We’ve received some questions about how to install a sidebar gadget from Gallery onto the Windows Vista Sidebar and also about how to bring back gadgets that were accidentally deleted.

To install a sidebar gadget from Gallery, follow the prompts in the installation process after clicking the download button for the gadget you are interested in:

1. If you are prompted with any install dialog, make sure you trust the developer before you continue by clicking install.
2. Choose Open on the file download message. (If you clicked Save, you may need to double-click the file to continue.)

That’s it! Your gadget should appear in the Sidebar after it’s been installed. If you uninstall the gadget, but later change your mind, you can return to Gallery to download it again.

If you accidentally deleted some of the original gadgets that came with your Windows Vista Sidebar, it’s easy to bring them back.

1. Right click the Sidebar and click on Properties.
2. Click the button that says Restore gadgets installed with Windows.

Katarina Ling – Program Manager