Change Lion folder view defaults

I seem to have two folder view behaviors in my Lion OS environment. One is what I will call the older view where I can click on the column heading and sort by that column. The other has a row of icons across the top that I have to click on to change things like sort order. How do I make the old behavior pervasive? Not even sure I know why the 'new' behavior happens.

From the "view" menu choose "List View" uncheck in Prefs where you may have checked "Open new windows in column view".
-mj
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thanks for your answer! Yes you' re right, I forgot to mention that ... before I posted here, I sent a bug report via the Apple Bug Report webpage about the issue ... of course, here are 2 parties involved.
I had a similiar problem once and I got a meesage back from Apple: "that it is a 3rd party problem, sorry" (it was about color management).
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