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
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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" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:emv%(E-Mail Removed)...
> 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" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> 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" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> 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" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:emv%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> 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" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> 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" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> 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" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:emv%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> 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" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:emv%(E-Mail Removed)...
> 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
>
>
>
>
>