Why does my Finder screen look like this?

When I open Finder by double-clicking on the "Macintosh HD" icon or by clicking the Finder icon on the Dock, it comes up with the left pane being much larger than it needs to be. I don't recall it doing this when I first got the computer, so I'm thinking that I've done something to mess it up. Here's a screenshot so you know what I'm talking about:
http://www.frenzied.us/~mattg/finder.jpg
So every time I use Finder, I have to drag that middle bar over to the left some so that I can actually see more files & folders on the right side. Help!
Mac mini 1.25GHz   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

I also used this method. Sometimes though I add one step - I open a new finder window, click one of the icons in the window (once) and then close the window with an apple-w or the red button. Usually does the trick.

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