Windows 7 Folder Sorting Issue

No idea what to search Google for....

In Windows Vista, there's a little bar with Name, Type, Date Created, and other things. I saw it in every Folder Viewing mode: Be it Large Icons, Details, or List.
It looks like this. (Taken from win7)


In Windows 7 and XP, however, it only seems to be visible in "Details" mode... which drives me up the wall, since I use List for everything, and I love being able to filter out files that aren't the type I'm looking for. (ie, when I run Maple, I go to my folder, filter out all non-"Application" files, and run MapleStory.exe)

Anyone know if this can be changed?

tl;dr: I want to be able to sort a folder's contents by Name, Type, or any of the parameters allowed with the click of a little label above the files themselves, and not through a drop down menu at the top of the screen.

Right Click > Sort By > Type

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You could make it look like list by removing the other filter tags by right clicking that bar. You can choose a ton of different tags to filter your content by just by right clicking it. I don't know if that solves your problem but that's all I can think of.

It gets the job done, but it's still kinda out of the way like the Drop down menu.
Also doesn't let me easily filter out all non-_____ files.

 Like this?

(Right Click > Sort By)

 Or this?

(Right Click > Group By)

:f6:

The latter might work for smaller folders, but at times I can have in excess of a thousand images... and I really don't want to scroll through it so I can find the one or two files I'm looking for.
That, and I'm a picky OCD hoar.