Office 2010 File Open Dialog Box - Arrange By Options greyed out

-- Word and Notepad - Open/Save Dialog Boxes - can only Arrange as author, other options are greyed out (See Screenshot 1)
-- Ran gpupdate /force
-- Reset Folder Settings, in Control Panel, Folder Options

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-- Restarted and Word Dialog Box now defaulted to Arrange by Folder, other options are greyed out (See Screenshot)

-- Reproduced the Issue in Excel, and Publisher and Wordpad (not sure if this is an OS or Office Issue)

-- Notepad uses a different File Open Dialog Box

Screenshot 1

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Screenshot 2

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Hello Christopher,

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Restart your computer, log in to an administrator user account and see if the issue persists.

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Hi

I am local administrator on the VDI that it is on.

Issue is still present

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Chris

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Instead of using "Arrange by," click on the column heading you want to sort by.
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Workaround but it doesn't fix the issue. 

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