Windows Sidebar
What is Windows Sidebar?
Windows Sidebar is software application developed by Microsoft Corporation. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows XP with nearly 96.04% of installations running this operating system. Windows Sidebar's installer is typically 1.00 MB in size and installs around 36 files. The most common release is 6.0.6001.18000 with 41.98% of all installations currently using this version.
Windows Sidebar is most popular in the United States with 25.38% of installations residing in this country.
Windows Sidebar adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Windows Sidebar is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.
Software Behaviors
- Firewall:
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- sidebar.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe'.
- Scheduled tasks:
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- sidebar.exe is scheduled as a task named 'SidebarExecute' (runs on registration).
Startup Entries
- Registry entries:
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- sidebar.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Sidebar' and executes as C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe /autoRun.
Software Details
- URL:
- https://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/features/details/sidebargadgets.mspx
- Support:
- https://www.wincert.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=1442
- Installation path:
- C:\Program Files\windows sidebar
- Uninstaller:
- C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\uninst.exe
- Size:
- 1.00 MB
- Language:
- English
Windows Sidebar Executable Details
- Primary executable:
- sidebar.exe
- Name:
- Windows Sidebar
- Path:
- C:\Program Files\windows sidebar\sidebar.exe
- MD5:
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- SHA-1:
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- SHA-256:
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| File Type | Filename | MD5 |
|---|---|---|
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EXE
|
ab91a7350a5fddcdf0a7b0c60e8e4e71 | |
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EXE
|
02bfb88910077b93735301cfd938fb1a | |
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EXE
|
ef11836c2eb97ef304fa1c0c78ba6643 | |
|
DLL
|
0203e8b7969c182ed757e87b75ccf82c | |
|
EXE
|
4de88673d26a596a65f0dff2dcc9cd8c | |
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EXE
|
888b5b457062d91f50c3c4f465f0b85a | |
|
DLL
|
0a0bfb02e0022a8a43fa1ec887fd2afd | |
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EXE
|
ec7f5557657c7f6fabb414fd413bac50 | |
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EXE
|
4c59fb3cab56b239a291d3ef10351424 | |
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DLL
|
940e0984e3120f1bd46ef216c49a3e66 |