How to change from Classical View to Category View for Control Panel?

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

This will work:

Open the search engine of your choice and type (or copy and paste) this
into the search box:

change windows xp control panel to category view
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Jorge Cervantes wrote:
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

This will work:

Open the search engine of your choice and type (or copy and paste) this
into the search box:

change windows xp control panel to category view
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Jorge Cervantes wrote:
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

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
...
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

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
...
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

"Leonard Grey" wrote in message
...
This will work:

Open the search engine of your choice and type (or copy and paste)
this into the search box:

change windows xp control panel to category view


ROTFL!
Hey, I did what you said, but Control Panel did not open at all! eg
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009
A+
http://dts-l.net/

"Leonard Grey" wrote in message
...
This will work:

Open the search engine of your choice and type (or copy and paste)
this into the search box:

change windows xp control panel to category view


ROTFL!
Hey, I did what you said, but Control Panel did not open at all! eg
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009
A+
http://dts-l.net/

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
...
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
...
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

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
...
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
...
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

You cannot explain every contingency in a piece of advice contained within one [post]
reply...

I assume that the OP would re-post of his/her failure to obtain a desirable outcome
after following the advice given.

I would then be able to follow-up accordingly.

But thankyou for your accurate observations.

I see the OP is using OE to read / write his posts, so he will be able to "see" the
attached reg-file, which will, when imported, change the Control panel to "category
view".

==

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




"Olórin" wrote in message
...
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
...
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
...
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

You cannot explain every contingency in a piece of advice contained within one [post]
reply...

I assume that the OP would re-post of his/her failure to obtain a desirable outcome
after following the advice given.

I would then be able to follow-up accordingly.

But thankyou for your accurate observations.

I see the OP is using OE to read / write his posts, so he will be able to "see" the
attached reg-file, which will, when imported, change the Control panel to "category
view".

==

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




"Olórin" wrote in message
...
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
...
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
...
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

I thought I'd reproduce the [last] reply I sent using standard format, after sending
a binary post.

You might try using this reg-file, which will, when imported, change the Control
panel to "category
view".

*NB Please note that you should not "be in" Control Panel while you actually import
the reg-file.

Download the reg-file from the web-page (link below) and double-click on it to import
it :

http://www.4shared.com/file/WbtxFonK/CP_CAT_VIEW.html

==

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




"Jorge Cervantes" wrote in message
...
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

I thought I'd reproduce the [last] reply I sent using standard format, after sending
a binary post.

You might try using this reg-file, which will, when imported, change the Control
panel to "category
view".

*NB Please note that you should not "be in" Control Panel while you actually import
the reg-file.

Download the reg-file from the web-page (link below) and double-click on it to import
it :

http://www.4shared.com/file/WbtxFonK/CP_CAT_VIEW.html

==

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




"Jorge Cervantes" wrote in message
...
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