Hi all,

For some time now my windows sidebar is not starting automatically. I have to start it every time through Help and Support. Probably my Registry Cleaner might have done some damage. I am using CCleaner. When I use the Built in "Manage Start up Programs" i find that Sidebar is listed but in the comments column it says "Unavailable". How can I get it to autostart once again?

Hi Bartman,Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it but it is already checked. Any other ideas?

Thanks again

No, I didnt keep any backups. Anyways thanks a lot. Hopefully someone else might be having more ideas

How do I do that? It is not showing as an option

i tried it but Windows sidebar is not listed in there.

its been going on for around 15 days. my laptop is just 2 months old. actually i was having problems with codec packs which were causing my "photos screensaver" to stop working and also the error message that "COM has stopped working". So through this forum only i got to know about vista codecs and i installed it. the problems reduced but were not completely eliminated. then i came to know about CCleaner and i ran it to remove unused registries and stuff. All my problems were solved but then this sidebar problem started

i tried it but the scan did not find any errors

thanks a lot for your time...However I dont think think that I will be going for reinstalling vista for this minor problem. i can live with having to start sidebar manually everytime i start windows but i dont want to get into the hassles of backing up 120 gb of data and then reinstalling vista

Hi ankur1408,

If the option to start sidebar with windows is already checked, uncheck it and re-check it the next time you startup. Sometimes that corrects faults like this:)

hi sarah. thanks a lot for the advice. it worked. and sorry for not posting the feedback earlier.