restore Category View in Control Panel

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?)

Hi,

Tools/Folder Options/General tab, click "show common tasks".

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Lois" <msterse@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:%23Pl5slwZEHA.3804@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> am looking for help in restoring the view in my Control Panel, I made the
> mistake of clicking on the Classic View and forgot to switch it back
before
> shutting down and now have lost ability to switch back to the Category
> View... the option is just not there anymore.... have searched the Help in
> Control Panel, and it tells me how to switch back and forth but doesn't
say
> anything about what to do when the options aren't there anymore.... would
> appreciate any wise words (other than don't mess with xp).... thanx....
>
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?)

thanx Rick,

worked like a charm and what a simple solution, why is it so hard to find
these things in the "Help and Support" for WinXP.... i now realize that
perhaps i should use the newsgroups after the first half hour of searching
instead of hitting my head on the walls of XP support... once again, thanx

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news vU9AjzZEHA.3112@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> Tools/Folder Options/General tab, click "show common tasks".
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Lois" <msterse@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> news:%23Pl5slwZEHA.3804@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > am looking for help in restoring the view in my Control Panel, I made
the
> > mistake of clicking on the Classic View and forgot to switch it back
> before
> > shutting down and now have lost ability to switch back to the Category
> > View... the option is just not there anymore.... have searched the Help
in
> > Control Panel, and it tells me how to switch back and forth but doesn't
> say
> > anything about what to do when the options aren't there anymore....
would
> > appreciate any wise words (other than don't mess with xp)....
thanx....
> >
> >
>
>