FINDER: "Get Info" - Window not opening / not working

Hi All,
I am kinda lost. Since upgrading to 10.6.4, I no longer can open "Get Info" neither through the context menu not through key [cmd+I].
This is in Finder only. On Application Level (iTunes e.g.) it works. I have
checked permissions, they're good. I also have tried another user account,
same issue here. So it's system wide. Is there a known issue with this? I
cannot find it. It is not listed anywhere.
In the Console I can find the following:
===========================================================================
12/10/2010 14:15:15 Finder[293] unable to find nib named: InfoWindowMoreInfoView in bundle path: (null)
12/10/2010 14:15:15 Finder[293] HIToolbox: ignoring exception '-[NSViewController loadView] could not load the "InfoWindowMoreInfoView" nib.' that raised inside Carbon event dispatch
===========================================================================
Any Ideas?
Message was edited by: tlehmann (vmware)

Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Since the issue is systemwide, then, you may be able to repair this with the The 10.6.4 Combo Update This is a fuller install, as opposed to an incremental "delta" update so it should overwrite any files that are damaged or missing. It does not matter if you have applied it before.
Remember to Verify Disk before update and repair permissions after update from /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.
-mj

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