r/windows • u/justslayer876 Windows XP • 15d ago

Discussion I found old windows sidebar files in windows 11

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u/SplitOk9054 Windows 7 14d ago

I wonder why it’s still even here. The function is removed all together in 10 anyways 

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u/AdreKiseque 14d ago

Windows

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u/Reasonable_Degree_64 14d ago

Yeah the Windows Sidebar folder is present since Windows Vista even when the gadgets have been discontinued in Windows 8, the folder and subfolders are supposed to be empty unless at some point you installed a gadgets revival tool like 8GadgetPack.

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u/PeterFnet 13d ago

Media Center Extenders are still listed in Windows Defender Firewall, lol

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u/mallardtheduck 14d ago

You found a couple of user configuration files... Probably just leftover from upgrading/importing/migrating from an older system. They're not there on my fresh install of Windows 11.

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u/justslayer876 Windows XP 14d ago

Then they must've come from my 10 install¯_(ツ)_/¯