Have you tried exiting the Sidebar, start it back then readd the Gadgets?
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"calewis3" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> So I have searched the forum for a problem similar to the one I'm having,
> and I regret to say that I have not had any luck. So I decided to post a
> new
> question.
>
>
> Whats happening is that my sidebar has become partially unresponsive. When
> I
> turned my computer on this morning, I noticed that I was missing a few
> Gadgets, so I went to add them back. Well, when I click add gadgets the
> Gadget gallery window opens and I see the gadgets in my collection
> briefly,
> but then they disappear and leave an empty gadget gallery. The gadgets
> that
> are still on my desktop seem to be working, but If I close one, then I
> have
> no way to get it back.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>