Do you have the root account enabled? If so, try disabling it and see if the problem still happens. Finder prefs set by the root user sometimes seem to override all others. I have another, related ...
Applications in OS X save preferences to property list (.plist) files in various preferences folders; however, sometimes multiple copies of a specific plist file may accumulate in the same folder.
PrefsOverload 3.5.4, the latest version of the utility for managing the Preferences Folder in both the traditional Mac operating system and Mac OS X, is now available for download. The update handles ...
Most preferences in OS X are stored directly in the user's Preferences folder; however, within this folder is a directory called ByHost that contains other commonly used preferences. Topher Kessler ...