Always open in column view doesn't work

Hello,
Every time I click on my hard disk, the window opens in icon view. So I open the view options, and I click on "Always open in column view".
But every time I reboot, it comes right back to icon view!
What a pain!
Thanks,
Chris.

The information about how a window displays is stored in the invisible .DS_Store file. You can use the Terminal to remove it and hope the new one works correctly when you set the window to way you like. Also, when you set it as you want, have you gone to the View menu, selected "Show View Options" and checked the Always Open box at the top? If you haven't done that, it is likely reverting to some other state (the necessity for doing this is new in Leopard--and I for one don't like it). Or just hit Command-3 to quickly flip into Column view.
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