How to Add / Remove items from the Finder Sidebar

Problem When using the Finder, one or more of the following may apply: Your hard drive, or other entity no longer appears on the sidebar. You want to remove an item from the sidebar, such as iDisk. Solution With a Finder window open click Finder (in the top left), then Preferences. Click the Sidebar tab. From here you… Continue reading How to Add / Remove items from the Finder Sidebar

Reinstall / Repair the Windows Vista Sidebar

For those encountering problems with the Vista Sidebar loading and gadgets disappearing: Open a Command Prompt as an Administrator. Enter these commands, pressing Enter after each line: Regsvr32 atl.dll Regsvr32 “%ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\sbdrop.dll” Regsvr32 “%ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\wlsrvc.dll”