Applications window size

I had it set up so that when I hit the keyboard shortcut for the Applications window (Command - shift - a), the window would take up most of the screen and would be displayed as icons. A few months ago it changed by itself; it now opens as a small window in column mode.
I've tried changing it back, but it reverts back to column view in the small window after I shutdown/restart.
The odd thing is that the other keyboard shortcuts remember the last window size/view after restart (like Utilities and Home).
I've tried zapping the PRAM, fixing permissions, repairing the drive and rebuilding the desktop (with Drive Genius).
Is this a problem with the newer builds of Tiger?

It's probably the .DS_Store file, which is where the Finder stores the information about how a window is sized, the view options, and so on. See this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5484689&#5484689
There are instructions for removing the file.
Francine
Francine
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