Windows – How to fix the display of Windows 7’s Control Panel

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This has really bugged me since I took the plunge and upgraded to Windows 7. I think everything is great on the whole apart from the Control Panel.

Instead of ordering from top to bottom like in normal folders, it is ordered from left to right. Whenever I go to find something in Control Panel it takes 3 times as long because I expect to find Programs and Features below Power Options yet it is to the right.

This is a screenshot to demonstrate – note the ordering goes across instead of down.

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Does anyone have a cunning fix to display the Control Panel ordered in the same way that normal folders are displayed?

Best Answer

The Control Panel uses Tiles View to display the items. Tiles View is left to right and is default behavior (In fact, Icons (Small/Large) View is left to right too)

Unfortunately, there is no way to tell the control panel to use List View, which is what you seem to want. (Only List View, Details View and Content View is top to bottom).

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