Finder window is frozen, how do I fix this?

I open Finder and the Finder window comes up, but the window doesn't respond to anything - mouse clicks, scrolling, resizing by grabbing the corner - no response, except the green, yelllow and red buttons at the top left display color when moused over.  The scroll bar bubbles do not show color.  I can drag the Finder window across the screen as usual, but nothing within the window is responsive.
Before I was aware of the frozen Finder window, I had made two changes to my iMac: I made changes to keyboard shortcuts and I installed Grid from the Mac App Store.  Grid is a new utility by DevonTechnologies for desktop window management.   
What can be done to bring Finder back to life? 
Thanks, Illiam

Uninstall Grid.

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