Can't Copy and Paste in Finder

Hello,
I have the latest Mountain Lion release on a 2009 iMac.
I have recently encountered a problem that keeps bugging me. It's impossible for me to copy and paste a file in Finder. alt+Dragging will work, but CMD+C followed by CMD+V or going through the menus will not work.
Pressing CMD+C or going through the EDIT menu and selecting Copy seems to work, but Pasting isn't possible.
Does anyone have any idea as to how I can solve this?
Thank you,

antrozous wrote:
Barney,
Thanks for the help.
I have neither of these apps installed.
After trying in safe mode, it appears that these commands do work! So if I understand well I must look through all the apps that launch when I login so I can pinpoint which one is causing the trouble?
That's pretty much it. Do you know of any other program you've installed that would modify the Finder?

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