Finder window doest not start

On my wifes mac mini, we can no longer get finder to load, the system boots fine, and we can run a few applications, iTunes and safari. When i try to open finder to install new apps like firefox and clamXav, the finder window never opens. I have tried going to single user mode and fixking disk, i have even booted to the 10.4 dvd and ran repair disk/permissions. Still can not get finder to open nor will any of the desktop folders we have created so that i can access that way.
This happens even if i create a new account and try to access anything. As a note, i was able to install firefox, but it displays strange charecters in the url bar, and in the welcome screen.
Mac Mini(PPC) Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Do a backup.
Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Library. Then go to Preferences/
com.apple.finder.plist. Move the .plist to your desktop.
Re-launch Finder by restarting and test. If it works okay, delete the plist from the desktop.
If the same, return the .plist to where you got it from, overwriting the newer one.
Thanks to leonie for some information contained in this.

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