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Sidebar peoblems
Testing and uninstalling an old gane has unexpectedly removed several files essential to good functioning of the sidebar and the weather gadget now gives a Data Error instead of the current weather. On the internet I found that I should restore the foolowing folder and files to get the sidebar back to normal: %localappdata%\affected user\local\microsoft\windows\windows sidebar \cache168522d5-1082-4df2-b2f6-9185c31f9472 [folder with some .xml files] %localappdata%\affected user\local\microsoft\windows\windows live \services\cache\config.xml %localappdata%\affected user\local\microsoft\windows\windows sidebar \settings.ini Microsoft has discontinued MS Live. I can't find what I need on the web and I have no access to a second Win 7 system from which to copy what Iapparently need. Is there anyone who can assist, please? |
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On 10/06/2018 07:23 AM, Sam Peeps wrote:
Testing and uninstalling an old gane has unexpectedly removed several files essential to good functioning of the sidebar and the weather gadget now gives a Data Error instead of the current weather. On the internet I found that I should restore the foolowing folder and files to get the sidebar back to normal: %localappdata%\affected user\local\microsoft\windows\windows sidebar \cache168522d5-1082-4df2-b2f6-9185c31f9472 [folder with some .xml files] %localappdata%\affected user\local\microsoft\windows\windows live \services\cache\config.xml %localappdata%\affected user\local\microsoft\windows\windows sidebar \settings.ini Microsoft has discontinued MS Live. I can't find what I need on the web and I have no access to a second Win 7 system from which to copy what Iapparently need. Is there anyone who can assist, please? Unless you have Live in the sidebar somehow, then I don't see why you would. The author may have had an app in sidebar. Are you using something like 8 gadget pack? https://8gadgetpack.net/ I did once I jumped to windows 7 since it was dropped after Vista. If so, I'd just reload it. Al |
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weather gadget (was: Sidebar) peoblems
In message , Sam Peeps
writes: Testing and uninstalling an old gane has unexpectedly removed several files essential to good functioning of the sidebar and the weather gadget now gives a Data Error instead of the current weather. [] Do you mean the weather gadget that came with Windows 7, or some other one you've installed? I was under the impression that the default one ceased to work some years ago, due mainly to the server it used being turned off, I think. (There was a patch someone produced which made it continue to work for a few months, but eventually that failed too.) [And yes, I know gadgets allegedly are now considered a security risk.] -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one. -Cato the Elder, statesman, soldier, and writer (234-149 BCE) |
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On 10/06/2018 08:12 AM, Big Al wrote:
On 10/06/2018 07:23 AM, Sam Peeps wrote: Testing and uninstalling an old gane has unexpectedly removed several files essential to good functioning of the sidebar and the weather gadget now gives a Data Error instead of the current weather. On the internet I found that I should restore the foolowing folder and files to get the sidebar back to normal: %localappdata%\affected user\local\microsoft\windows\windows sidebar \cache168522d5-1082-4df2-b2f6-9185c31f9472 [folder with some .xml files] %localappdata%\affected user\local\microsoft\windows\windows live \services\cache\config.xml %localappdata%\affected user\local\microsoft\windows\windows sidebar \settings.ini Microsoft has discontinued MS Live. I can't find what I need on the web and I have no access to a second Win 7 system from which to copy what Iapparently need. Is there anyone who can assist, please? Unless you have Live in the sidebar somehow, then I don't see why you would.Â*Â* The author may have had an app in sidebar. Are you using something like 8 gadget pack?Â* https://8gadgetpack.net/ I did once I jumped to windows 7 since it was dropped after Vista. If so, I'd just reload it. Al And by the way, I found Rainmeter to be a more stable item. It has much of the same applets in it, clock, shutdown and weather are 3 I use. https://www.rainmeter.net/ https://www.deviantart.com/rainmeter...23941137/Skins is a start to look for new skins. PS Skins are just what they call things like a clock applet (my words). Al |
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Sam Peeps wrote:
Testing and uninstalling an old gane has unexpectedly removed several files essential to good functioning of the sidebar and the weather gadget now gives a Data Error instead of the current weather. On the internet I found that I should restore the foolowing folder and files to get the sidebar back to normal: %localappdata%\affected user\local\microsoft\windows\windows sidebar \cache168522d5-1082-4df2-b2f6-9185c31f9472 [folder with some .xml files] %localappdata%\affected user\local\microsoft\windows\windows live \services\cache\config.xml %localappdata%\affected user\local\microsoft\windows\windows sidebar \settings.ini Microsoft has discontinued MS Live. I can't find what I need on the web and I have no access to a second Win 7 system from which to copy what Iapparently need. Is there anyone who can assist, please? https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...n-discontinued https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sec...s/2013/2719662 As I recall, Microsoft pushed an security "update" that disabled or removed this feature. Also, there still is a Gadgets Platform but it changed and has the gadgets run as mini-apps and not within the Sidebar: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...adget-platform See the "Good Bye Sidebar" section. The old game doesn't have an executable (.exe) that directly loads the game? I'm wondering why you need the Sidebar at all just to run the game. You could add a shortcut to your desktop, or a shortcut in a toolbar in the Windows taskbar, or use the one under the Start menu. Presumably you cannot use Start - Games because the old game didn't add a shortcut there, but you could open Windows Explorer and drag the executable into the Games folder. That's how I added an old game (The Dark Mod - a takeoff on the Thief game series): click Start menu, right-click on the Games entry, drag a shortcut from the desktop into that window. |
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On Sat, 6 Oct 2018 11:54:17 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:
Also, there still is a Gadgets Platform but it changed and has the gadgets run as mini-apps and not within the Sidebar: It's been too long since I've run Windows 7, so I'm not sure what it's like there, but I run gadgets on Windows 10 (despite Microsoft's advice) and they run within a sidebar. |
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weather gadget (was: Sidebar) peoblems
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Sam Peeps wrote: Testing and uninstalling an old gane has unexpectedly removed several files essential to good functioning of the sidebar and the weather gadget now gives a Data Error instead of the current weather. On the internet I found that I should restore the foolowing folder and files to get the sidebar back to normal: %localappdata%\affected user\local\microsoft\windows\windows sidebar \cache168522d5-1082-4df2-b2f6-9185c31f9472 [folder with some .xml files] %localappdata%\affected user\local\microsoft\windows\windows live \services\cache\config.xml %localappdata%\affected user\local\microsoft\windows\windows sidebar \settings.ini Microsoft has discontinued MS Live. I can't find what I need on the web and I have no access to a second Win 7 system from which to copy what Iapparently need. Is there anyone who can assist, please? https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...n-discontinued https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sec...s/2013/2719662 As I recall, Microsoft pushed an security "update" that disabled or removed this feature. Also, there still is a Gadgets Platform but it changed and has the gadgets run as mini-apps and not within the Sidebar: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...adget-platform See the "Good Bye Sidebar" section. The old game doesn't have an executable (.exe) that directly loads the game? I'm wondering why you need the Sidebar at all just to run the game. You could add a shortcut to your desktop, or a shortcut in a toolbar in the Windows taskbar, or use the one under the Start menu. Presumably you cannot use Start - Games because the old game didn't add a shortcut there, but you could open Windows Explorer and drag the executable into the Games folder. That's how I added an old game (The Dark Mod - a takeoff on the Thief game series): click Start menu, right-click on the Games entry, drag a shortcut from the desktop into that window. The old game never used the sidebar as it dated back to Win 97 days. No idea why uninstalling it should cause sidebar data errors. Anyway, it was no good so I uninstalled it - with dire results... |
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