Finder Doesn't Work At All!

Hello.
I have a Mac Pro (10.8.2). My finder isn't working at all. I click the icon on the dock, I click Command+N or even from the menu bar. It doesn't open at all. I can't even access the Library folder to delete the plst files.
I tried to login as a guest user, and it was working like a charm!
So could this be related to a third party application or something?

It could be.
Hold shift and boot the system. Keep shift held until you see the apple, gear, and a progress bar. Then, let it boot up. This will take you into safe mode, where login items are disabled. If everything works fine here, you can go to system preferences >> users and groups >> unlocked the lock in lower left >> click login items in the upper right-ish area. You could try removing any login items there.
Before you do that, though, if it does boot fine into safe mode and works there, you should be able to try removing the plist instead. In case you don't know, click the go menu >> hold option >> click library >> go to preference folder. You could remove the finder plist there, and may want to consider removing the sidebar plist along with desktop plist.

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Hey,
first of all, sorry for my english...
I`ve got a problem: the finder doesn`t work! after every start and sleepingphase it takes a lot of time to work fluently. i use leopard, did already the pram-reset, watched out in the activity-display, but i could not find anything. Please help me
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So what to do besides complain? Troubleshoot?
I just wonder if all of us who have had chronic signal strength and "Searching for network" issues that totally drain the battery might have something in common, despite being all over the world? I'm using wi-fi 95% of the time, and live in a semi-rural area with overlapping networks run by same carrier. Apple folks hinted that maybe in my area the network usage is nearing capacity (resulting in getting kicked off of 3G and down to E as new calls are placed that strain capacity). They also hinted there could be interference from mountains or other objects. But here's the thing--3G phones work fine, and my IP4 works fine when I'm away from home, usually in the capital city on strong 3G network. (When I say "works fine I mean the signal is good and calls go through, I haven't tested battery drain away from home yet).
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