Problems with "show view options window"

In Snow Leopard when I click Finder>View> Show View Options. The window that pops up looks different form what is supposed to be, is like this.There is no "use as default" button.  I tried everything, restarting in safe disk mode, deleting all .DS_Store files,  deleting the com.apple.finder.plist form the Preferences of the User without any success. Can anyone help? Am I left with just having the re-install the system?
Thanks a lot for the help

Although the Desktop is sometimes treated as if it were a Finder window, it is a special case. And, in this case, the View Options window for the Desktop (which you have depicted) will not display the "Always open" choice, since Icon view is the only view for the Desktop; hence, there is o Save as Defaults button for it either.
However, if you open the Desktop in a Finder window, such as by clicking the item Desktop in the Sidebar of a Finder (folder) window so that the Desktop is replicated in a separate window, you can open the View Options screen for that 'folder' and have those settings available.

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