How to remove sidebar error

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sidebar.exe file information

The process Desktop Sidebar or WindowsX SideBar or Windows Sidebar belongs to the software prjDeskBar or sidebar.exe or Microsoft® Windows® Operating System by Idea or Lee Matthew Chantrey or Microsoft Corporation (www.microsoft.com).

Description: sidebar.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files". Known file sizes on Windows XP are 1196032 bytes (42% of all occurrence), 524288 bytes, 1253376 bytes, 1232896 bytes, 6083072 bytes, 1554432 bytes, 1233920 bytes, 1232384 bytes, 1230848 bytes.
The program has a visible window. File sidebar.exe is a Microsoft signed file. The application starts upon Windows startup (see Registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders). Therefore the technical security rating is 13% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

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If sidebar.exe is located in a subfolder of C:\Windows then the security rating is 41% dangerous. File size is 278528 bytes (33% of all occurrence), 688128 bytes, 122880 bytes. The application starts upon Windows startup (see Registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders). sidebar.exe is not a Windows system file.

External information from Paul Collins:

"Sidebar" definitely not required. Searchcentrix hijacker

Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as sidebar.exe, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the sidebar.exe process on your pc whether it is pest. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. It is one of the Top Download Picks of 2005 of The Washington Post and PC World.

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User Comments

Every time I log on it requires access to Internet and always appears in different folder in "User/Local Settings/Temp/". Although the autor of Vista Transformation Pack says there's no maleware in his software, that's doubtful. Why does it change its folder every time?
Johnny

Windows Sidebar for XP
anon

Comes with windows Vista
lordfirefox

Ist doch nur CPU Verschwendung diese Sidebar, weg damit
Profi

Desktop Sidebar is emulates the Windows Longhorn sidebar for XP/2000. Definitely not spyware/malware
ironcladlou (further information)

Summary: 5 users think sidebar.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 2 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous.

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