Change the Show View Options' "All windows" default to "This window only"?

By default, all Show View Options panes are set to "All windows". Is it possible to change the default to "This window only"?
I regularly change icon sizes for various folders, but never for all windows. So every time that I use the Show View Options pane, it's an annoying "click This window only" process.
screen capture of Show View Options pane
http://aycu01.webshots.com/image/11080/2003481958008021751_rs.jpg
17" iMac G4, 1GHz PowerPC, 768mb RAM Mac OS X (10.4.9)

The default is for any window you have not previously opened and set to have All Windows as the default, for List and Icon Views. Once you click This Window Only and make your settings, then every time you open that particular folder it should remain at the This Window setting.
I find the default of All Windows really really annoying, but I am aware of no way to change this. Send Feedback to Apple:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/feedback/
It should be a user settable global preference, but it isn't.
Francine
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