Stop Command+F from bogarting my current window

Hi, all -
Is there any known way to tell Finder that when I initiate a new search (Command+F) it should search in a new window, rather than commandeering the current front-most Finder window?
In the first iteration of Command+F (or back when it automatically called up Sherlock), I got used to just being able to [F]ind a file by calling up the keyboard shortcut, and all my other open windows would be left as they were.
Now, years into OS X, I still can't get the hang of first having to create a new Finder window just to do a search. It's really getting annoying... I usually have a few windows open for specific purposes, and I hate having one of them turned into a search window when I don't want it to.
Please... someone tell me there's a preference where I can alter this behavior! I feel like such a newbie for even asking....
- Mike
Dual 2.5 GHz G5   Mac OS X (10.4.3)  

Actually I like this feature. You want to search in a particular place, you open that folder in the Finder, hit command-F, make sure that folder is still selected in the search toolbar (for unknown reasons it sometimes picks Computer instead, but your actual location is still in the toolbar so you just click it) then fill in your search criteria and it searches where you are. If you haven't discovered it yet, you can return to the folder's original view by either hitting the Back icon in the window toolbar, if you have it picked as one of the items for your toolbar, or hitting the keyboard shortcut of command-[ and return to the search window with either forward or command-]. Seems to be the best of all worlds to me.
Francine
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