Get the Vista Sidebar on Your Windows XP Machine

by Gilberto J Perera View Comments Share

So I found this article on Tech-Recipes demonstrating how to get the Windows Vista Sidebar on Windows XP and thought this would be nice addition to my desktop. After following the steps on the installation I found myself going from one site to the other to gather the files so that I can get the install to work correctly. After about 20 Minutes of copying/pasting going to one website then the other I finally got my sidebar working. I thought to myself, "I need to make this easy for the average Joe that wants to install this," so I decided to package all the files into one file, that automatically extracts all the necessary files to your computer and executes the patch for you all you have to do is click on patch and run the sidebar application. Thanks to all those who posted these files online for everyone to download. Follow the link to the guide, it’s a 1 pager….enjoy!

Link to Guide
Link to Installer
Link to Installer in French

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Gilbert is a Microsoft MVP, a full-time blogger, and technology aficionado. When Gilbert is away from his bike and his iPad, he's busy writing technology how-to's from his home-office in Miami, Florida on the latest programs and gadgets he can get his hands on. He's locally known as "the computer guy" and has spent the last 12 years helping family, friends, and GilsMethod.com visitors with their computer questions and problems. He was awarded the 2009 MVP award from Microsoft for his contributions in forums and blogs and is enjoying the new addition to his family.

View Comments to “Get the Vista Sidebar on Your Windows XP Machine”

Alan says:
September 21, 2009 at 11:37 pm

Got it, thanks for the reply Gilberto.

The sidebar reminds me of many Linux installs I’ve tried; close to what I want but not close enough.

Alan
Alan Payzant says:
August 23, 2009 at 1:38 pm

Thanks for this, however, the link for the Sidebar download from Tech-Recipes linked in your article no longer works. Naturally, microsoft has no link to download the sidebar, “why buy the cow if you get milk for free.” A reasonably thorough search for the Vista Sidebar download only brings up software from Thoosje which appears to be something else altogether.

Alan