Cannot view desktop contents and finder shuts down

Question

Iam using macbook pro mid 2012 with OS mavericks. Everything was running completely okay until yesterday but when i switched on today the finder kept shutting down after 15 seconds..i cannot view my documents or pictures on the desktop..the applications icon disappear from the dock when i open it and cannot see anything in my downloads folder either..i didnt not downnload any app recently and cant seem to figure out the problem.i tried attaching a screenshot but the browser crashed..i saw some posts where they were relating this problem with google drive but i dont use it..any help would really be appreciated because i have a presentation coming up next week and really need to get done with this problem

Answer 1

You can work around this issue by choosing Go to Folder from the Finder's Go menu and then entering a / followed by the name of the folder you want to access.
If you need to access the top level of the hard disk from the other accounts or want to fix the issue, try logging in with the original account. Open the Script Editor in the /Applications/AppleScript folder and run the following script:
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder.AppleShowAllFiles '1'"
tell application "Finder"
quit
end tell
delay 3
tell application "Finder"
run
end tell
After the Finder restarts, open your hard disk's icon and locate the file named .DS_Store. Rename this file and try logging in with one of the other accounts. To hide the additional files and folders revealed, replace the 1 in the first line of the script with a 0 and rerun the script.
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