Applications folder not opening?

I just reinstalled Mavericks. This was after the mac came back from the service center, hard disk wiped clean. The Applications folder is not opening. And when I try to view as a folder its tranlucent and does not open. Says calculating size.
Also I just uninstalled Photoshop using the uninstaller, and it hasn't gone from the launchpad. Cannot be deleted using the x either. And I have no access to the applications folder. So I really don't know how to go about this. Help?

you have a notebook, we here deal with 65lb towers.
normally I would tell you to clone the system to another drive, make sure TimeMachine is current, then do a clean install and use Setup Assistant.
Up to it?
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Hi guys,
I recently upgraded to Yosemite, but I'm not sure if this is a Yosemite-related bug.
My application folder (/Applications) does not open in finder (see screenshots)
The spinner keep spinning in the bottom right corner.
Also, when I "Get Info", it keeps calculating the size and never completes.
Also, when I drag the Applications folder to the dock, nothing happens.
However, it works fine in Terminal:
$ cd /; ls -lh
drwxrwxr-x+ 129 root   admin   4.3K Oct 17 03:14 Applications
When I go inside the Applications folder (in terminal), I can list all the files in it.Oddly enough, most of them are greyed out, and it only says "total 8" when I have way more than 8 apps.
$ cd /Applications; ls -lh
total 8
drwxr-xr-x   4 root   wheel   136B Apr 23 2013 3Hub.app
drwxr-xr-x@ 4 myusername staff   136B May 20 13:02 Adium.app
drwxrwxr-x   5 root   admin   170B Feb 7 2013 Adobe
drwxrwxr-x@ 7 root   admin   238B Feb 14 2013 Adobe Acrobat XI Pro
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root   admin    92B Feb 14 2013 Adobe Application Manager -> /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Application Manager/CCM/Utilities/AdobeCreativeCloudClient.app
drwxrwxr-x@ 8 root   admin   272B Feb 7 2013 Adobe Bridge CS6
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 myusername staff   102B Jul 20 2012 Adobe Cleaner.app
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 myusername staff   102B Dec 12 2012 Adobe Download Assistant.app
drwxrwxr-x@ 6 root   admin   204B Feb 7 2013 Adobe Extension Manager CS6
drwxrwxr-x@ 13 root   admin   442B Feb 7 2013 Adobe Illustrator CS6
drwxrwxr-x@ 13 root   admin   442B Feb 7 2013 Adobe Photoshop CS6
drwxr-xr-x   3 root   wheel   102B Feb 7 2013 Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.app
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 myusername admin   102B Oct 15 2012 Air Video Server.app
drwxr-x---@ 5 myusername staff   170B Dec 12 2013 Android Development Kit
drwxr-xr-x+ 3 root   wheel   102B Jul 11 15:49 App Store.app
I can even open my apps in Terminal:
$ cd /Applications; open Notes.app
Mission Control works fine as well.
Does anyone know how I can see my Applications in Finder?
I've tried the usual Disk Utility (verify/repair permissions) and even reinstalled a fresh copy of Mac OSX Yosemite (using recovery).
Note: I did mess around with ~/Library/Preferences immediately after installing Yosemite because of the background flashing bug (I deleted some plists files to fix that bug).
Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

RonHerrema wrote:
Drew, I have previously done everything you have listed as possible remedies, with no success.
Well in that case the options I see are…
1.
This seems like a 'defaults write tweak' or similar system level modification that is failing on the latest OS.
Revert any applied system tweaks from apps like Secrets or Onyx, that is if you remember applying any (these can be things like 'no-glass dock', no shadows on screenshots etc).
Your Terminal may have the command history saved. Try 'history' in that app to see if you have any 'defaults write' changes listed. Post them here for help to revert them.
It seems likely to me that the 'background flashing bug' mentioned earlier by helloziy was fixing a bad defaults write setting (preferences store the defaults write tweaks). If you have one 'bad tweak', there are probably others elsewhere on the system.
2.
I would consider backing up, erasing the internal disk & clean installing the OS. Migrate ONLY your user data back to the new install (avoid Applications & 'other files' - they could be the reason for this issue). You will need to reinstall apps as you need them.
3.
Another possibility is using EtreCheck to view what everyone has installed & running…
http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck
It would basically be a case of comparing affected reports & then removing or reinstalling apps until something changes (a crapshoot).
Etrecheck will not tell you about any 'defaults write' or other system modifications.
4.
I'd backup & consider removing all system preferences. This is drastic & may break many things until you alter the default settings!
Reboot into recovery mode & remove the contents of /Library/Preferences from the boot disk, it will need to be done in Terminal.
You need to do this when the OS isn't running because Mac OS will cache preferences and some values will be written back to new files even after deleting the original files. Keep a backup of the files handy incase the OS breaks on next reboot!
Sorry it's not a solution, but it may help some diagnosis that get you closer to one.

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when I went to the library folder there was no receipts only
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My mail application quit opening a few weeks ago. When I try to open it with the icon on the dock and in the finder the screen just blinks. Even my computer savvy wife cant figure it out. My next stop is the genius bar unless there are some geniuses here. I can still get mail via .mac log in but cannot send links or documents as the OS mail application will not open when I need to send them.
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As in the subject, only the first time after a log-in or finder restarting, when i press shiftA to open a new window of applications folder, it opens always in the same ugly position, i.e., on my right side of the desktop, half out of it, half inside. This happens only with this folder. If after restarting finder, restarting the mac, log-out log-in, I press +N to open a new window, it opens correctly on the center of the screen. If I try to grab the new applications window either in the center of the screen or in whatever position I want, next log-in, reboot, etc... it opens in the ugly position as I mentioned.
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