Finder application icons reset to smaller size upon reboot!

I'm having a problem whereby if I set my icon size in finder to something larger (say 64 x 64) and then restart the computer the icon sizes return back to a smaller state (usually 32 x 32). Is this a bug or some preference I'm not checking? I've tried checking "use as defaults" but that does not seem to help. I've only noticed this issue in Leopard. Any help would be appreciated!

You ran the command, logged out and back in, and still get that behavior? If so, run the command again and restart. If it still occurs, create a new admin user account, turn off autologin, restart, log into the new account, set things up as you want, restart, log into the new account, and see if the settings hold.

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