Spotlight results appearing in icon mode

For some reason my spotlight results appear in icon mode instead of list mode. This happens only when I type in an existing finder window. If is bring up a spotlight search window with command-option-space, the results are in list mode.
This started happening soon after 10.6 upgrade.
It happens in other logins as well

Welcome to our community, gillt40
If there were a single issue that seems to have plagued
Captivate, you have hit it. E-Mail reporting is so far from
reliable it isn't funny. The unfortunate part is that there are no
answers. There is no magick solution for it. No setting you can
tweak or forgot to turn on. It's all hit or miss. And judging from
the posts I see here day after day after day that report the same
thing, it's mostly miss.
The fact of the matter is that the only really reliable
reporting you will find is if you use a Learning Management System
(LMS) as that was how Captivate was designed to work best.
Sorry, but all I can do is tell the truth. Then stand back.
Cheers... Rick

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