Pre-instalation of Gadgets for all users

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Pre-instalation of Gadgets for all users

Hi,

I need to create a disk-image of a Vista system that will be put on several computers and there a sidbar gadget that is supposed to be pre-installed for every user. I tried installing the gadget as administrator, but if a new user opens an account on the computer the sidebar is wiped clean. Do you know if there's a way to have a widget installed for all users

Thanks.

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Pre-instalation of Gadgets for all users

  • houtexwebdev

    Put it in the Shared Gadget folder under Program Files\Windows Sidebar.

    The users will have to add it manually though, unless you create a default user profile with it in.

  • Thomas Ivarsson

    Hi, thanks for the idea, but this is a little bit different solution, than modifying the Program Files contents.

    And I don't think these gadgets will be available for any already existing user, do they


  • mfareezaw

    Is that actually possible without any tricks I tried to modify some already there and I cannot write to Program Files because of security settings...

  • Laz

    If you want to deploy to existing users, package the Gadget into an MSI and deploy through either AD or SMS as a machine package to "c:\program files\windows sidebar\shared gadgets\<gadget folder>"

    Then get either your users or IT staff to manually add the Gadget to Sidebar. There is no method to deploy to the users Sidebar centrally.

  • DavidC&amp;#35;2005

    It's no different to NT or XP. Create a template user with Admin rights, and install all the settings/apps/gadgets you want your users to have. Then copy that user profile over the Default User profile and disable the template user (personally I remove them from builds for security).

    Any new user logging in, will start with that default template.
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