File purpose and description:

Sidebar.exe is a program most likely was already installed on your computer since the day your purchased. Always double check the disk location, as that will help verify if it is spyware or virus related, or if it is installed in the proper disk location. The disk location is shown below. This program is part of the Microsoft gadgets and gadget software, and its always found on Vista. A new computer with Vista will have this in the startup. You can terminate it if you want, but you will see your gadgets and software bar disappear. This file is considered safe and is not spyware or virus related. (See the details below for the actual location of this file.)

Actual file or task name:
sidebar.exe

File type:
This is a executable file

File or folder location:
This file will be found at "C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe /autoRun

General information:
Be aware that many tasks will be similiar names to existing tasks or processes. You can always view the running tasks on your computer by pressing ctrl-alt-del to view the windows "task manager", and then view the "processes" tab. This will show you all tasks running or currently active on your PC. Although this shows you all running tasks, it does not show dll file thats are loaded, as they get loaded as part of other processes. Many spyware writers attempt to hide their files on your computer, for example, sidebar.exe may be intentionally misspelled to look like a similiar task, or spyware may be named very similiar to a Windows system task. The reason they do this is so you cannot easily recognize the name in your tasklist as I have mentioned above. Make sure always check the location of the file if you are concerned. You can always find the location of sidebar.exe on your computer by using your Windows search options, but I will also try to list the file location of every file described on this website, so you can verify the correct location. You can view the entire tasklist directory with the link below.

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roxwatchtray.exe	roxwatchtray9.exe	rpbrowserrecordplugin.dll	rpitsp.exe	rps.exe
rqrqnnk.dll	rsvp.exe	rthdcpl.exe	rthdvcpl.exe	rtvscan.exe
ruktqbm.exe	rundll32.exe	rxmon.exe	saap.exe	sachost.exe
safe.share.exe	safeshare.exe	sagent2.exe	saie1101.exe	sais.exe
saishook.dll	salm.exe	sandicon.exe	sapisvr.exe	saservice.exe
saue1101.exe	save.exe	savenow.exe	sbc.exe	sbdrvdet.exe
sbmdl.dll	sbmntr.exe	sbserv.exe	scactiveblock.dll	scanregw.exe
schedhlp.exe	schsvr.exe	scit.exe	scriptsn.dll	scvhost.exe
sdhelper.dll	sdieint.dll	se.dll	search.exe	searchindexer.exe