Finder issue on Lion

Hi,
I have a Mac Book Pro 13" bought at the beginning of the year (so installed with Snow Leopard).
I used to use Mission Control (early named Spaces) with 4 desks.
I upgraded to Lion about a month ago.
First all was ok, but for about two weeks, all finder windows appear only when changing desk (from side to side with three fingers).
I did the last updates, with no better result.
Now I only have one desk and the problem remain.
What can I do ?
Thanks for your help.

As the right click doesn't show "options", I added a desktop.
So I could change this options and all the windows appeared.
No matter which options I choosed.
Thanks a lot for your help
I'm happy you were there to help us
Have a nice day.
Jean-Luc

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