Finder Issues - List View, etc

I have been having some increasing issue with Finder (Won't close, etc).
For instance, Finder will not LIST VIEW files that are in the Documents folder (on the computer) Only icon or column view. It will list view items on an external drive.
I tried to reinstall the operating system (SL) but no avail. Any ideas? Thanks!

The only other thing I can think of that could cause this behavior is the DS_Store.
Let's try removing it. Launch Terminal.
Enter:
cd /
Press Return.
Next enter:
rm /.DS_Store
Press return
This should set your Finder back to default.
-mj
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