every time I open finder in list view, it opens (twirls down) all subfolders; how can i stop this?
Prevent Finder from opening all folders in list view
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I'm not sure about 10.6, but on 10.7 the dimensions are shown in information panels:
As bmike mentioned, the default settings are not used for folders that have folder-specific settings saved in a .DS_Store file. You can just delete .DS_Store files though:
sudo find / -name .DS_Store -delete; killall Finder
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Best Answer
Delete the invisible .DS_Store file in that folder to reset the default views. (You may need to turn on show invisible files or search invisible files in Finder help to see that control file.)
Finder should remember your changes, but once corrupt, sometimes you can't get changes to save to the store file.