As an addendum to that, you need to have selected "Show common tasks in
folders" from Tools Folder Options "General" tab in Explorer in order to
get this. (As you say, this is XP's out-of-the-box default, but who knows
what changes have been made to OP's system.)


"Tim Meddick" wrote in message
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In Explorer, go to Control Panel.

Then, from the top menus, choose "View" "Explorer Bar" "Folders"

The word "Folders" should have a "tick" next to it and by clicking on it
you dismiss the folders at the side and is replaced by the default
"helpful tasks" which in Control Panel include :

"Switch to Category View"

(you get the same thing if you press the [X] in the corner of the
"Folders" side-panel in explorer to close the "Folders" view)

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"Jorge Cervantes" wrote in message
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Here is a minor irritation. Whenever I click Control Panel, I see
Classical View with about 40+ icons.
But I am more familiar with handling Category View. How can I change
from Classical to Category View.

In fact, when my children visited us, they changed Start Menu into
Classical Start Menu on my laptop.
I changed it to the default Start Menu. But Control and other menus
still remain in classical view. Jorge