Vista question.

knownheroknownhero Member Posts: 450
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Hi everyone,

Just a quick question I need to ask about Vista. Can you display your clock on the desktop without the use of the sidebar. I just find the sidebar kind of annoying as that bar at the top of it with the + < > (hope you know what im on about) is always there.

If you can remove that then that would be great!

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  • HolyWarsHolyWars Member Posts: 38 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Hey man, you can, you just drag the clock onto the desktop, right click the sidebar and 'close sidebar'. That should keep the clock open, and sidebar closed.
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  • knownheroknownhero Member Posts: 450
    HolyWars wrote: »
    Hey man, you can, you just drag the clock onto the desktop, right click the sidebar and 'close sidebar'. That should keep the clock open, and sidebar closed.

    Yeah thats what I thought also. So I done that but it deleted the clock from the desktop. Kind of sucks that it does that. But ah well! Will have to live with the little clock at the bottom for now. Till Windows 7 comes out it will seem ;)
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  • skrpuneskrpune Member Posts: 1,409
    knownhero wrote: »
    Yeah thats what I thought also. So I done that but it deleted the clock from the desktop. Kind of sucks that it does that. But ah well! Will have to live with the little clock at the bottom for now. Till Windows 7 comes out it will seem ;)
    Dragging the clock to the desktop doesn't work for you? I just tested it out on mine, and I can drag the clock around the desktop no problem, and if I close the sidebar the clock stays put on the desktop. Hrm. This SHOULD work, not sure why it's not working for you though. icon_sad.gif
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  • knownheroknownhero Member Posts: 450
    skrpune wrote: »
    Dragging the clock to the desktop doesn't work for you? I just tested it out on mine, and I can drag the clock around the desktop no problem, and if I close the sidebar the clock stays put on the desktop. Hrm. This SHOULD work, not sure why it's not working for you though. icon_sad.gif



    Maybe im being a dumbass and doing it wrong. I will try again and see what happens.
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  • HolyWarsHolyWars Member Posts: 38 ■■□□□□□□□□
    knownhero wrote: »
    Maybe im being a dumbass and doing it wrong. I will try again and see what happens.
    Hmmm, not sure why its doing that. You can also try right clicking the clock, select 'Detatch from sidebar', then close the sidebar. Maybe this may work for you. icon_wink.gif
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  • knownheroknownhero Member Posts: 450
    HolyWars wrote: »
    Hmmm, not sure why its doing that. You can also try right clicking the clock, select 'Detatch from sidebar', then close the sidebar. Maybe this may work for you. icon_wink.gif

    Yeah I do that. Then I go to the system tray and right click Exit the side bar and both go. Kind annoying. But I have to now assume that what I need it to do. Cant be done.
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  • littlehoopslittlehoops Member Posts: 46 ■■■□□□□□□□
    if you right click the sidebar on the desktop and then click close it will work. dont right click the notifaction area button.
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  • HolyWarsHolyWars Member Posts: 38 ■■□□□□□□□□
    littlehoops wrote: »
    if you right click the sidebar on the desktop and then click close it will work. dont right click the notifaction area button.

    as above. Do it on the actual sidebar, not the sidebar icon.
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  • TalicTalic Member Posts: 423
    The gadgets detach from the side bar but they don't overlap the window your on when the bar is closed. It seems like if you want the clock to be on all the time you would need to just look at your task bar.

    I personally don't care for the clock, I have a G15 keyboard so I have a LCD screen that shows the clock all the time :) Both analog and digital, along with the date; not to mention a performance monitor and cpu temp monitor if I have CoreTemp running :)
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