How can i get my com.apple.Finder plist back

If I reinsatll Lion will it put com.apple.Finder plist back in the library

I just now noticed that if Disk Utility is open a disk shows up on the desktop and I can eject it normally. Disk Utility does not, however. show the disk and it sometimes really slow to show Super Drive too. When SuperDrive does show up and there is a disk inserted should I not be able to see in SuperDrive?
I have tried the terminal thing and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.
What are the options if the optical drive is randomly failing?

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I have tried re-inserting the com.apple.finder.plist into my Preferences folder and re-booting - this didn't work.

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Thanks for your response Cor el, I'll try that the next time it happens, it's completely random. One moment it functions normally then suddenly it changes its mind.
Restarting my pc usually brings it back to normal until next time.
One thing I've noticed, but not 100% sure there's a connection here.....I edit my websites online and log into cpanel which opens new pages in separate tabs, as it should do. It seems that this problem occurs when I'm logged into cpanel...if i'm logged in then open a new tab for regular browsing of other sites then all links on those sites also open in new tabs.
Ican't say for sure if it's always only happened when logged into cpanel, but certainly on the last 3 occasions.
At the moment it's behaving normally so much I can do to check your suggestions, but will try them the next time it occurs.
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Hello,
As the title suggest, I'm having a problem with cp.
As the matter of fact, com.apple.finder.plist is inside the preferences folder but why "No such file or directory"?
The-Universe:~ LS$ cp com.apple.finder.plist com.apple.dock.plist.bak
cp: com.apple.finder.plist: No such file or directory
I learnt this command-line form the "Mac OS X Server Introduction to Command-Line Administration Version 10.6 Snow Leopard", pg 38.
Thanks!
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I would suggest having a backup of your whole disk, and particularly of any critical files, before proceeding here.
The the documentation is assuming that you're defaulted into the expected directory, and the path to the plist directory is discussed in the immediately previous section of the manual you're working with. If you're logged into the user you want to edit, the plist files are here: ~/Library/Preferences/
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