sort icons in control panel

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  1. Posts : 4
    Windows 7
       #1

    sort icons in control panel


    is there any way to sort icons in control panel in alphabetical order??
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  2. Posts : 31,242
    Windows 11 Pro x64 [Latest Release and Release Preview]
       #2

    Not with the category view, but the large or small icons view are alphabetically arranged by default
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  3. Posts : 4
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Barman58 said:
    Not with the category view, but the large or small icons view are alphabetically arranged by default
    not for me there not.
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  4. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    Hello BruceLee, and welcome to Seven Forums.

    Strange, could you post a screenshot of this to help see what may be happening?

    You might also click on View (menu bar) and double check to make sure that Auto Arrange is checked.

    Hope this helps for now,
    Shawn
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  5. Posts : 4
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #5

    here you go. its windows 7
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  6. Posts : 748
    Vista and now 7 in 32 and 64 bit.
       #6

    They look to me like they are in Alphabetical order??
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  7. Posts : 4
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #7

    yeah from left to right mybe but not down wards. still makes it hard to find something
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  8. Posts : 31,242
    Windows 11 Pro x64 [Latest Release and Release Preview]
       #8

    Simply narrow the window to show a single column or type the first few letters of the tool you need.

    To be honest I tend to type the name of the CP function I require direct into the start search and the system finds it quicker than I can by opening the Control panel
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  9. Posts : 1
    xp/vista/w7
       #9

    Interim measure: CP shortcuts folder


    The left to right ordering in the W7 Control Panel is excruciatingly annoying. I looked around for a W7 tweaking tool that might present a different CP view and didn't see anything.
    <p>
    So, I put together a folder of shortcuts of W7 CP items, which can in fact be ordered any way one likes, since it's just an ordinary folder. I set the "Comment" fields of the shortcuts to match the roll-over text of the actual Control Panel items, so when the folder Comment column is enabled, the list of shortcuts look a lot like the XP/Vista CP details view.

    <p>

    This folder of W7 shortcuts can be downloaded here:

    <p>

    W7 CP Shortcuts Folder Download
    <>

    The downloaded file is a self-extracting 7z bundle that outputs the folder "W7 ListView Control Panel"
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  10. Posts : 1
    Win 7
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    Kudos!


    Hey Reliance PC,

    I just had to write and give you kudos for the Control Panel Shortcuts folder--great work! Norton told me not to download it since it was so new so, of course, I disregarded their warning, then clicked on their dialog box's "Safe" choice to provide feedback to Norton that your work is safe...and excellent!
    Rich
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