Finder window won't open on the desktop when rebooting in Lion

One problem that I have is: I always have a finder window open on my desktop. In Lion 10.7.1, when I shut down and restart my Macbook Pro (15 inch early 2008), the finder window will appear momentarily then close itself, leaving empty desktop and drive icons on it.
I have to click Finder icon on the dock to open finder window, and it never remember it's last location on the desktop and settings I applied to it in Preference.
This is annoying. I have tried and search many solutions but none of them are permanent. They are:
1. Delete com.apple.finder.plist in user/library/preferences, then force restart finder, set it the way I want in Preference. Then restart the Mac. Finder windows will open at boot in some case, and not working in many cases. And if it work, the solution is not permanent. The probelm will come back again in 3-4 days time
2. Right click on the finder in the dock then options assign to this window. This won't work for me
3. go to: System Preferences>Mission Control> and UNcheck "Automatically rearrarange spaces based on most recent use". This was the only change I made, did a reboot, and finder window is now visible and usable. This won't work for me either
I think this is a bug in Lion, and would like experts here to advise a permanent solution for me Thank in advance

Help please!

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