"Show view option" and "set as default" doesn't work

Hello,
I have my own settings in viewing finder items (like most of the users). Unfortunately those setting don't apply to iDisk folders, even after using "set as default" in "Show view option". There is any solution for this?
Thanks in advance for help.

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