10.5.8 Finder no longer remembers open windows in FileVaulted home director

I am having a strange problem since upgrading to 10.5.8 - in my FileVault home directory, the Finder no longer remembers which windows are open. Each time I log in, I get just a clean desktop no matter how many windows were open before. This does not affect any non-FileVaulted users on my system.
Is this a permissions issue? And if yes, how do I fix it?
Thanks,
Michael

I am having a strange problem since upgrading to 10.5.8 - in my FileVault home directory, the Finder no longer remembers which windows are open. Each time I log in, I get just a clean desktop no matter how many windows were open before. This does not affect any non-FileVaulted users on my system.
Is this a permissions issue? And if yes, how do I fix it?
Thanks,
Michael

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