Disable UAC in Windows 7 With Sidebar and Gadgets Working Properly

On Windows 7 Beta, when user turns off and disables the User Account Control (UAC) by setting the UAC slider to never notify in Control Panel, there will be a ’side effect’ on Gadgets and/or Sidebar, where Sidebar together with Desktop Gadgets do not work properly and not been displayed on desktop.

The generally used workaround to let Sidebar and Desktop Gadgets works while UAC is off by replacing some system files related to Sidebar with an older version from Windows Vista or Windows 7 Build 6801, as Windows Sidebar is working properly on these system even when UAC is disabled.

For user who dislikes replacing any files, or don’t want to have old classic Vista style of gadgets roaming only in Sidebar, here’s another trick to disable User Account Control without affecting or causing Desktop Gadgets or Sidebar to not working.

A thread on My Digital Life forum has posted a registry file, which set the value for AllowElevatedProcess registry key located in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Sidebar\Settings registry key to “1″. After changing the value for the AllowElevatedProcess, gadget will be fixed and shown on desktop even if UAC is turned off.

Download AllowElevatedProcess.reg

Of course, user can always manually run the Registry Editor, and navigate to the registry key above to modify the AllowElevatedProcess registry entry value.

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19 Responses to “Disable UAC in Windows 7 With Sidebar and Gadgets Working Properly”

  1. ee
    December 2nd, 2009 00:24
    19

    I don’t see the folder settings, I only see the folder compatibility in the Sidebar folder.

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    August 7th, 2009 13:44
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    [...] Disable UAC in Windows 7 With Sidebar and Gadgets Working Properly [...]

  3. purv
    April 17th, 2009 23:30
    17

    Thank u so much for AllowElevatedProcess.reg, working perfect :)

  4. Tony
    March 31st, 2009 06:54
    16

    Key worked great for me on 32-bit version of Windows 7.

  5. yazn
    March 7th, 2009 01:05
    15

    thank tou very very match

  6. david
    March 3rd, 2009 07:56
    14

    reg option worked perfect for me to correct the gadgets issue with UAC and Win7. thanks.

    create restore point just in case..

  7. jerry
    February 25th, 2009 05:36
    13

    Thanks I am running 7000build 64 bit and using Qword 64-bit did not work but when i made it Dword 32-bit everything worked Fine. Thanks Aemony.

  8. Vako
    February 17th, 2009 06:40
    12

    Thanks. That worked perfectly.

  9. El Francotirador » Windows 7: Cuando Microsoft por fin dejó de pensar con el culo
    February 6th, 2009 12:54
    11

    [...] Y eso no es todo: en un ataque de estupidez, UAC me impidió modificar archivos de mi propio disco duro argumentando que no tenía privilegios para hacerlo. No di con otra solución que matar definitivamente UAC (cosa que Windows Vista no te permitía hacer), lo que como represalia me quitó los gadgets con los que me estaba encariñando. Como siempre, alguien dio con una solución a este problema… a la mala, claro. [...]

  10. Ray
    February 5th, 2009 21:57
    10

    Downloaded AllowElevatedProcess.reg, works great, thank you

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    February 4th, 2009 00:46
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    [...] Disable UAC may cause gadget not working in Windows 7. User who facing the issue can use another workaround to suppress User Account Control. [...]

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    February 4th, 2009 00:46
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    [...] Disable UAC may cause gadget not working in Windows 7. User who facing the issue can use another workaround to suppress User Account Control. [...]

  13. bula
    January 30th, 2009 08:08
    7

    ok i got it to work by following Aemony directions… but should i have used “QWORD x64″ b/c im using x64 windows?

  14. bula
    January 30th, 2009 07:44
    6

    I Downloaded and ran AllowElevatedProcess.reg and it didnt work.. im running x64 build 7000

  15. RangerJoe02
    January 29th, 2009 02:33
    5

    Thanks..U da MAN !

  16. Aemony
    January 29th, 2009 01:53
    4

    @Aleksandar:
    You will probably have to create it yourself:
    Right click within the folder ‘Settings’ -> New -> DWORD (32-bit) value -> Name it ‘AllowElevatedProcess’ -> Set it to 1

  17. Aleksandar
    January 26th, 2009 07:05
    3

    I can’t find AllowElevatedProcess

  18. Manan
    January 22nd, 2009 23:32
    2

    Yes its working 100%

  19. Manan
    January 22nd, 2009 23:32
    1

    Y its working 100%

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