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    chaseincats is offline Junior Member
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    running 64bit but gadget requires 32bit sidebar version

    if dont know if any of you are familiar with the callwave gadget basically its like apple's "visual voicemail" but instead of on your phone its on your desktop so its much more convenient

    basically the gadget needs flash to play your voicemail but since their is no 64bit version of flash it cannot run

    I came across a post that showed VISTA users that this could be fixed if you make a shortcut to the sidebar in program files x86 and place it into your startup folder this however didnt work
    SOURCE: John McClelland's Blog : How to Run Vista Sidebar in 32-bit Mode on 64-bit Vista

    so, any ideas?

    thanks,
    chaseincats

    noone knows how to do this?
    Last edited by chaseincats; 05-02-2009 at 01:48 AM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

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    StevenDMorrow is offline Junior Member
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    You need to modify your registry to make the "Gadgets" context menu use the 32 bit version of Windows Sidebar.

    NOTE: Make sure you backup your registry before you make changes.

    1. Run Regedit
    2. Take ownership of the following registry folders, and grant yourself "Full Control" privileges.

    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\Gadgets
    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\Gadgets\command

    3. Modify the following registry keys:

    In HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\Gadgets:

    Icon -> C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe,-100
    MUIVerb -> @%ProgramFiles86%\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe,-11100

    In HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\Gadgets\command:

    (Default) -> C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe /showGadgets

    4. Restart your computer.
    5. When you Right-Click on the desktop the "Gadgets" item will launch the 32bit version of Windows Sidebar.

    This should get you working, until Flash comes out with a 64bit version.

    Happy computing!

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