Setting 'View Options, All Windows', not remembered?

I've just replaced my G5 iMac with a 20-inch Intel Core Duo model and I'm having a Finder problem.
When I go into 'View Options' and change the setting from 'This window only' to 'All windows', it keeps switching itself back to 'This window only'. I'll reset it and it will change the window views for a time, but after the window is closed and I go back to it later, it hasn't remembered that I chaged it to 'All windows" and the items I'm trying to view are all over the place rather than being snapped to a grid or being kept arranged by kind. This is very (VERY) annoying!
Can anyone help?

If you really want to reset all of your settings for all folders then you can delete all the .DS_Store files. In Terminal, type the following:
find ~/ -name .DS_Store -exec rm -i '{}' ';'
This will work for all folders in your home folder and will set everything back to the defaults, including window sizes, views, etc. You'll also lose any spotlight comments you added to files. To do the same for the entire disk replace '~/' with '/' (no quotes).
Type carefully. If you get bored typing 'y' after a while and you're sure it's only deleting .DS_Store files then you can remove the '-i' part.
I should have added that then you have to relaunch finder to see the changes.
Message was edited by: chris_R

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