Mac os X Lion All My Files Empty

I Have a Macbook White [October 2009]
and i install the new Lion Software
but i found a problem, i open the "All My Files" icon and its all blank, empty
can be fixed ? i need help to this problem

I remember having done two things:
Finder has a default view when you open a new window: I've changed it from All my files to something else.
In Finder preferences, I've unchecked All my files to make it disappear from the sidebar.
Then I just rollbacked the two actions above, and it worked!

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