Add gadget from c#

Question

How can i add a gadget to the sidebar via c#

Answer 1

 

Well, you could either add the folder to the gadgets folder or if you want the gadget to appear in Sidebar you could shell execute the gadget file.  Of course, the latter would offer a prompt to the user asking if they want to install it.

Andy

Answer 2

Yeah i have the gadget in the gadget folder i now want to add it

 

Answer 3

Have a look at my article on the subject here.  I stress that this should only be used in a corporate environment for Gadget deployment.

Answer 4

 

There must be a better way of doing this

 

 

Answer 5

Unfortunately not.  This issue was raised during the beta, but I don't think MS took the business side of Sidebar seriously.

Answer 6

umm the only other option is change the ini file and reboot the sidebar

 

Answer 7

Not quite too sure what you're asking. Does this help (link below) or are you asking how to programmatically add the gadget to the sidebar so that it just shows up on the sidebar without user intervention? If the latter, I'm not sure. Never thought about it.

 

http://blogs.msdn.com/markhsch/archive/2007/07/24/net-sidebar-gadget-creator-update.aspx

 

Answer 8

 

Yeah i am after "how to programmatically add the gadget to the sidebar so that it just shows up on the sidebar without user intervention"