Finder and the missing side bar

Hi- tonight I purchased a new external hard drive. I got home and backed my computer up. No big deal. I also purchased Snow Leopard since I only had Leopard. I think everything went fairly smoothly. However, when I open my Finder I do not have the side bar anymore. I went into preferences to the side bar settings, made sure everything was checked to be up an on the sidebar and still no luck. Any advice on how to get my sidebar for the finder back? Thanks!

Well, I figured it out myself. Sometimes just posting the question makes the answer come to you! For those who my have the same problem in the future- there is a small rectangular box in the upper right hand corner. click on it and the side bar will appear.

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