Ctrl Click for dropdown menu crashes finder...

Every time I control click lately, to get the dropdown menu that has items in it like, new window etc... the finder crashes. Any advice?

First thing to try is to open Disk Utility (in Applications>Utilities) and click on the hard drive on the left, then 'Repair Permissions'. This process can take a few minutes, and may report a few items resolved. It has been known for faulty permissions to cause idiosyncratic system behavior.
If that doesn't work, download a copy of Preferential Treatment from www.versiontracker.com. and run it on both system-wide and user levels. This will flag if you have any problems with property list (.plist) files which can also cause this sort of issue.
If that doesn't help, create a new user account and long on to that. Does the problem then disappear?

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