Windows 7 Taskforce

Relocate the view options for the Control Panel to the Explorer "View" menu

Submitted by sfsdfd on June 28, 2009 to Aesthetics, Annoyance

Problem: All of the view options in the Control Panel menu are disabled. Instead, there is a widget, way over on the right of the Control Panel, that allows toggling of the view among three states. (I didn't even notice this until the users below pointed this out.)

This is inconsistent and confusing. Why not just change the options in the View menu of Explorer? Two of the three selectable options (Small Icons and Large Icons) are already there!

Solution: Relocate the functionality of the "View By" combo box to the Explorer menu bar, and remove the widget.

Severity: Medium

Impact: Medium

Status: Not fixed

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