Windows Sidebar Gadgets
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The Windows Sidebar was introduced with Windows Vista and added a sidebar with small gadgets to the desktop. In Windows 7 those Gadgets were reworked to be free floating without a fixed sidebar.
Since many years, several gadgets that pulled data from the internet stopped updating. Here is how to fix them.
Weather Gadget
Open the directory %localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows Live\Services\Cache and paste the following data in a file called Config.xml
| Config.xml |
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<services refresh="60">
<service name="weather">
<operation interval="30"/>
<languages>
<lang>
ar-ae
</lang>
<lang>
ar-bh
</lang>
<lang>
ar-dz
</lang>
<lang>
ar-eg
</lang>
<lang>
ar-iq
</lang>
<lang>
ar-jo
</lang>
<lang>
ar-kw
</lang>
<lang>
ar-lb
</lang>
<lang>
ar-ly
</lang>
<lang>
ar-ma
</lang>
<lang>
arn-CL
</lang>
<lang>
ar-om
</lang>
<lang>
ar-qa
</lang>
<lang>
ar-sa
</lang>
<lang>
ar-SY
</lang>
<lang>
ar-tn
</lang>
<lang>
ar-ye
</lang>
<lang>
az-AZ
</lang>
<lang>
bs-BA
</lang>
<lang>
cs-CZ
</lang>
<lang>
cy-GB
</lang>
<lang>
da-DK
</lang>
<lang>
de-AT
</lang>
<lang>
de-CH
</lang>
<lang>
de-DE
</lang>
<lang>
de-LI
</lang>
<lang>
de-LU
</lang>
<lang>
dsb-DE
</lang>
<lang>
el-GR
</lang>
<lang>
en-AU
</lang>
<lang>
en-CA
</lang>
<lang>
en-GB
</lang>
<lang>
en-IE
</lang>
<lang>
en-IN
</lang>
<lang>
en-MY
</lang>
<lang>
en-NZ
</lang>
<lang>
en-PH
</lang>
<lang>
en-SG
</lang>
<lang>
en-US
</lang>
<lang>
en-ZA
</lang>
<lang>
es-AR
</lang>
<lang>
es-BO
</lang>
<lang>
es-CL
</lang>
<lang>
es-CO
</lang>
<lang>
es-CR
</lang>
<lang>
es-DO
</lang>
<lang>
es-EC
</lang>
<lang>
es-ES
</lang>
<lang>
es-GT
</lang>
<lang>
es-HN
</lang>
<lang>
es-MX
</lang>
<lang>
es-NI
</lang>
<lang>
es-PA
</lang>
<lang>
es-PE
</lang>
<lang>
es-PR
</lang>
<lang>
es-PY
</lang>
<lang>
es-SV
</lang>
<lang>
es-US
</lang>
<lang>
es-VE
</lang>
<lang>
et-EE
</lang>
<lang>
fi-FI
</lang>
<lang>
fil-PH
</lang>
<lang>
fo-FO
</lang>
<lang>
fr-BE
</lang>
<lang>
fr-CA
</lang>
<lang>
fr-CH
</lang>
<lang>
fr-FR
</lang>
<lang>
fr-LU
</lang>
<lang>
fr-MC
</lang>
<lang>
fy-NL
</lang>
<lang>
ga-IE
</lang>
<lang>
he-IL
</lang>
<lang>
hi-IN
</lang>
<lang>
hr-HR
</lang>
<lang>
hu-HU
</lang>
<lang>
id-ID
</lang>
<lang>
is-IS
</lang>
<lang>
it-CH
</lang>
<lang>
it-IT
</lang>
<lang>
iu-CA
</lang>
<lang>
ja-JP
</lang>
<lang>
kl-GL
</lang>
<lang>
lb-LU
</lang>
<lang>
lt-LT
</lang>
<lang>
lv-LV
</lang>
<lang>
mi-NZ
</lang>
<lang>
nb-NO
</lang>
<lang>
nl-BE
</lang>
<lang>
nl-NL
</lang>
<lang>
nn-NO
</lang>
<lang>
pl-PL
</lang>
<lang>
pt-BR
</lang>
<lang>
pt-PT
</lang>
<lang>
qut-GT
</lang>
<lang>
quz-BO
</lang>
<lang>
quz-EC
</lang>
<lang>
quz-PE
</lang>
<lang>
rm-CH
</lang>
<lang>
ro-RO
</lang>
<lang>
ru-RU
</lang>
<lang>
se-FI
</lang>
<lang>
se-NO
</lang>
<lang>
se-SE
</lang>
<lang>
sk-SK
</lang>
<lang>
sl-SI
</lang>
<lang>
sma-NO
</lang>
<lang>
sma-SE
</lang>
<lang>
smj-NO
</lang>
<lang>
smj-SE
</lang>
<lang>
smn-FI
</lang>
<lang>
sms-FI
</lang>
<lang>
sr-CS
</lang>
<lang>
sv-SE
</lang>
<lang>
th-TH
</lang>
<lang>
tr-TR
</lang>
<lang>
uk-UA
</lang>
<lang>
ur-PK
</lang>
<lang>
wen-DE
</lang>
<lang>
zh-SG
</lang>
</languages>
</service>
<service name="stocks">
<operation interval="15"/>
</service>
<service name="currency">
<operation interval="30"/>
</service>
</services>
|
Next close sidebar.exe with the Task Manager.
Open the file %localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar\settings.ini and change the following line to the location code of your choice:
WeatherLocation="Berlin"
WeatherLocationCode="WC:GMXX0007"
You can look up the location code of your city on sites like https://weather.codes/
