Reset Finder show view options in Snow Leopard 10.6

Hello, I have been playing around Snow Leopard 10.6 and I am still unable to fully reset my finder view options to one style through all of my system, not just the top folders...
I have tried tricks that used to work with leopard like holding the option key to enable reset to defaults while in view options, but that trick doesn't seem to work anymore.
I have upgraded from 10.5 so maybe my upgrade is not ok...
Thanks for the help.

OS X saves appearance information in hidden .DS_Store files. Any folder with "personal preferences" set contains such a file. Deleting the file resets the folder to default view (...and deletes any file comment, by the way).
To show hidden files and delete .DS_Store files manually, paste the following in Terminal, hit Enter, and then restart Finder (alt+rightclick on Finder's Dock icon > "Relaunch"):
{quote}defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles ON{quote}
Undo (Restart Finder again):
{quote}defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles OFF{quote}
Another way would be this. Terminal, *Use at your own risk*:
{quote}sudo find /path/to/folder -name ".DS_Store" -depth -exec rm {} \;{quote}
This command will ask for your password, and then find and delete (and not "move to trash") any file named ".DS_Store" in the given directory (path and subfolders). It will ask only once, and it will delete immediately whatever (filename) you type after -name. For your user folder the command would be:
{quote}sudo find /Users/yourusername -name ".DS_Store" -depth -exec rm {} \;{quote}

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