archive dropdown for each year

This can be done easier and without a plugin – just use the Links widget…First create a new Link category, then create the links in form: yoursite.com/year/
An example at my site is in footer at “SOME SITES I BUILT AND HOST” (of using Links and it’s widget)
…or just use a text widget and hard code the HTML.

Update with new link each year.

Thanks for your help, but it wasn’t the solution I was looking for.
I did find a fix though which I’m still working on.

Eventually I want a function that will recognise if the checkbox in the archive widget has been checked and then replace the standard widget select area width the code below.

<ul>
<?php
/**/
$years = $wpdb->get_col("SELECT DISTINCT YEAR(post_date)
FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_status = 'publish'
AND post_type = 'post' ORDER BY post_date DESC");
foreach($years as $year) :
?>

<li>
<label><?php echo $year; ?></label>

	 <select  name="archive-dropdown" onchange="document.location.href=this.options[this.selectedIndex].value;">

        <?php $months = $wpdb->get_col("SELECT DISTINCT MONTH(post_date)
        FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_status = 'publish' AND post_type = 'post'
        AND YEAR(post_date) = '".$year."' ORDER BY post_date DESC");
        foreach($months as $month) :
        ?>

	<option value="<?php echo get_month_link($year, $month); ?>">

            <?php echo date( 'F', mktime(0, 0, 0, $month) );?>

            </option>

        <?php endforeach;?>
	    </select>

</li>
<?php endforeach; ?>

</ul>

It may have helped if your end result was stated in the OP. What I suggested does and would work well for most without coding.