Folder options/settings

Hey folks,
I haven't yet posted on here so I'm not sure if this is the place to post this. I'm just looking for a place for someone from Apple to answer my question. Anyway...
With OS X Tiger a person was able to set their desired folder viewing settings by selecting: View > Show View Options. With Tiger you had the option of setting the way you could view contents of a given folder, or all folders at once. For example, you could open your mac hd and then select: Keep Arrange By > (drop-down) Name; and you could also choose something like "This folder" or "All folders".
With Leopard it seems there is still the "Arrange By" menu, but it doesn't always keep the settings you selected. One example is with my external hard-drive. When I was running it on my G4 I could select: Keep Arranged By > Name, and it would save that setting no many how many times I shut my computer down or restarted. With Leopard I have to set the viewing options of all the external drives and various other system folders every single time I open them. It becomes very annoying and time consuming when all I'm trying to do is find a given file.
Can anyone give me an idea of how to correct this, if there is some sort of global setting that can be used to fix this? I would basically like to always keep all my folders snapped to grid, in alphabetical order with an icon preview.
Thank you

Welcome to Discussions!
This is a user to user forum, so no one from Apple will help, most likely.
However, here is what I think you should do:
1. Open a finder window, and click View>Show View Options.
2. Select the options you want.
3. Click "Use As Defaults" at the bottom of the window.
Good luck!

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