Windows Sidebar does not open in Vista Ultimate

I recently tried to reopen my sidebar to get a few new gadgets only to find, it doesn't work, I don't want to do a system restore because I remember how far back since he stopped working, I tried all the tips I can find to help me, but unfortunately did not work.

The location is still there but when I open it it does nothing and goes the icon at the bottom right of the bar of tasks, but when I go on it disappears immediately as I went to control panel to uninstall or change, but he wouldn't because the path is not found and came up with an error...
"Error creating process reason: the system cannot find the file specified. '.
Then, I tried to use the command prompt, type "regsvr32.exe/u/s sbdrop.dll" but came up with an error message...
'Module 'ssbdrop.dll' failed to load. Make sure the binary is stored at the specified location or debug it to check for problems with the binary or independent file. DLL files. The specified module could not be found. »

Can someone help me please?

Hello

What happens when you run the Fix It tool.
Also, have you tried to register the dll manually like in the article?

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Desktop Experience]

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