told me that he couldn't have the total access to the cdrom drive so the burning process stopped... why? i said. so i used the program Unlocker to see if any program was locking the drive (in my case D:) and..wohil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilock Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Anyone know how fix the Currency gadget? :sweatingbullets: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipd56 Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 u can not fix its a alky bug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 i solved: i unchecked an option in dvddecrypter and now it doesn't do this error again. however it's still a strange thing: sidebar.exe accesses also documets, the folder of internet cookies and other improbable files/folders... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pip22 Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Hi i got alky for applications and restarted it and it went fine but when i installed the sidebar it said that alky wasnt installed and that it might not install properly i installed it anyway and it works fine exept when i want to uninstall gadgets then it says that sidebar needs to close blah blah blah but ive tried uninstalling and reinstalling both alky and sidebar but it says the same every time.... HELP!!!!!!!!!!Read the message carefully when you start the sidebar installer. It doesn't say "Alky is not installed", it just says sidebar will not install properly if Alky isn't installed. It's just a warning to make sure you know to install Alky first. Sidebar installer is not able to verify that you've done that so it's just warning you, that's all, so that you can cancel the sidebar installer if necessary.Uninstalling gadgets: This can't be done on XP like you do it with the sidebar in Vista since it makes the sidebar crash -- this is a known issue.Workaround is to close the sidebar, locate the gadget file (use the XP search tool), delete that gadget file then restart the sidebar. If you now look in the "add a gadget" browser that gadget won't be there any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Master Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 (edited) Hi, is their any hotfixes or programs that need to be installed for the sidebar to work on xp sp3?I only ask cause when i put it in my unattended install it threw up and error message on first login and it will not work after that!(National Language Support Downlevel APIs update is not installed. Reinstalling Alky for Applications may fix this problem.) Edited March 2, 2008 by Master Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricktendo Posted March 3, 2008 Author Share Posted March 3, 2008 SP3 needs nothing other than IE7 (Wireless Lan is already included) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoisySniper Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Been using this for a while, and - as all your addons I've tried - it works perfectly. It would have been very nice to have a "builder" so that you could add your gadgets and create a "personal" addon for reinstall, like the one for Windows MessengerIs there a tool for this or maybe someone would like to make one - if it's possible and not too much work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naruto Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Hi ricktendo64, i'm install windows sidebar, but than showed windows error messages . I have IE7, .NET Framework 2.0, WMP 11, MSXML6, WLAN API, VC2005 and AlkyXP.Do you want help me to fix it up? :help: SoKoOlz was offline. :g: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricktendo Posted March 14, 2008 Author Share Posted March 14, 2008 Uninstall that one and install this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xen0 Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 i have this problem. i cant install it..my OS is windows XP pro SP2.i did install KB940541 and IE7.i did reinstall the Alky..but still cant solve itplease guide me on this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricktendo Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 xen0, you should have nlsdl if you have installed Alky for Applications and/or IE7http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricktendo Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 3-23-08- Updated w/ Alky for Applications 1.1- Updated Windows Sidebar v6.0.6001.18000- Updated BBC, Launcher and WMP Gadgets (removed a couple others)- Swapped iWeather for MSNWeather GadgetAlky for Applications 1.0 -> 1.1 changes========================================KERNEL32- memory corruption-related bug fixes- GetVersionA API now returns Windows Vista version numbersCOMCTL32- XTaskDialog 1.06 implemented (http://www.naughter.com/xtaskdialog.html)This resolves crashing found in applications such as Solitaire and mspaint.This also enables proper uninstallation of Windows Sidebar gadgets.MSVCRT- Various bug fixesINSTALLER- Fixed NLSAPI installation bug on 64-bit platforms.- Fixed NLSAPI uninstallation bug- Added Sidebar post-KB943411 hack to installerMISC- Additional API added for future Windows 7 work- New versioning text on all libraries (e.g. alky_1.1_trunk_032308-000051)Here are the MSNWeather and the WMP gadgets in action (WMP gadget has a new IEXP theme)There have also been improvements by the Alky guys with the dialog boxes (now more vista'ish, More Info), also the uninstall of the gadgets has finally been fixedIf you have any gadgets you want installed you can now add them, just unzip the addon and look in the SVCPACK folder for Gadgets.exe:- Right Click on it and Open With WinRAR- Drag & Drop any gadgets you want installed into either the Gadgets or Shared Gadgets sub folders- Recompress the addon in any format you wish and integrateNote I have to update the FAQ and stuff but will wait till tomorrow... This addon is compatible with SP2 and 3 (with SP2 make sure you use a UpdatePack with Wireless Lan API like the RVM Updatepack) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrx Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 WOW Thanks Rick very nice update :thumbsup_anim: :prop: :worthy: :punk: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tosbsas Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 @ricktendo64And how do I do that update?? Just install on top? Or do I have to uninstall first and than install all of it again??I mean Alky and the SidebarRuben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efkan_37 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 You have entered the trouble until this Thank"s really I congratulate the you :thumbsup_anim: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricktendo Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 @ricktendo64And how do I do that update?? Just install on top? Or do I have to uninstall first and than install all of it again??I mean Alky and the SidebarRubenBack up any of your gadgets 1st, uninstall the Windows Sidebar 2nd, then uninstall Alky for Apps 1.0Now install the new Alky then install the Sidebar and reboot again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sull Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Perfect, I find that I get huge memory leaks if thats what you would call it ( v1.0 ) for example sidebar will be using 50,000k and then day later it will be using 220,000k of mem, you being the expert here, would you say that is the sidebar or a bad gadget ?I will try out v1.1 soon Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricktendo Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 ATM my Sidebar is running with 6 gadgets and its using a combined 80,000kAll I can suggest is you make a list of gadgets you are running when you get those high mem ussage so another person can try the same combo and maybe reproduce it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIM Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 My two sidebar processes on Vista with 3 gadgets installed and in use are consuming almost 70MB. Pretty much if you ask me.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samkov Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 (edited) i posted this already in the alky 1.1 thread but am wondering if any x64 users have had any luck with it yet?thanks Edited March 23, 2008 by samkov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg S Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Update went smooth and Thanks. One question, the uninstaller seems to only remove the item from the gadgets screen if the gadgets are in the ProgramFiles gadgets or Shared gadgets folder without deleting them, is that normal? I did notice that if they(gadgets) are in the documents and settings... windows sidebar folder that the uninstaller will delete it from that folder. I think the latter folder is where the gadget installer installs the gadgets. I'm happy either way but am just curious if the uninstaller is suppose to delete the gadget from the ProgramFiles/gadgets or ProgramFiles/Shared gadgets folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipd56 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Hi rick can not download could you put up another link pls many thxs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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