Bizarre "Utilities" Folder

No matter how many times I set the View Options for my "Utilities" folder, the settings are always forgotten when I restart.
The enclosing "Applications" folder always remembers it's view settings, as do all other folders. But, I continually set my "Utilities" folder View Options to "Always open in list view" as well as show the "Versions" column, and without fail THIS FOLDER ONLY loses all of it's View Options settings after I restart.
It seems especially strange since I always set the "Utilities" view options exactly the same as the enclosing "Applications" folder. Hmmmm?
Has anyone seen a similar issue in Leopard? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.

I've not seen this, but it's possible the hidden file where OSX stores the display preferences for that folder has gotten corrupted.
Click here to download the +Tinker Tool+ app. It allows you to change the Finder to show hidden files (among many other things). Select the first option under Finder, then click +Relaunch Finder+ at the bottom. Reverse this when done.
Do not use any of the other options unless you know the possible consequences.
Use the Finder to display the Utilities folder. One of the first files listed should be named .DS_Store Delete it, close the folder, and try again.

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Hi there!
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echo

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