Adjust stroke weight when scaling problem

Hello,
I am having trouble with the stroke on an object changing when I scale that object. I have already read to uncheck "Adjust Stroke Weight when Scaling" but my problem is that option is grayed out in my "Transform" panel. When I go into edit>menus, there is an "eye" graphic next to it so it should be showing. I am trying to figure out how to make that show up so that I can then uncheck it, resize a photo and keep the same stroke weight at all times.
Thanks
Pat

Peter,
Thank you for your response, that was what I needed to fix the problem!
Pat

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