How To Backup Desktop Gadgets In Windows 7

1. Type the following code in the Start menu search box and hit enter.

C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Microsoft

Replace “C” with your Windows 7 drive and “Username” with your username. For example, if you have installed Windows 7 on “D” drive and your username is “Example” you would enter D:\Users\Example\AppData\Local\Microsoft

2. In the resulting folder, look for a folder named Windows Sidebar. As you can imagine, this folder contains your third-party gadgets.

3. Simply copy and paste Windows Sidebar folder to your desired location to backup gadgets.

4. You can also copy this folder to any other Windows 7 PC to start using your favorite gadgets. You can even transfer these gadgets from Windows 7 x86 to Windows x64 and vice versa.

5. Enjoy!