Sidebar: Can't get it to open correctly

Up until a few days ago, when I opened finder, the sidebar looked as follows:
Upper level:
- My computer icon
- iDisk icon
- Macintosh HD icon
Lower level:
- Movies
- documents
- Music
- Pictures
- Desktop
- BarbsPlace
- Applications
Since a couple of days ago, in order to get to this view, I have to do the following:
- Click on new finder window. (Sidebar does not appear)
- Highlight (single click) "bbolsen" iDisk icon
Note: if I double click this and enter id + password, it refuses to recognize my user name and password
- Click twice on oval dot at upper right side of screen
- Finally the sidebar is displayed.
I'm glad I can actually GET here, but can someone tell me how to get the finder window to automatically open in this location (as it has done for years until a few days ago)? I have tried checking and unchecking various boxes in Preferences and I have tried rebooting. Nothing seems to work. Thanks!

First, Safe Boot , (holding Shift key down at bootup), use Disk Utility from there to Repair Permissions, test if things work OK in Safe Mode.
Then move these files to the Desktop...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sidebarlists.plist
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.recentitems.plist
Reboot, setup the Sidebar the way you want again, & test.

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