Cannot open control panel in classic view

[jeffcoo]

Hi people,
I run Windows Vista Home Premium. I cannot open the Classic View of control panel. Anyone have fix for that?

All suggestions are welcome.

[Devasis]

Have a look at following threads:
Can't open control panel
http://forums.techarena.in/vista-set...all/806643.htm
http://forums.techarena.in/windows-v...nce/536746.htm

[Solomon]

Your system might be infected with viruses. Do the following:

• Scan in Safe Mode with current version antivirus after updates.
• Remove spyware with Spybot Search & Destroy and Ad-aware. These programs are free, so use them both since they complement each other.
• Make sure you've visited Windows Update and applied all security patches. Do not install driver updates from Windows Update.
• Run a firewall
• A combination of HijackThis and About:Buster works well in removing the About:Blank homepage hijacker. This is an expert tool, expert help is recommended for using this.

[Lillebror]

In Windows XP in the Control Panel, the left hand side that says “Switch to Classic View” or “Switch to Category View” can sometimes be missing. To re-enable this you need to click Tools, then Folder Options and under the General tab ensure that “Show common tasks in folders” is selected then click OK.