As you can see, this list is considerably
shorter than the one in the main window.
Why? Because clicking the path arrows shows only the web-style Control
Panel pages, not the older tabbed dialog windows. It seems as though
Microsoft made an effort to convert Control Panel to the new, easier-to-use
format, but didn??™t get around to finishing the job; it??™s estimated that only
about 60% of the conversion was completed in time for the release of Windows
Vista. Ultimately, this is more or less inconsequential, but once you
understand the makeup of the program, it??™ll be a lot easier to navigate.
Search in Control Panel
Control Panel has a brand-new Search feature, and it actually works. Just
click the Control Panel Home link on the left (in Classic View, search only
looks through icon captions), and then type a word into the Search box on
the upper right to find matching settings (see Figure 2-6). Then, just click a
link in the search results to jump to the window with that setting.
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Control Panel??™s Search feature is slick, but not as comprehensive as Windows
Explorer??™s Search tool. In other words, your search is conducted
against a pre-programmed index of common settings referring only to
Vista??™s own settings. This means that advanced settings like ???Icon Spacing???
(see ???Save Your Desktop Layout,??? earlier in this chapter) and any settings in
third-party Control Panel windows, such as QuickTime window (present if
you??™ve installed Apple iTunes) won??™t show up in search results.
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