Command-tab can't call finder anymore

Hi,
I really have a weired problem with finder since yesterday:
I try to choose the Finder using Command-tab. The result is that I see the finder menus on top of the screen, but none of the windows appear, which is really annoying. I usually recover the finder windows by pressing F9 and then click on them, but this is an additional step which slows down work.
Does anybody know how to solve this?
Gernot

A good place to start is to make sure your computer is in generally good condition by verifying your drive and repairing permissions.
[Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214]
[Using Disk Utility in Mac OS X 10.4.3 or later|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302672]
[Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25751]
From BDaqua:
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk.
Then Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes."
If that doesn't clear things up try removing your Finder preferences file so a new one is created. Look for com.apple.finder.plist in your user folder > Library > Preferences (not the main level Library, the one in your user directory/folder). Move this file onto the desktop or someplace other than in that folder. Restart your computer. If that works, fine, but you may have to reset some Finder preferences. If it doesn't you can move it back into the folder (an new one will have been created but you can replace it) in order to restore previous settings.

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