Finder column view

After installing Archicad 10, I seem to have lost the ability to have the Finder window for my Macintosh HD open in column view on a regular basis. I keep setting it to column view, and have fiddled with Finder preferences, but it keeps reverting to opening in Icon view after a while (for example, after restarting).
Other folders in the Finder open in column view just fine; it's the view of my startup disk that won't behave.
Any ideas?
Dual G5 2.0 GHz, OSX 10.4.7.

Hi Michael,
I'm not familiar with the software, so I don't know about its compatibility. However, I would have a look at Scott Radloff's User Tip.
-mj
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