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Category View Missing in XP Control Panel
Hello,
What's going on with my control panel? Currently it is in Classic View and I can't change it back to XP Version, i.e. Category View. This option is gone from the left task pane! Here's an image.... http://www.engin.umich.edu/~btrease/...ians_control_p anel.jpg Any ideas? Thanks! Brian |
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Category View Missing in XP Control Panel
Brian;
Try this: Open Folder Options | General tab | Tick: "Show common tasks in folders" | Apply | OK Does Control Panel ^ Switch to Category View show up now? -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes In , Brian hunted and pecked: Hello, What's going on with my control panel? Currently it is in Classic View and I can't change it back to XP Version, i.e. Category View. This option is gone from the left task pane! Here's an image.... http://www.engin.umich.edu/~btrease/...ians_control_p anel.jpg Any ideas? Thanks! Brian |
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Category View Missing in XP Control Panel
Thanks, but it didn't work out.
I even tried selecting "Use Classic windows folders", hitting apply, then selecting "Show common tasks in folder" and hitting apply again, just to see if I could wash the bug out. No luck. -----Original Message----- Brian; Try this: Open Folder Options | General tab | Tick: "Show common tasks in folders" | Apply | OK Does Control Panel ^ Switch to Category View show up now? -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes In , Brian hunted and pecked: Hello, What's going on with my control panel? Currently it is in Classic View and I can't change it back to XP Version, i.e. Category View. This option is gone from the left task pane! Here's an image.... http://www.engin.umich.edu/~btrease/...ians_control_p anel.jpg Any ideas? Thanks! Brian . |
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Category View Missing in XP Control Panel
Brian;
Try this: From Kelly's Korner @ http://www.kellys-korner.com/ [Control Panel - Display This setting specifies the visual style of the Control Panel. Allowing you to either force the use of the new XP style, classic style or allow the user to select the preferred style. Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called 'ForceClassicControlPanel' and edit the value according to the settings (0 = force new, 1 = force classic). Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.] -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes In , Brian hunted and pecked: Thanks, but it didn't work out. I even tried selecting "Use Classic windows folders", hitting apply, then selecting "Show common tasks in folder" and hitting apply again, just to see if I could wash the bug out. No luck. -----Original Message----- Brian; Try this: Open Folder Options | General tab | Tick: "Show common tasks in folders" | Apply | OK Does Control Panel ^ Switch to Category View show up now? -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes In , Brian hunted and pecked: Hello, What's going on with my control panel? Currently it is in Classic View and I can't change it back to XP Version, i.e. Category View. This option is gone from the left task pane! Here's an image.... http://www.engin.umich.edu/~btrease/...ians_control_p anel.jpg Any ideas? Thanks! Brian . |
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Category View Missing in XP Control Panel
Aha, it worked!
Actually, what I did was just delete the DWORD 'ForceClassicControlPanel' altogether, so that no forcing happens at all. Only when I deleted it did the "Control Panel Switch .... " option show up in the left bar of the control panel. Thanks again! -----Original Message----- Brian; Try this: From Kelly's Korner @ http://www.kellys-korner.com/ [Control Panel - Display This setting specifies the visual style of the Control Panel. Allowing you to either force the use of the new XP style, classic style or allow the user to select the preferred style. Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersi on\Policies\Explorer Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called 'ForceClassicControlPanel' and edit the value according to the settings (0 = force new, 1 = force classic). Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.] -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes In , Brian hunted and pecked: Thanks, but it didn't work out. I even tried selecting "Use Classic windows folders", hitting apply, then selecting "Show common tasks in folder" and hitting apply again, just to see if I could wash the bug out. No luck. -----Original Message----- Brian; Try this: Open Folder Options | General tab | Tick: "Show common tasks in folders" | Apply | OK Does Control Panel ^ Switch to Category View show up now? -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes In , Brian hunted and pecked: Hello, What's going on with my control panel? Currently it is in Classic View and I can't change it back to XP Version, i.e. Category View. This option is gone from the left task pane! Here's an image.... http://www.engin.umich.edu/~btrease/...ians_control_p anel.jpg Any ideas? Thanks! Brian |
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Category View Missing in XP Control Panel
Brian;
I love it when a plan comes together! Glad it worked out. You bet. -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes In , Brian hunted and pecked: Aha, it worked! Actually, what I did was just delete the DWORD 'ForceClassicControlPanel' altogether, so that no forcing happens at all. Only when I deleted it did the "Control Panel Switch .... " option show up in the left bar of the control panel. Thanks again! -----Original Message----- Brian; Try this: From Kelly's Korner @ http://www.kellys-korner.com/ [Control Panel - Display This setting specifies the visual style of the Control Panel. Allowing you to either force the use of the new XP style, classic style or allow the user to select the preferred style. Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersi on\Policies\Explorer Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called 'ForceClassicControlPanel' and edit the value according to the settings (0 = force new, 1 = force classic). Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.] -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes In , Brian hunted and pecked: Thanks, but it didn't work out. I even tried selecting "Use Classic windows folders", hitting apply, then selecting "Show common tasks in folder" and hitting apply again, just to see if I could wash the bug out. No luck. -----Original Message----- Brian; Try this: Open Folder Options | General tab | Tick: "Show common tasks in folders" | Apply | OK Does Control Panel ^ Switch to Category View show up now? -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes In , Brian hunted and pecked: Hello, What's going on with my control panel? Currently it is in Classic View and I can't change it back to XP Version, i.e. Category View. This option is gone from the left task pane! Here's an image.... http://www.engin.umich.edu/~btrease/...ians_control_p anel.jpg Any ideas? Thanks! Brian |
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Category View Missing in XP Control Panel
On Monday, December 29, 2003 1:40:44 PM UTC-5, Wesley Vogel wrote:
Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called 'ForceClassicControlPanel' and edit the value according to the settings (0 = force new, 1 = force classic). Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.] I don't see an existing value. What does it look like? How does one create a new value? And in particular, a new DWORD value? Where do the settings 0 and 1 come from? |
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