Has Windows Vista sidebar disappear from your newly installed Windows 7 system? If so let me let you in on a little secret, it was never there! Turns out Microsoft removed it complete, that's kind of a mean thing, for people who really loved the Vista sidebar. But we have a great solution to bring it back to your desktop. No setup or anything special required. Just one simple download.
7 Sidebar emulates the good old sidebar of Vista in Windows 7 and even adds some nice features to it.
No setup or anything special required. Just start the gadget and you have a sidebar!
The sidebar can hold any gadgets and stays visible even if a window is maximized. Alternatively the sidebar can hide automatically or comes only with a click to the tray icon to the foreground.
The sidebar can be put on any monitor, its width can be changed and also supports many skins.
With one click you can also switch to a window-manager with live-thumbnails. The thumbnails can be configured to update even if the window is minimized.