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How To Backup Desktop Gadgets In Windows 7

Posted February 9, 2010 – 6:16 pm in: Windows 7 Guides
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We have featured several handy desktop gadgets for your Windows 7 desktop including the recent 14 aero glass gadgets for Windows 7. When you reinstall Windows 7, you might want to reinstall your favorite third-party gadgets again.

Backup Gadgets

As most of us find it difficult to remember these gadgets, here is a quick solution to backup your favorite third-party gadgets in a simple way. All you need to do is to follow the simple procedure given below:

 

1. Type the following code in the Start menu search box and hit enter.

C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Microsoft

Replace “C” with your Windows 7 drive and “Username” with your username. For example, if you have installed Windows 7 on “D” drive and your username is “Example” you would enter D:\Users\Example\AppData\Local\Microsoft

backup desktop gadgets

2. In the resulting folder, look for a folder named Windows Sidebar. As you can imagine, this folder contains your third-party gadgets.

Backup Gadgets in Windows 7

3. Simply copy and paste Windows Sidebar folder to your desired location to backup gadgets.

 

4. You can also copy this folder to any other Windows 7 PC to start using your favorite gadgets. You can even transfer these gadgets from Windows 7 x86 to Windows x64 and vice versa.

 

5. Enjoy!

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4 Comments

  1. blaze
    Posted June 20, 2010 at 4:29 pm | Permalink

    dude this folder is eampty! i have dozens of gadgets and i want to backup, are you sure they are there?

  2. blaze
    Posted June 20, 2010 at 5:04 pm | Permalink

    oh ok, when i copied the new gadgets in that folder gadgets appeared in the list. my bad… thanks!

  3. Thierry
    Posted December 13, 2010 at 5:51 pm | Permalink

    Hi

    Will the location settings be saved also or the widgets themselves? Is there a way to save the widget whole desktop configuration? Thanks

  4. hammad
    Posted December 27, 2011 at 12:31 pm | Permalink

    :*) thanku

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