How can I sort Windows 7 control panel by columns, not rows

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Published on 2010-03-16T14:12:01Z Indexed on 2010/03/16 14:16 UTC
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As best as I can tell the behavior of Windows 7's control panel is as follows: When Large Icons or Small Icons display modes are used, the icons are sorted alphabetically.

However they are ordered by row:

a b c d
e f g h

as opposed to what I usually expect in any file browser:

a d g
b e h
c f

Why is this the one part of Windows 7 that behaves this way and is there any way to change this behavior?

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