Guest Dan Rud Posted September 10, 2007 Posted September 10, 2007 I have an XP Pro machine, fully updated, that has been running in classic mode for over a year with no problem. Now, every time I reboot I have to set the machine to classic view as it has changed to the normal XP view. Any ideas as to where to look to make the classic view permanent? Many thanks, Dan Rudder
Guest Elmo Posted September 10, 2007 Posted September 10, 2007 Re: Classic view/mode goes away Dan Rud wrote: > I have an XP Pro machine, fully updated, that has been running in classic > mode for over a year with no problem. Now, every time I reboot I have to set > the machine to classic view as it has changed to the normal XP view. Any > ideas as to where to look to make the classic view permanent? > Many thanks, > Dan Rudder A few ideas: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_c.htm _Classic Start Menu_ - Force Use Start/Run/Regedit HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Policies\Explorer. Value Name: NoSimpleStartMenu, Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value), Value Data: (1 = force classic menu, 0 = default). Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called 'NoSimpleStartMenu' and edit the value according to the settings below. Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect. Kelly Theriot's site has a reg file to prevent Classic View. It appears that if you edit the .reg file to change every 00000000 to 00000001 and every 00000001 to 00000000, (except for the last entry; leave it as-is), then merge the file into the registry, that should force Classic View. As always, export the current settings, or make a registry backup before trying this. http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Line 271. Stuck in Classic View? Undo Now Or try this: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Line 30. Windows XP Doesn't Save User Settings -- Joe =o)
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