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<blockquote data-quote="pm-r" data-source="post: 1735702" data-attributes="member: 175845">I just came across this which may have a bearing on your trouble and I sure wasn't aware of:&quot;Use as Defaults is supposed to carry over to all newly opened Finder windows, but it doesn't change any previously opened windows. If you want to revert all previously opened windows to that view, follow these steps: …&quot;<a href="https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5543840?start=30&amp;tstart=0" target="_blank">https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5543840?start=30&amp;tstart=0</a>[bold mine]For more hits or suggestions, try the google search I used:<a href="https://www.google.ca/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=mac+view+options+%22use+as+default%22&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;gfe_rd=cr&amp;ei=Ob0bWLLuM-Pe8AeSo46oBw" target="_blank">https://www.google.ca/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=mac+view+options+&quot;use+as+default&quot;&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;gfe_rd=cr&amp;ei=Ob0bWLLuM-Pe8AeSo46oBw</a>PS: Apparently the application 'Onyx' has the ability to cleanup and change the old view option settings. YMMV. EDIT:And there may be something useful you can use to fix your window view options here:<a href="https://www.lifewire.com/set-finder-views-for-folders-and-subfolders-2260912" target="_blank">https://www.lifewire.com/set-finder-views-for-folders-and-subfolders-2260912</a>An interesting question now that I think about it and I don't recall having consistent but different window views as I set them since System 8 and 9 days. I just shrugged it off as a Mac OS X thing that they might fix one day.&nbsp; <img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Undecided.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":\" title="Undecided&nbsp; &nbsp; :\" data-shortname=":\" />- Patrick======</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pm-r, post: 1735702, member: 175845"] I just came across this which may have a bearing on your trouble and I sure wasn't aware of: "Use as Defaults is [B]supposed to carry over to all newly opened Finder windows[/B], [B]but it doesn't change any previously opened windows[/B]. If you want to revert all previously opened windows to that view, follow these steps: …" [url]https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5543840?start=30&tstart=0[/url] [bold mine] For more hits or suggestions, try the google search I used: [url]https://www.google.ca/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=mac+view+options+%22use+as+default%22&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&gfe_rd=cr&ei=Ob0bWLLuM-Pe8AeSo46oBw[/url] PS: Apparently the application '[B]Onyx[/B]' has the ability to cleanup and change the old view option settings. YMMV. EDIT: And there may be something useful you can use to fix your window view options here: [url]https://www.lifewire.com/set-finder-views-for-folders-and-subfolders-2260912[/url] An interesting question now that I think about it and I don't recall having consistent but different window views as I set them since System 8 and 9 days. I just shrugged it off as a Mac OS X thing that they might fix one day. :\ - Patrick ====== [/QUOTE]

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