Applications window scrolls to top

This has been annoying me for some time, perhaps back to 10.4 (I'm using 10.4.7). When I view any folder on my system drive -- for example, /Applications or /Library -- the window is scrolled to the top, regardless of where I left it when last looking at it.
When I view any folder on my second internal drive -- for example, ~/Desktop or ~/Documents (yes, I've moved my Home folder) -- the window retains the position it was at when I last looked at it.
How might I correct the behavior on the first drive, so that the views retain their previous positions?
PowerMac G4 (Sawtooth) Mac OS X (10.4.7)

This is incredible. I have the exact inverse question. I have this annoying thing where the window goes back to where I scrolled too and the rest start at the top. It's my applications folder that stays where I left off and I want it to start at the top of the window every time I click. Anyone, how do we fix this problem?

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