How to change the Categories arrangement in Control Panel

How to change the Categories arrangement in Control Panel Personally, I don't like the Categories view of Control Panel; I always immediately switch back to the "Classic" Control Panel view. But some folks find the categorization useful - yet don't necessarily agree that Microsoft has put everything into the right category. Well, if you're brave enough to venture into the registry, you can actually assign a different category to a Control Panel item. Here's how: In your registry editor, navigate to the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Control Panel \ Extended Properties \ {305CA226-D286-468e-B848-2B2E8E697B74} 2 Now in the right pane, find the item that you want to recategorize. Double click it to bring up its properties box. Change the DWORD value to the number that corresponds to the category where you want to place it. See the list below for the numbers for each category. Other Control Panel Options - 0 Appearance and Themes - 1 Printers and other Hardware - 2 Network and Internet Connections - 3 Sounds, Speed and Audio Devices - 4 Performance and Maintenance - 5 Date, Time, Language and Regional Options - 6 Accessibility Options - 7 Add or Remove Programs - 8 User Accounts - 9