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Lastly we create a batch file to recopy this file each time a user logs in and then launches the sidebar application.Ĭreate a new batch file called gadgets.bat then place the following in the file.Ĭopy /Z /Y \\myserver\myshare\Settings.ini “%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar\”Ĭopy the Settings.ini file to a network share. %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar\Settings.ini The default location for the gadget config file in a users profile is: Now go grab the config file you just created by moving and launching the gadgets you wanted. We have dual monitors across our tech team so we placed all gadgets on second monitor. Move them where you want them to be on the desktop so that they are placed in the areas you want them. How to force default gadgets on a users desktop, First off to get started you need to setup a profile and launch the gadgets you want on the desktop. Here is a little more about the “load default gadgets at login” script. Below you will find a copy of my login script to set gadgets up on Desktop when a user logs in. I hope this helps some scripter out there with login scripts they are writing. Wow, the window now closes after it launches the sidebar application. Then in quotes (if spaces exist) the command to run. If you look at the command, I use the “start” cmd and then supply (“”) a literal nothing as a switch to the “start” cmd. Start “” “C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe” /autostart Here is the trick to get a cmd that fails to release after launch in a batch file to actually release. The problem I was having with this script was I was trying to launch the sidebar application after the update and that was causing the cmd window not to close after it launched the application.Ĭ:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe” /autostart

This is a great script for controlling the gadgets seen on a users desktop. Pretty simple script, it copies the settings.ini file from a network share and places it in your profile directory under “sidebar” and then launches sidebar.exe with a switch. I have a script that updates the desktop gadgets your profile should launch upon login.

Do you ever have a bat or cmd file that you have written to do something like update a config file then launch a application or process, and have it fail to close the cmd window after it completes even with the “EXIT” command placed at the end of script?