Control or Option Click in Finder Problem

Mouse click plus option Key, or Mouse Click with control key, all Icons on desktop disappear and reappear. Drive Icon moves, and new window appears.
I have reinstalled OS 10.4, ran all updates, problem still exists. Problem does not exist in other login accounts on machine. Only main use account, mine.
Any ideas?

If the problem is in your account only, take a look in this folder:
"/Users/yourname/Library/Contextual Menu Items"
Remove anything you find and log out and back in. Generally the Finder quitting when you control click is caused by an incompatible Contextual Menu item. One of the commonest causes is one from StuffIt.
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