Click the 'View by' button in the top right of the window to change views. In Windows versions 7 and 8, Classic view has been renamed to Icon view.In the 'Control Panel' panel, click Switch to Classic View to switch back to a classic view that contains all your normal control Panel icons similar to older versions of Windows.The screen initially has a handful of categories, but does not display all the icons that are available. This document describes how to display Control Panel icons in Windows XP/Vista/7/8 when they appear to be missing or not available in the Control Panel at all.īy default, Windows versions XP, Vista, 7, and 8 hide certain Control Panel icons from view.
