Scrambled icons

My hard drive finder window always opens in Icon view and it is always a mess with everything jumbled up.
Nothing I do makes it open in column view. It always reverts to jumbled icons.
G4 Powerbook & iMac 800 Mac OS X (10.4.5)
G4 Powerbook & iMac 800 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

The main issue here is that the file which holds that setting isn't writable by non-root users by default; since it starts with a period, it isn't visible in the Finder by default, and the permissions on it can't be changed in this way. Using the script is easy enough; all you need to do is click on the Applications icon in the sidebar, open the AppleScript folder inside, double-click the Script Editor application, copy the script text from the thread to the Script Editor window, click the Run button, and type in your password. There are other ways of changing the permissions, but they are either longer, less user-friendly, and/or increase the chance of your system being damaged.
There isn't a technical reason why the file can't be made writable for you when Mac OS X is installed, and you can send Apple feedback on this issue. For the time being, you will need to use the methods currently available.
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