9 messages in com.googlegroups.google-desktop-developerRe: Where does the sidebar store the ...
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Srikanth21 Feb 2008 11:27 
Bijoy Thangaraj21 Feb 2008 11:31 
Srikanth21 Feb 2008 12:16 
Bijoy Thangaraj21 Feb 2008 12:20 
Srikanth21 Feb 2008 12:44 
zulishk22 Feb 2008 01:01 
Srikanth22 Feb 2008 16:15 
Lahiru [API Guru]24 Feb 2008 05:49 
Srikanth26 Feb 2008 09:50 
Subject:Re: Where does the sidebar store the currently "loaded gadgets"
From:Lahiru [API Guru] (llah@gmail.com)
Date:02/24/2008 05:49:08 AM
List:com.googlegroups.google-desktop-developer

Hi,

This might not be a solution but as I see theres a key in registry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Google Desktop\Sidebar called "data_dir" it's a path to a directory.

Inside that folder there are two files named : "sidebar_plugin_data" & "sidebar_removed_plugin_data". These files contain some details but unfortunately they are not plain/ text.. if u can handle these files,.. I guess it will become a solution .. :)

Thanks.

On Feb 23, 5:16 am, Srikanth <PS3@gmail.com> wrote:

Zulishk, Good suggestion. I did check that prior to posting my question to this group. Two logical places are HKCU...GoogleDesktop \Component and GoogleDesktop\Sidebar. While the latter does not store the UIDs, the Components Keyset does. However, the # of keys is not the same as the # of components I see on the side bar, which lead to my initial question. I have 2 different VMWare instances running Win XP, one has more UIDs than what is open, while the other VM instance shows lesser. Thanks