CS3 Layer Comp not hold Folder Opacity

I recently installed CS3 and have noticed something that I believe was working fine in CS2. I create a folder with some layers in it and change the opacity of the folder to something other than 100% (say 30%). I then create a layer comp with the folder at 30% (called '30') and another layer comp with everything at 100% (called 'Normal'). If I click on 'Normal' and then back to '30', the opacity of the folder is NOT retained in the '30' layer comp?
Am I doing something wrong? I could have sworn that this worked in CS2 because I use this feature with some frequency. The layer comp feature should retain all layer related settings, in my opinion.
Does anyone have a similar experience and a method to get this to work properly? Thanks in advance.

Thanks Christoph, that did the trick. I'll try to open my eyes the next time. ;-)
Actually, I don't remember that option in CS2, but that doesn't mean it wasn't there.
Thanks.

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