Finder won't display files, apps, anything

Upgraded to Yosemite and since then my fan has been running constantly. But, more importantly Finder simply doesn't work, no matter if I reboot or relaunch Finder. The sidebar shows up but when I click on any of the choices nothing is revealed no longer how long I wait.
I can launch apps that are in my dock but nothing that I have to look up. They don't show up in spotlight either. So, I thought of searching for a weird process in Activity Monitor but I can't open the program because it's not in my dock!!
Help!

I have almost the same problem with Finder, except that I only wait a little bit and then everything runs good. I sent a message to Apple telling them about the problem. Maybe in the next update we will repair it.

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