sidebar.exe
Windows Desktop Gadgets by Microsoft
| Version: | 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) |
| MD5: | ea6eadf6314e43783ba8eee79f93f73c |
| SHA1: | 7547491b0d7c29ea94a44cb01078867ede0b6bd0 |
| SHA256: | 1a4bc2d8dfbdc37af85c73dee76a6ee901eba188d43856bd2ffa96b79a126f73 |
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
What is sidebar.exe?
Gadgets are simple mini-applications that give users fast access to personally relevant information and simple tasks—without getting in the way. For example, the Weather Gadget provides real-time information that is available at a glance, and the CPU Meter Gadget provides system information that users are interested in monitoring. Gadgets are part of the desktop, like the Start button, taskbar, and notification area. Unlike normal windows, they aren't represented with a taskbar button. In Window
About sidebar.exe (from Microsoft)
“Gadgets put information and fun—like news, pictures, games, and the phases of the moon—right on your desktop. In Windows Vista, gadgets were corralled in the Sidebar. Windows 7 sets them free on the s”
Details
| File name: | sidebar.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Windows Desktop Gadgets |
| Description: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\windows sidebar\sidebar.exe |
| Original name: | sidebar.EXE.MUI |
| File version: | 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) |
| Product version: | 1.0.7600.16385 |
| Size: | 1.12 MB (1,173,504 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| Entropy: | 6.938492 |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
“Windows Sidebar is a long, vertical bar that is displayed on the side of your desktop. It contains mini-programs called gadgets, which offer information at a glance and provide easy access to frequently used tools. For example, you can use gadgets to display a picture slide show, view continuously updated headlines, or look up contacts. Sidebar can keep information and tools readily available for you to use. For example, you can display...”
Behaviors
Scheduled tasks
- The job 'P4G Sidebar' runs on registration in the path '\P4G Sidebar'
- The job 'SidebarExecute' runs on registration in the path '\SidebarExecute'
- Entry path '\P4G Sidebar'
- Entry path '\SidebarExecute'
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'Sidebar' → C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe /autoRun
User start menu folder
Shortcut pointer placed in '%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu'
- Shortcut to 'sidebar.exe'
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'Sidebar' → "C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe" /autoRun
Network connections
[UDP] listens on port 53099
[UDP] listens on port 49158
[UDP] listens on port 54597
[UDP] listens on port 62809
[UDP] listens on port 56663
[UDP] listens on port 52034
[UDP] listens on port 61555
[UDP] listens on port 62428
[UDP] listens on port 55064
[UDP] listens on port 59442
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.01076607% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00489035% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00587572% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 319,386,878 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 9,475,448/sec | |
| Context switches: | 102/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 23.78 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 28.49 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 18.87 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 23.78 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 160.7 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 165.16 MB | |
| Working set: | 23.12 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 29.47 MB | |
| Page faults: | 2,722,834/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 40.2 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 67/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 46 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 10.13 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 3,694/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 18 | |
| Handles: | 430 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 77 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 86 | |
| GUI USER count: | 52 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 69 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| sidebar.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.95601103% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.36243501% | |
| User CPU: | 0.59357602% | |
| CPU cycles: | 19,934,844/sec | |
| Context switches: | 7/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.14 MB | |
| mshtml.dll (Windows Internet Explorer by Microsoft) |
| Total CPU: | 0.13732511% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.02608626% | |
| User CPU: | 0.11123885% | |
| CPU cycles: | 2,236,977/sec | |
| Context switches: | 1/sec | |
| Memory: | 5.7 MB | |
| ole32.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.02287082% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00465456% | |
| User CPU: | 0.01821627% | |
| CPU cycles: | 302,220/sec | |
| Context switches: | 2/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.36 MB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00994671% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00587101% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00407570% | |
| CPU cycles: | 266,360/sec | |
| Context switches: | 3/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.23 MB | |
| AuxiliaryDisplayApi.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00951821% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00951821% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 69,880/sec | |
| Memory: | 132 KB | |
| msvcrt.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00415258% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00118642% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00296616% | |
| CPU cycles: | 27,084/sec | |
| Memory: | 688 KB | |
| rasman.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00118542% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00118542% | |
| CPU cycles: | 2,429/sec | |
| Memory: | 84 KB | |
| gdiplus.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00095788% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00093548% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00002240% | |
| CPU cycles: | 6,826/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.56 MB | |
| Wlanapi.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00078688% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00033260% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00045428% | |
| CPU cycles: | 16,545/sec | |
| Memory: | 88 KB | |
| WININET.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00075479% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00075479% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 44,963/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.11 MB | |
| WINMM.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00024187% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00024187% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 7,514/sec | |
| Memory: | 200 KB | |
| MSVCR80.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00012854% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00012854% | |
| CPU cycles: | 434,188/sec | |
| Context switches: | 4/sec | |
| Memory: | 620 KB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
52.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
30.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
11.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
3.00% |
|
| Windows Seven Black Edition |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
1.00% |
|
| Windows Se7en Titan |
1.00% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 42.93% of Windows Desktop Gadgets.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| ASUS |
20.53% |
|
| Dell |
18.25% |
|
| Toshiba |
13.69% |
|
| Acer |
12.93% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
11.79% |
|
| Sony |
8.37% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
4.94% |
|
| Samsung |
2.28% |
|
| Lenovo |
2.28% |
|
| Medion |
1.52% |
|
| Sahara |
1.14% |
|
| Alienware |
0.76% |
|
| MSI |
0.76% |
|
| NEC |
0.76% |
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