Help needed with My Computer folder appearance.

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To those who are familiar with XP you'll know that in "My Computer" the way
that the icons are layed out and grouped together are different from the way
they normally appear in previous versions of windows.

Well my My Computer folder has decided to revert back to old stylee windows
and ditch it's new XP layout. I don't recall changing any settings to cause
this and after getting used to the way that XP displays it's My Computer
contents I must say that I rather miss it.

I've tried loading a different theme and then reloading the XP theme but
alas no
change. I've also tried Right click My Computer then advanced, performance,
adjust for best settings., still no joy. Going into the display properties
and selecting the appearance tab shows XP Style.

Any ideas as to how I could restore it's original XP appearance?

Many thanks.

I've xposted to basics and help_and_support as I wasn't sure which one to
post to. Please forgive me if I have made an error in doing so.
 
Hello Jones,

When you open My Computer, try clicking on View at the top, then you can
choose to have Thumbnails, Tiles, Icons List or Details. You can also choose
how they are grouped. Is this what you're looking for?

HTH

Colin.
 
Adjusting for best performance clears the XP look.. adjusting for best
appearance (subjective) will get it back..
 
coliboy said:
Hello Jones,

When you open My Computer, try clicking on View at the top, then you can
choose to have Thumbnails, Tiles, Icons List or Details. You can also
choose
how they are grouped. Is this what you're looking for?
Click to expand...

The folder used to look similar to this:
http://www.phm.lu/Products/PC/Plus/Sample1.gif

It's still retained the web view on the left (blue panel with details) but
now it just looks like any other folder with icons in it. There is no
seperation with text like there is in the image (I.E. It doesn't say Hard
Disk Drives and then display the drives under it, Devices with removable
storage and then display drives under it etc anymore.) They're displayed
just like any other folder now and I can't understand why. It's not so much
of a problem more of an annoyance. It took me a while to get used to the
new Xp style of My Computer and now I miss it lol.

Thanks
 
Mike Hall said:
Adjusting for best performance clears the XP look.. adjusting for best
appearance (subjective) will get it back..
Click to expand...

Hi Mike,

Thanks for replying. Sorry I should have stated that it is already on best
appearance on the performance setting window.
 
Jones said:
To those who are familiar with XP you'll know that in "My Computer" the
way
that the icons are layed out and grouped together are different from the
way
they normally appear in previous versions of windows.

Well my My Computer folder has decided to revert back to old stylee
windows
and ditch it's new XP layout. I don't recall changing any settings to
cause
this and after getting used to the way that XP displays it's My Computer
contents I must say that I rather miss it.

I've tried loading a different theme and then reloading the XP theme but
alas no
change. I've also tried Right click My Computer then advanced,
performance, adjust for best settings., still no joy. Going into the
display properties and selecting the appearance tab shows XP Style.

Any ideas as to how I could restore it's original XP appearance?

Many thanks.
Click to expand...

Problem solved in 24hoursupport.helpdesk

Solution:
Click "View-->Arrange Icons By..-->Show in Groups." It will then make
everything A through Z, so then click "View-->Arrange Icons By-->Type".

Thanks to everyone who replied. Your help was most appreciated.
 
To those who are familiar with XP you'll know that in "My Computer" the way
that the icons are layed out and grouped together are different from the way
they normally appear in previous versions of windows.

Well my My Computer folder has decided to revert back to old stylee windows
and ditch it's new XP layout. I don't recall changing any settings to cause
this and after getting used to the way that XP displays it's My Computer
contents I must say that I rather miss it.

I've tried loading a different theme and then reloading the XP theme but
alas no
change. I've also tried Right click My Computer then advanced, performance,
adjust for best settings., still no joy. Going into the display properties
and selecting the appearance tab shows XP Style.

Any ideas as to how I could restore it's original XP appearance?

Many thanks.

I've xposted to basics and help_and_support as I wasn't sure which one to
post to. Please forgive me if I have made an error in doing so.
Click to expand...

With a My Computer window up, select View> Arrange Icons By...> Show in
Groups. The default view for My Computer on a fresh XP install also uses
the View> Tiles setting.
 
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