Finder hangs (and "UserActivityAgent") after install

I installed Leopard with no issues (until I rebooted). Now, I have nothing on my desktop, and the finder will not run. I can open apps from the Dock, but I can't even open folders from the dock.
I let Spotlight finish indexing, and then used it to get to the Activity Monitor. Finder and something called UserActivityAgent are listed as "Not Responding". Killing and restarting them does not help. I've rebooted my iMac 5 times, but no luck. Each time the Finder hangs on startup. Any ideas?

Lawson Culver wrote:
I installed Leopard with no issues (until I rebooted). Now, I have nothing on my desktop, and the finder will not run. I can open apps from the Dock, but I can't even open folders from the dock.
I let Spotlight finish indexing, and then used it to get to the Activity Monitor. Finder and something called UserActivityAgent are listed as "Not Responding". Killing and restarting them does not help. I've rebooted my iMac 5 times, but no luck. Each time the Finder hangs on startup. Any ideas?
I am having the exact same issue. From what I have read though, we have to re-install with the archive and install option. Try that, I am going to and will be back in a couple of hours with updates.

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