How do I restore the option in control panel to switch bewteen Classic
or Category view?

thanks

In the View Menu, Explorer Bar, make sure nothing there is checked.

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"David Sherman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> How do I restore the option in control panel to switch bewteen Classic
> or Category view?
>
> thanks

Nothing is checked.


On Tue, 3 Jul 2007 13:05:14 -0700, "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote:

>In the View Menu, Explorer Bar, make sure nothing there is checked.

David Sherman wrote:
> How do I restore the option in control panel to switch bewteen Classic
> or Category view?
>
> thanks

When you open the Control Panel, is the Common Tasks on the left? Is
there a darker blue line that reads "Control Panel"? If so, click it
and that might show the "Switch to .." option.

If the Common Tasks bar is missing, try this:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line 78. Common Tasks View - Disable or Enable

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Joe =o)

No, it doesn't work.



On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:35:12 -0400, Elmo <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>David Sherman wrote:
>> How do I restore the option in control panel to switch bewteen Classic
>> or Category view?
>>
>> thanks
>
>When you open the Control Panel, is the Common Tasks on the left? Is
>there a darker blue line that reads "Control Panel"? If so, click it
>and that might show the "Switch to .." option.
>
>If the Common Tasks bar is missing, try this:
>
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>Line 78. Common Tasks View - Disable or Enable
>
>--
>Joe =o)

David Sherman wrote:
> No, it doesn't work.
>
>
>
> On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:35:12 -0400, Elmo <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>> David Sherman wrote:
>>> How do I restore the option in control panel to switch between Classic
>>> or Category view?
>>>
>>> thanks
>> When you open the Control Panel, is the Common Tasks on the left? Is
>> there a darker blue line that reads "Control Panel"? If so, click it
>> and that might show the "Switch to .." option.
>>
>> If the Common Tasks bar is missing, try this:
>>
>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>> Line 78. Common Tasks View - Disable or Enable

Q: What doesn't work?

A:



Q: Which was the case?

A:



Q: Is the Common Tasks bar on the left of the Control Panel window?

A:



Q: What view is currently shown?

A:



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Joe =o)

All I get is a list of items in Classic mode.
Common tasks doesn;t show up.
I have looked at the reigisrty and group ploicy. It appears that I
have a registry enrty of ForceClassicControlPanel = 1

In the registy , there is one entry under Group policy, that shows
ForceClassicControlPanel=0.

I deleted all such entires and reboot. I still get the classic view
with no common tasks on the left,


On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:36:19 -0400, Elmo <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>David Sherman wrote:
>> No, it doesn't work.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:35:12 -0400, Elmo <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> David Sherman wrote:
>>>> How do I restore the option in control panel to switch between Classic
>>>> or Category view?
>>>>
>>>> thanks
>>> When you open the Control Panel, is the Common Tasks on the left? Is
>>> there a darker blue line that reads "Control Panel"? If so, click it
>>> and that might show the "Switch to .." option.
>>>
>>> If the Common Tasks bar is missing, try this:
>>>
>>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>>> Line 78. Common Tasks View - Disable or Enable
>
>Q: What doesn't work?
>
>A:
>
>
>
>Q: Which was the case?
>
>A:
>
>
>
>Q: Is the Common Tasks bar on the left of the Control Panel window?
>
>A:
>
>
>
>Q: What view is currently shown?
>
>A:
>
>
>
>--
>Joe =o)

David Sherman wrote:
> All I get is a list of items in Classic mode.
> Common tasks doesn't show up.
> I have looked at the registry and group policy. It appears that I
> have a registry entry of ForceClassicControlPanel = 1

If this shows up again, change it to

ForceClassicControlPanel = )

That should turn off the forced Classic CP.

> In the registry, there is one entry under Group policy, that shows
> ForceClassicControlPanel=0.
>
> I deleted all such entires and reboot. I still get the classic view
> with no common tasks on the left.
>
>
> On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:36:19 -0400, Elmo <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>> David Sherman wrote:
>>> No, it doesn't work.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:35:12 -0400, Elmo <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> David Sherman wrote:
>>>>> How do I restore the option in control panel to switch between Classic
>>>>> or Category view?
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks
>>>> When you open the Control Panel, is the Common Tasks on the left? Is
>>>> there a darker blue line that reads "Control Panel"? If so, click it
>>>> and that might show the "Switch to .." option.
>>>>
>>>> If the Common Tasks bar is missing, try this:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>>>> Line 78. Common Tasks View - Disable or Enable
>> Q: What doesn't work?

When you clicked the "Enable" (Common Tasks view), did you save the .reg
file to the desktop, then double-click it to merge it in the registry?

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs...ommontasks.reg

--
Joe =o)

Elmo wrote:
> David Sherman wrote:
>> All I get is a list of items in Classic mode.
>> Common tasks doesn't show up.
>> I have looked at the registry and group policy. It appears that I
>> have a registry entry of ForceClassicControlPanel = 1
>
> If this shows up again, change it to
>
> ForceClassicControlPanel = )

Sorry, this should read:

ForceClassicControlPanel = 0

The zero turns it off.

On a machine that have category view and common tasks, there is no
forceclassicontrolpanel in the registry at all.


On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 22:22:22 -0400, Elmo <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Elmo wrote:
>> David Sherman wrote:
>>> All I get is a list of items in Classic mode.
>>> Common tasks doesn't show up.
>>> I have looked at the registry and group policy. It appears that I
>>> have a registry entry of ForceClassicControlPanel = 1
>>
>> If this shows up again, change it to
>>
>> ForceClassicControlPanel = )
>
>Sorry, this should read:
>
>ForceClassicControlPanel = 0
>
>The zero turns it off.