Install sidebar control panel applet

[heptamer]

First of all, thanks for the great affort in doing this converter!

Now my suggested improvement: When installing the sidebar files and registering them, it seems that not all needed entries are written to the registry. After running that point in the converter I still missed the control panel applet for the sidebar as well as an entry in the start menu and even desktop search didn’t see the sidebar. I don’t know if someone wants a shortcut to the sidebar in the start menu installed by the converter but here are the missing keys to enable the control panel applet (for x86):

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00



[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerControlPanelNameSpace{37efd44d-ef8d-41b1-940d-96973a50e9e0}]

@="Windows Sidebar Properties"



[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{37efd44d-ef8d-41b1-940d-96973a50e9e0}]

@="Windows Sidebar Properties"

"System.Software.TasksFileUrl"="Internal"

"InfoTip"=hex(2):40,00,25,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,

69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,25,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,

00,20,00,53,00,69,00,64,00,65,00,62,00,61,00,72,00,5c,00,73,00,69,00,64,00,

65,00,62,00,61,00,72,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,2c,00,2d,00,31,00,31,00,30,

00,30,00,32,00,00,00

"LocalizedString"=hex(2):40,00,25,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,

46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,25,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,

00,73,00,20,00,53,00,69,00,64,00,65,00,62,00,61,00,72,00,5c,00,73,00,69,00,

64,00,65,00,62,00,61,00,72,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,2c,00,2d,00,31,00,31,

00,30,00,30,00,33,00,00,00

"System.ApplicationName"="Microsoft.WindowsSidebarProperties"

"System.ControlPanel.Category"="1,8"



[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{37efd44d-ef8d-41b1-940d-96973a50e9e0}DefaultIcon]

@=hex(2):25,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,

00,73,00,25,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,20,00,53,00,

69,00,64,00,65,00,62,00,61,00,72,00,5c,00,53,00,69,00,64,00,65,00,62,00,61,

00,72,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,2c,00,2d,00,31,00,30,00,30,00,00,00



[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{37efd44d-ef8d-41b1-940d-96973a50e9e0}Shell]



[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{37efd44d-ef8d-41b1-940d-96973a50e9e0}ShellOpen]



[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{37efd44d-ef8d-41b1-940d-96973a50e9e0}ShellOpenCommand]

@=hex(2):25,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,

00,73,00,25,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,20,00,53,00,

69,00,64,00,65,00,62,00,61,00,72,00,5c,00,73,00,69,00,64,00,65,00,62,00,61,

00,72,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2f,00,63,00,70,00,6c,00,00,00

[Arris]

Thanks for your post! I was also not aware of these registry keys. Will look into this later! :geek:

[AsciiWolf]

Works great in x64 too.
Thanks!

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