Finder shows in mini window

Whenever I hit Cmd+N or simply select the command form the menubar, in both cases with the Finder seleced I get this mini windows without neither the sidebar nor the tools in the top of the window. The pathbar is as normal at bottom but the x of y selected and remaining is at the top. However when I doubletap a harddrive on the desktop the Finder shows in full size.
I remember in Snow Leopard we had this button at the top right of the window in the finder whether we wanted to have a small or large window. How can I change it back in Lion? Probably just one easy button or setting I've overlooked..
Thanks

Yeah, I figured it out. It was as I thought just a silly thing I had overlooked.
To the rest ot you, you might as well hit Alt+Cmd+S for the sidebar and Cmd+Shift+7 (Cmd+/).
Thanks Colin
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iDevices are not and have never been backup devices.
Authorizing a computer does not cause media to magically appear.
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Copy the ENTIRE iTunes folder from the old computer to the new computer.

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What do you mean?
From the Apple Human Interface Guidelines:
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An inspector is a panel that allows users to view the attributes of a selection. Inspectors (also called inspector windows) can also provide ways to modify these attributes. Pages, Keynote, and the Finder all make use of inspectors.\[...\]
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You can provide both inspectors and Info windows in your application, because in some cases it’s more useful to have one window in which context changes when each new item is selected (an inspector) and in other cases it’s more useful to be able to see the attributes of more than one item at the same time (a set of Info windows). Multiple inspector windows and Info windows can be open at the same time.
So Inspector windows are the norm, and Info windows are a bit unusual, but make perfect sense in the Finder.
I was a bit intrigued by the last sentence. Since when has the Finder, Interface Builder, Preview, etc. been able to open more than one Inspector?
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Windows update helps to keep your PC safer—and your software current—by fetching the latest security and feature updates from Microsoft via the Internet.
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