Desktop "Sort by" menu grayed out

[nh900]

Can somebody please help me. I have windows 7 unlimited 32 bit and the desktop sort by menu is grayed out.Also auto arange icons and align icons to grid is to
Any help would be greatly appreciated

,thanks

Additional details
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate , 32 bit
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T3200 @ 2.00GHz, x64 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 13
Processor Count: 2
RAM: 2815 Mb
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G, 256 Mb
Hard Drives: C: Total - 119236 MB, Free - 14321 MB; D: Total - 112234 MB, Free - 3563 MB;
Motherboard: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. , F5GL , 1.0 , BSN12345678901234567
Antivirus: Norton Internet Security, Updated: Yes, On-Demand Scanner: Enabled

[LeeW]

In explorer do you still have the sort by menu or is it specific to the desktop?

[nh900]

its just on the desktop

[rkonit]

You might have Unchecked Show desktop icons... Check this again....

[nh900]

Thanks it was that.
But even though the "Show desktop icons" were unchecked , icons were still displayed.

[Elmer B.]

That may be your iconcache.db is corrupted and was "holding on" to the previous settings.

If you want to reset the icon cache, GoTo: C:\Users\Your User Name\AppData\Local and delete the iconcache.db file. It will rebuild itself.

[nh900]

Thanks