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Hi, searched on google for long time and found nothing. I'm working in a small office (13 iMacs and Mac Pros) and the Finder have a strange behavior.
In my office, 12 iMacs and Mac Pro are using OS 10.6.8 to 10.8.3, and there is a server that contain a backup of every project and every user must save his project at the end of the day on the server. The server is a Mac Pro first generation with 8GB RAM running 10.7.5 server, and a 2TB HD that is shared with everyone.
When a user want to access a folder on the server drive, the windows of the folder randomly close.
For example : User A want to save his project in folder "Macintosh HD:Client X:Project Y" So User A open the remote "Macintosh HD", than "Client X" folder and "Project Y" folder, but "Project Y" close by itself. User A must reopen it from "Client X" folder. I have a lot of complain since it's irritating and a waste of time when you want to drag your document and the target folder close by itself. It's not a lost connection since the remote drive stay mounted. The problem was there when the server was running 10.6.8 and I tough that the upgrade to 10.7.5 server will solve that, but no luck. Since it's a 1st gen Mac Pro, we can't try 10.8
The problem affect client on every version os Mac OS, from 10.6.8 to 10.8.3
Any idea ?

What is your network drive attached to? Is it a NAS or a shared drive from another computer. Either way get it connected locally to a computer and you should be able to find a file undelete tool (there are even free ones) that can restore the files that you have deleted.
I've written a script called DeDuper which can help remove unwanted duplicates. See this thread for background. The thread may shed some light on exactly what you did wrong. ITunes shows all the copies of the files that are the same as each other. If you delete them all you end up with none.
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