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Switching to and From Classic View with a Registry Edit

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04-Nov-2008, 11:54 PM #1
Switching to and From Classic View with a Registry Edit
I was searching everywhere for this on search engines, and I couldn't find the answer anywhere, at least not directly. Appearently people don't tend to know this, and it may or may not be needed regularly.

I wanted to know it, because I'm learning that I can automate things by customizing the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard, and I'm adding that key as one of the saved options, for convienience to me. But it took a long time to find. Here is where I finally, found the answer: http://www.msfn.org/board/lofiversio...hp/t74418.html, which has a link to here: http://www.msfn.org/board/Large-Icon...ic-t38289.html.

Now I'll tell it directly. The key is found here, and it is switched as shown here:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\WebVie w\BarricadedFolders
* shell:ControlPanelFolder (REG_DWORD)
* 1 is Category View
* 0 is Classic View


I found it now, and it's very useful to me for what I wanted. I'm posting it here now, for the benifit of others who may be also looking for the same thing, even if for a different reason.
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05-Nov-2008, 09:46 AM #2
I'm struggling with the need to switch between the two modes.
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05-Nov-2008, 12:59 PM #3
Me too
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05-Nov-2008, 10:46 PM #4
I've always set XP to classic .......but then, I don't stare at my desktop icons that often
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06-Nov-2008, 12:05 AM #5
I used to do classic, until I had to work on a bunch of "corporate" systems where you couldn't change that so, I got used to the "new" look Now, I find myself getting on someone's system, and changing if FROM classic
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