Yosemite - "show in finder" opens doc

When I download a file in Safari or Chrome and then select "show in finder," instead of taking me to the file, it opens the file. This is happening on both my Desktop and my MacBook Pro, running Yosemite.

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Before i forget, this all runs on a Windows 7 Enterprise environment.
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