Disabling hide/show in finder sidebar

Is there anyway to disable the hide/show feature in the sidebar of Mountain Lion.

HI Peter,
Try repairing disk permissions on the 2nd MacBook.
Quit any open applications/programs. Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select the FirstAid tab. Click: Repair Disk Permissions. When it's finished from the Menu Bar, Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac. If you see a long list of "messages" in the permissions window, it's ok. That can be ignored. As long as you see, "Permissions Repair Complete" when it's finished... you're done. Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac.
See if that helps.
Carolyn

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http://support.apple.com/kb/PH19079
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Add an app: Hold down the Command (⌘) key, then drag its icon to the Favorites section.
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http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201276
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I had the same problem and solved it a very easy way. Infact I felt pretty silly. Haha hopefully this solves your problem too.
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