Width of the sidebar and AutoHide

[Will Pittenger]

Is it possible to change the Vista Sidebar's width or have it auto-hide?
I haven't found a way to change the width, but would like to (assuming
any gadgets can use the extra width.

I also am interested in having the Sidebar auto-hide. I found a gadget
somewhere that claimed it could add auto-hide. I was suspicious as I
didn't think that Sidebar would let a mere gadget change the bar's
appearance. Sidebar claimed my download was corrupt. I didn't attempt
another download.

Because of these issues, I looked into other sidebars, but the only one
I liked that worked was Google Desktop which won't install. I have
Vista 64-bit SP1 and GD requires a 32-bit OS.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Unfortunately, neither of those options are available natively.

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[Jim]

Put the curser under the gadget , right click , close sidebar .
To open , right click sidebar icon , open .

 

[Will Pittenger]

That isn't auto-hide. That is useless.

 

[Will Pittenger]

I think I tried compatiblity mode. It looks like the GD installer
checks deeper for the OS type.

 

[Will Pittenger]

Google provided their own solution: a 32-bit version of Google Desktop
that works on 64-bit versions of Windows. Note: Last I checked, their
download page claims to require 32-bit Windows. Ignore that. I have it
running and it seems to work fine.