Finder window update

Since upgrade to Leopard, I infrequently have the issue that the finder window will not update itself anymore, I need to click and other folder and go back to the original one to see the update... that feels somehow like a Windows F5, that simply should not be on a Mac...

If you try to try to create a new Finder window what exactly happens or doesn't happen? Do you get any errors or what? Do you have the Finder menu items along the top of the screen? Should say "Finder File Edit View Go Help".
If the "New Finder Window" doesn't work from the "File" menu, can you use the "Go" menu and click on "Utilities".
If you don't have the Finder menu, it has probably crashed. The easiest way to start it is to do an press the "Option" key and right-click on the Finder icon in the Dock (or Control-Option if you can't do a right-click) and then select the "Relaunch" item.
If you can't do any of this probably the next thing to try is restart the system - do this by clicking on the Apple in the top left corner and then click on the "Restart" item - make sure to exit out of all the running apps before doing this and saving any changed files if you need to.
Good luck ...
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