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Windows Vista - Windows Sidebar

Uninstall a Sidebar Gadget

SUMMARY: Uninstall a Sidebar Gadget from your Windows Vista system.

For various reasons you may wish to completely remove an installed Windows Vista Sidebar gadget. Perhaps you no longer use the gadget, or perhaps you downloaded and installed a Windows Sidebar Gadget and it did not work for your system. To perform an uninstall:

1. Right-click on the Windows Sidebar icon in the tray area of the Taskbar and choose "Add Gadgets".

2. The Gadget Gallery, a list of installed Sidebar Gadgets, appears. Right-click the Gadget you wish to remove (you may have to switch pages to find the Gadget) and choose "Uninstall" from the pop-up menu that appears.

3. You will be prompted whether or not you wish to uninstall the gadget. Choose "Uninstall" from the dialog box that appears.

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