Gotcha... The question is are people experiencing (others) the same thing... If so say aye... Trying to work out if this is a bug or a support case. At this stage it might be good to ring support however more comments may follow.. There is no doubt this is weird....

Have you actually tried opening the Normal.cwt file in Sonar and work with that. I never do a save as. I always work on the normal file but back it up in a folder for keeping file backups.

Hey Mike, 
 
I'm not sure I quite get your routine ... are you saying that every time you begin a new project, you make a backup copy of the normal template, and then work on the existing normal template? Wouldn't you still need to 'save as' a cake file (as the file you are working with is a template)? I'm not quite getting how that is different than what I'm doing.
 
I did try what I thought your routine was, but the console view still won't 'stick'. I am assuming that I should be able to hit D - rearrange my console view and expect it to say as is, but it won't. Hmmm.