sidebar.exe
Windows Sidebar by Microsoft
| Version: | 6.0.6002.18005 (lh_sp2rtm.090410-1830) |
| MD5: | f25a07d7698cea7985dbc6261282d79d |
| SHA1: | 43f487af4bb253cb504c1506fdb55581107cea3f |
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
What is sidebar.exe?
Gadgets are simple mini-applications that give users fast access to personally relevant information and simple tasks—without getting in the way. For example, the Weather Gadget provides real-time information that is available at a glance, and the CPU Meter Gadget provides system information that users are interested in monitoring. Gadgets are part of the desktop, like the Start button, taskbar, and notification area. Unlike normal windows, they aren't represented with a taskbar button. In Window
About sidebar.exe (from Microsoft)
“Gadgets put information and fun—like news, pictures, games, and the phases of the moon—right on your desktop. In Windows Vista, gadgets were corralled in the Sidebar. Windows 7 sets them free on the s”
Details
| File name: | sidebar.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Windows Sidebar |
| Description: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\windows sidebar\sidebar.exe |
| Original name: | sidebar.EXE.MUI |
| File version: | 6.0.6002.18005 (lh_sp2rtm.090410-1830) |
| Product version: | 1.0.6002.18005 |
| Size: | 1.22 MB (1,277,440 bytes) |
| Build date: | 4/11/2009 7:06 AM |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
“Windows Sidebar is a long, vertical bar that is displayed on the side of your desktop. It contains mini-programs called gadgets, which offer information at a glance and provide easy access to frequently used tools. For example, you can use gadgets to display a picture slide show, view continuously updated headlines, or look up contacts. Sidebar can keep information and tools readily available for you to use. For example, you can display...”
Behaviors
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'Sidebar' → C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe /autoRun
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.04770429% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.02068974% | |
| User CPU: | 0.02701455% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 273 ms/min | |
| Context switches: | 6/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 9.92 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 15.11 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 9.7 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 9.92 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 83.43 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 84.84 MB | |
| Working set: | 15.11 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 15.54 MB | |
| Page faults: | 8,490/min | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 11 | |
| Handles: | 321 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 45 | |
| GUI USER count: | 34 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Undefined |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command lines: |
- "C:\Program Files\windows sidebar\sidebar.exe" /autorun
- C:\Program Files\windows sidebar\sidebar.exe /autorun
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| Owner: | User |
| Parent processes: |
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Threads
Averages
| sidebar.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.04576419% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.02066783% | |
| User CPU: | 0.02509636% | |
| Context switches: | 3/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.23 MB | |
| dxtrans.dll (Windows Internet Explorer by Microsoft) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00255024% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00255024% | |
| Memory: | 228 KB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
70.48% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Basic |
12.38% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
11.43% |
|
| Windows Vista Business |
3.81% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
0.95% |
|
| Windows Vista™ Home Premium |
0.95% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 58.00% of Windows Sidebar.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
34.21% |
|
| Dell |
21.05% |
|
| Sony |
15.79% |
|
| ASUS |
7.89% |
|
| Intel |
5.26% |
|
| Acer |
5.26% |
|
| Toshiba |
5.26% |
|
| Gateway |
5.26% |
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