Panther view settings not sticking!

Just lately, I lost my preferences for the view settings in Panther 10.3.2. At every startup, I have to go through all the windows to reset the view settings. I've always used icons to view apps and folders since OS 7.1, so changing to "list view" is difficult for me and I need to remedy this ASAP.

This whole thing started after I ran Tech Tools Deluxe last week. Someone from another forum mentioned using the Terminal application, but I don't know how to use it. Any light on this topic would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.