Windows Sidebar

Windows Sidebar

by Microsoft Corporation

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:
  • sidebar.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • sidebar.exe is scheduled as a task named 'SidebarExecute' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Registry entries:
  • 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:
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Windows Sidebar
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
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DLL
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DLL
5b02afef5c7f913e41c464464f3a0f91
DLL
2775521ee6b9748f7c1f2f55d50a33a9
DLL
700e126341d3801dbe1ae014fbbbc375
DLL
315d0f6124b5122f5a7c8859a45ba60b
DLL
b248d1132a55ba1e78dd6475d4d3e0af
DLL
a6f3f847bb3e42c4b66422ffbbff6e97
DLL
f9a9d7bdfd4e13167aa4c23bd24bb101
DLL
2eb913a94e78adcbb30a8336387a0e32