[jdrumstik]

why has finder "preyed out" or otherwise disabled the "Arrange by" menu from the View bar in certain folders.

The Folder I am working with has Zip Files and folders intermingled, and I want to sort by kind to move the zips to the bottom (so they can be deleted) and move the folders to the top.

Any ideas? I am not working off of an external drive or anything. The zip files were created in Windows, but other than that I can think of no probable cause.

[jdrumstik]

actually, it won't allow me to "arrange by" anywhere. This is frustrating.

[tinkered]

If you select view options and then check "arrange by" this will override the menu option and grey it out. I bet you did this and choose the all windows radial option. I did when I tried to mimic your issue and then got confused only to figure it out because I had just done it.

[Old Toad]

Do you have those folders in the View by Icon mode? It's not available in the List or Column mode.