Pinnacle Desktop Gadget (for Vista/Win7)

[Robz]

I was using the Gadget on Windows 7 64 but since using the v5 beta and now the final, it reads the games but won't launch them and instead of showing the profiles it shows a number. Is this a problem with the gadget or could it be something wrong on my end? Regards Rob

[Pinnacle [Rob]]

Well Pinnacle v5.x should have updated your gadget so it could be compatible... maybe the update didn't work as expected (or it could be another problem I suppose). I think if you open your gadgets window you should be able to find the Pinnacle Gadget version number... please tell me what version you see there.

[Robz]

Hi Rob, it shows v1.3. I have noticed that Pinnacle is in C:\Program Files (x86)\KALiNKOsoft\Pinnacle Game Profiler and other User and ProgramData shows PowerUp Software. Does that matter? Does the gadget work in both 32 and 64bit sidebar.exe? It used to work and I tried uninstall gadget and I have re-downloaded and re-installed but so far no joy. Regards Rob

[Pinnacle [Rob]]

Yea, I think v1.3 should be the latest version... although I don't think I've ever tested the gadget on Windows7 or on even Vista 64-bit... only on the system it was built on for Vista 32-bit... although gadgets are pretty simple so I would expect it to work. Anyway, I will need to run some tests to see if I can find any bugs when running on those systems...

[Robz]

Thanks for the reply. I've gone back to using the Pinnacle icon on the taskbar and running @startup. I did try it with both 32 and 64 sidebar.exe no difference I think it might have something to do with the choose config menu as it shows a string of numbers instead of the profile names which it used to show before v5. With PGP not running and clicking play PGP tries to start then closes (process only nothing on screen). Regards Rob

[Pinnacle [Rob]]

Ok, well there are some problems I've found now... so I'm working to fix them, hopefully a new gadget version can be ready soon with the new program version.

[bitdman]

I'm just curious. Whats the point or fascination with this gadget?

[Pinnacle [Marco]]

I'm just curious. Whats the point or fascination with this gadget?

At first it started as a fun side-project, but after getting feedback from our community, we're now looking to use it to improve the game manager features of PGP. This will receive some attention as soon as PGP 5.1.0 is released.

[Pinnacle [Rob]]

The new version of the PinnacleGadget has been released, download it here...
http://www.pinnaclegameprofiler.com/...cle-gadget.zip

You might also have to update to v5.1.0 at the link below...
http://www.pinnaclegameprofiler.com/...nualupdate.zip
(just follow the instructions in the readme file inside the zip)

[cottle9]

Good idea and i would use it but i dont like the side bar..

Very good work though