How to install a gadget

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How to install a gadget

I'm trying to pack a gadget into a product installation. After copy my gadget to programfiles/windows sidebar/shared gadgets/ , users can see the gadget in the gadgets panel, but how can i add my gadget to the sidebar automaticly Modify settings.ini


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How to install a gadget

  • Wee Bubba

    Your exe doesn't work on my computer (Vista Ultimate RTM simplified chinese version)... Just like Stanimir Stoyanov said. If it could run, a security dialog will popup, is it Is there anyway to install a gadget silently

  • Barry Kwok

    I expect the window title is different. You'll have to change the AutoIT script to cater for multiple languages and recompile it.

    Having said that, I've not tried in on RTM.

  • ashish-rocks

    You can't auto add it to the Sidebar. MS would prefer the users to do that.

    However, a while back I wrote an article on the subject and compiled an EXE to do it, as this functionality would be necessary if you were deploying Gadgets centrally through MSI's etc.
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