Customizing Finder Toolbar or Menu bar

This has been up before but didn't help me out. When I go to VIEW in the Finder window, it is dimmed out. How can I customize the Finder toolbar? Thanks. RR

Sorry ... the preceding is a little vague. In the Finder window, under the VIEW menu, the Customize Toolbar option is dimmed. The Apple Help says to click on this to customize toolbar. I can't ... it's dimmed. Any suggestions? RR

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