Help! Finder doesnt start

Hello
When i start my G4, the finder doesnt start, just the dock appears, which allows me to use safari, other apps crash when i try to open them from the dock. I cant restart without pushing the restart button because the apple-menu doesnt work.
Is there an easy way to solve this problem? restart doesnt help, do i have to boot from System CD?

I have almost the same problem.
I was trying to download an update for iTunes and the update kept hanging, so I rebooted. On start up, the finder doesn't load at all. I get an empty desktop, with no hard drive or other icons and no finder or apple menu. The dock is available, and I can launch other programs no problem, and can navigate folders from within them (I can also verify when doing this that my auto loaded network shares have indeed loaded).
When a single app is loaded, I can't hide it; when I quit the app the app's menu remains displayed (but not functional).
The finder doesn't come up on start up, and doesn't come up when all other apps have been closed, and can't be launched from the dock. Rebooting doesn't resolve the issue.
Software update stalls out; but iTunes, Firefox, and System Preferences all seem to work fine (haven't tried anything else). Any suggestions appreciated.

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