Save the gadgets settings in the Vista sidebar

Save the Vista sidebar gadgets. In Vista, you can add multiple gadget entries without affecting each other.
Therefore, after a gadget is deleted, the corresponding settings will also be lost.
So how to save the settings?
In Vista, save each user's gadget settings in the following locations:

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Code:

%userprofile%/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows Sidebar/Settings.ini

After setting, back up settings. ini to achieve the backup goal.
Settings. INI File Format Parsing:
Each gadget is represented by a section.

Reference:

Example:
[Root]
Settingsversion = "00.00.00.01"
Sidebarshowstate = "imploded"
Sidebardockedpartsorder = "0xd, 0xe, 0x3, 0xb" // see the following description.
Section0 = "3" // a total of 4 gadget
Section1 = "11"
Section2 = "13"
Section3 = "14"
Sidebardockedpartspage1 = "4"
Sidebarautostart = "true" // enable the sidebar automatically after startup
Onetimeremovegadgetmessageshown = "true"
Onetimecloselastdockedmessageshown = "true"
Pickerposx = "210" // Add the location of the gadget window
Pickerposy = "89"
[Section 3]
Privatesetting_gadgetname = "XXXXXXXXX"
· Corresponding to the gadget settings ······
[Section 11]
···············
[Section 13]
···············
[Section 14
···············

Privatesetting_gadgetname = This item indicates the gadget path represented by this section (Note: % 5c indicates/% 20 indicates a space)
Sidebardockedpartsorder = "0xd, 0xe, 0x3, 0xb, 0xf," This row indicates the display order of the gadget.
Highlighted in red is a number in hexadecimal notation, and converted to decimal notation is the number corresponding to sectionx =.

If you accidentally delete the gadget file, you can use the backup file to restore the file (you must first disable the entire slide show sidebar to restore the file)
By garphy