Finder 'loses' it's current folder and Cut and paste weird

I have been using OS X for over three years and two Finder problems are still bugging me and I am sure there is a setting or trick that will solve them.
1. Finder is in List View Mode, I click on a file or folder, want to switch to column View Mode and the folder/file I am looking at is moved away to a totally random folder somewhere else, if I am in my Movies Folder and want to switch to a different view how do I get Finder to stay in the Movies folder and not to some other random folder?
2. If I do CMD C to copy a file from my NAS box and want to Paste it into my Movies folder how do I do that? Whenever I try the file gets written to a random location on the hard drive. I have tried clicking on the Movie folder so it will Paste there but no joy. I have duplicates of files all over my HDD as I have no idea where they have been written to.
There must be a way to do this.
Thanks
I am seeing the same problem with Snow Leopard too

1. Double-click on the selected folder before changing the view.
2. Works here. Ensure that you select the Movies folder by clicking into it before using CMD+V.

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