Finder window is too large, help....

howdy,
i recently inherited an older powerbook g4 from the office. it's running 10.2.8 and has a slight problem...
the finder window is streched beyond the bottom of the screen. i can't seem to get a hold of the corner to drag it back up and the resolution is set to the highest setting. obviously this causes issues with applications at the bottom of the list (ie. utilities) not being shown. is there a way to fix this problem? i may be installing tiger soon so it could be a temporary issue, however for the time being i'd love to get it fixed.
thanks for taking the time...
ryan

Hi Ryan, if you cannot reduce the window by cliking on the green button and then right it, do this:
Navigate to yourhome/library/preferences and trash this file:
com.apple.finder.plist
(You may have to reset a few finder prefs the way you like them.)
Then log out and back in again.
Let us know.
-mj
[email protected]

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