Howdy, I've never had this problem with previous versions of OS X (10.1->10.6)! I have several folders that I have set up in a particular way (e.g., no toolbar or sidebar, large size and icon view with icons arranged alphabetically). After a period of time, when I open the folders they will have no sorting, the toolbar and sidebar have returned and the window size is set to some default size. is there anything I can do to tell Finder, or some other system task to STOP messing with my folder windows? Good Luck, Herb Schulz (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)