Can't connect to server via apple+k

If i try and connect to another machine via GO>CONNECT TO SERVER I get the beachball of death which spins forever until I force quit finder.
I have created a new user account and if i try the same it works perfectly, which suggests to me a file/preference has corrupted.
Does anybody have an idea what files may be corrupt and need deleting?
Thank you

Managed to sort it myself.
Moved the Library folder from 'Username'>Library onto my desktop and logged out of the dodgy account.
Logged in again and a new Library folder was created. Apple+k then worked.
I then copied the old files into the new folder in batches of 20, logged out then in again and kept trying Apple+k.
I put all the files back,logging out then in every time, ensuring the file I was copying overwrote the new file.
After I had copied all the files I rebooted and upon restart Apple+k worked.
I have no idea what the actual corrupt file was, but at least other people with the same problem now have a method of getting back to normal.

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