"For reasons beyond me- I'd like to find out a way to(reversible if possible) cause the tile view option to be gone-like a registry entry set to "0"...?? can be done???"
"The Hideous Background" at http://www.littlewhitedog.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=28 hides that tab in XP still.
Bob
For reasons beyond me- I'd like to find out a way to(reversible if possible) cause the tile view option to be gone-like a registry entry set to "0"...?? can be done???

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