Its in Finder . Preferences
see piccy
"piccy"! haha! lol. like the word!
Fellow mac dudes-geeks, what have you.
I actually solved this one immediately after posting but forgot to post that I found the solution!! I'll do that next time!
I went to Apple's "Mac Help?" and believe it or not they, of course, had the Column view check mark trick. I always forget about apple's built-in help system, thinking it's catered to newbies, but it's often thorough and has the answers on occasion!!
Did you boot-up in tiger just to see how it would work for the troublehooting, by the way, dtravis?
Thanks again awesome mac people!