Finder  preferences do what they wanted; plist eliminated also, no help

My finder is not working correctly. I have used preferences...made changes and then, they change back to what they were originally. I want to see in the left panel my files and connections.
*Problem 1*: I want to see my hard drives connected and view in the left finder pane so..... I fix preferences. it works. Then it works maybe a day. The next day, it is no longer selected in preferences.I did not change anything.
*Problem 2*: I can not slide over folders I want to be in the left finder pane. I used to be able to. It just stopped. No new software added.
I have deleted the plist as I have read others do in this discussion- that DOES NOT work.
Any help appreciated- Thanks

drkathy wrote:
*Problem 1*: I want to see my hard drives connected and view in the left finder pane so..... I fix preferences. it works. Then it works maybe a day. The next day, it is no longer selected in preferences.I did not change anything.
How are you "fixing" the preferences? Via Finder Menu->Preferences->Sidebar?
*Problem 2*: I can not slide over folders I want to be in the left finder pane. I used to be able to. It just stopped. No new software added.
I'm confused on what you mean by "slide over folders". Do you mean you can't add folders to the "Places" section of the sidebar?
I have deleted the plist as I have read others do in this discussion- that DOES NOT work.
Which plist did you delete? Did you logout/login or restart or force quit the Finder? Force quitting the Finder is the proper method after deleting com.apple.finder.plist. If you deleted com.apple.sidebarlists.plist, you need to restart.

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