Type will not be an available choice in View | Arrange Icons By unless Type
is selected as a detail to be displayed in that particular folder. Type is
usually listed by default.
To change the details displayed, on the View menu, click Choose Details. In
the Choose Details dialog box, click to select or clear the items you want
to view.
To change the order of the columns, in the Choose Details dialog box, click
Move Up or Move Down.
You can also left click and drag columns to any order you want.
You can also right click the column header and select and unselect Details.
You can also right click the column header, scroll down and select More...
TweakUi tip
From the View Menu, select "Choose Details" to select which file properties
should be shown in the Explorer window. To sort by a file property, check
its name in the "Choose Details" in order to make that property available in
the "Arrange Icons by" menu.
These work for most Windows programs.
Click and Drag a header divider to change the width of a column.
Double click the header divider to open a column to the width needed to view
the longest entry. You have to drag it back to get it to be narrow again.
If the column is wider than the longest entry, double click the header
divider to resize it to the width of the longest entry.
Ctrl + + (Hold the Ctrl key down and press the plus key on the numeric
keypad), this will adjust all the column widths to the longest entry in each
column. You have to drag them back to get them narrow again.
Right click one of the headers to get a choice to add or remove headers.
Right click one of the headers, down at the bottom, click More... to get
Choose Details if you want to change the order.
This also works in any folder in lieu of using View | Choose Details.
Column Headers can also be left clicked and dragged to change the order.
How to Change Column Settings in Windows Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310297
