Icon view not saving

Hi Folks,
I'm looking for some suggestions here. I have various folders set to different default views (under the cmd-J menu). i.e. the hard drive root folder is set to icon view, but it seems to constantly revert back to list view!! I've tried trashing the com.apple.finder.plist preference file, but to no avail.
Any other suggestions?

Works fine for me. How are you setting the Hard Drive root folder to icon view? Open a window to the root of your hard drive. Switch to Icon View. Press Command-J to bring up the View Options window, then setup the view options how you want, and check the "Always Open In Icon View" check box. Now, whenever you navigate to that location, no matter what view style your window is currently in, it will switch to Icon View. If you navigate away or into a folder inside that window, it will switch back to the view style you were in before you navigated to the root of your hard drive.
Note: There is a bug if you use the back arrow button in the top section of the Finder window (the left arrow button) that it won't honor the "Always open in XXX" setting. Hopefully that will get fixed in a future update. If you don't use the back arrow button, then don't worry about it.

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