When I open up Windows File Explorer, I click on the "View" tab which displays a menu of 6 items:
Toolbar
Status Bar
Arrange icons by name
Arrange icons by size
Arrange icons by Type
Refresh
The toolbar has a menu of
Large Icons
Small Icons
Display Text Labels
I do not know what software you are running that you are seeing this in, but it doesn't appear to be File Explorer. Would explain why trying to follow the instructions you found is so hard, but I have no idea what software it could possibly be.
What you've described sounds not of a View "tab" but a View Menu. It most closely matches the contents of said menu in Windows 95, however even that has an Options item in said menu as well as a few other commands.
The toolbar behaviour doesn't match the toolbar behaviour of File/Windows Explorer on any version of Windows.
I feel like a screenshot of what you are looking at could be helpful, if possible. Because what you are describing doesn't make any sense at all. Perhaps you've somehow downloaded a third party "File Explorer" app?
Is what you get by pressing The Windows Key+E different?
