Comments on: How to change Control Panel View in Windows 11/10

By: Fred

Fred — Sat, 29 Jun 2013 08:27:00 +0000

In Windows 8, after closing the Registry Editor, you must FULLY shut down the PC in order for the changes to be made permanent.
Select Settings > Power icon > Hold down Shift key and click on Shut Down.

By: svsnead

svsnead — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 17:13:00 +0000

Did not work for me. I goes back to Category view.

By: TeXaCo_sr

TeXaCo_sr — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 03:10:00 +0000

In reply to Mehdi Akram. Once you change it to list, is there any way to sort them in alphabetical vertical order? rather than Across?

By: Mehdi Akram

Mehdi Akram — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 05:45:00 +0000

Nice tricks.

By: Rol

Rol — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 16:18:00 +0000

Personally, I’ve changed the Control Panel setting in the Customize Start Menu preference widow to “Display as a menu”, so that I can easily find the control panel applet I want in the Start menu -> Control Panel menu. If I prefer the standard “Category” view, I just have to right-click the Control Panel button of the Start menu and select Open. That works very nicely with Win 7. Not sure for Win 8, since it doesn’t have a Start menu by default.

To configure the Control Panel button of the Start menu as a menu, right-click the orb of the taskbar, select Properties, then, in the Start Menu tab, click Customize.