Missing teh left side panel under Control panel

[Craig]

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I could not figure out how it happened. When I click Control Panel, I see
Classic View.
I am unable to switch to "Category View" because the left side panel
disappeared.
Please tell me how to recover the left side panel which allows me to choose
between Classic/category view.
Craig

 

[Guest]

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Craig wrote:
> I could not figure out how it happened. When I click
> Control Panel, I see Classic View.
> I am unable to switch to "Category View" because the left
> side panel disappeared.
> Please tell me how to recover the left side panel which
> allows me to choose between Classic/category view.
> Craig

You can try the following:
In Control Panel, open Folder Options.
On the General page, make sure "Show common tasks in folders"
is selected instead of "Use Windows classic folders".
Click OK.

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