Category View Missing in XP Control Panel

[Brian]

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/share/brians_control_p
anel.jpg

Any ideas?

Thanks!
Brian

 

[Wesley Vogel]

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?

 

[Brian]

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.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

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\CurrentVersion\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.]

 

[Brian]

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\CurrentVersi 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

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.

http://www.engin.umich.edu/~btrease/share/brians_control_p

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Brian;
I love it when a plan comes together! Glad it worked out. You bet.
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

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\CurrentVersi 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

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 <[email protected]> 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/share/brians_control_p
anel.jpg

Any ideas?

Thanks!
Brian

 

[tombrooklyn]

Go to
Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\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?

 

[JJ]

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Go to
Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies \E
xplorer

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?

That "HKEY_CURR..." path is like the path of a folder and its
subfolders. A registry value is like a file. Left pane is the folder
tree. Right pane is the file list. Quite similar to Windows Explorer.

To create a new value, right-click on an empty area in right pane.
Select "New" then click on "DWORD Value". Change the name of the value.
Then double-click it to edit its data. Enter 0 or 1 then press OK. Just
like creating a new text note file where you need to keep this
instruction.

As for where the 0 and 1 came from... Microsoft decides what means what.
We're just following what's been decided.