Lion Finder Behaving Badly

My wife has a 27' iMac w. 10.7.2, 2.8 GHz Core i7, 8 GB Ram. She runs the iMac as Admin.
Finder preferences don't stick She does not want to see "All My Files" or "Air Drop" in the Sidebar. She changes the preferences, but those items keep reappearing.
She does want to see Macintosh HD in the Sidebar, so she sets preferences to show all HD's. It keeps reverting to a minus sign (partial), with Macintosh HD disappearing.
Occasionally neither of the above applies because the side bar appears completely blank.
Very frequently, clicking on a directory fails to reveal its contents, just a blank Finder window. Force relaunching the Finder fixes that, but usually causes AirDrop and All My File to reappear if they were hidden, and causes Macintosh HD to disappear if it was showing.
The Mobile Me Sync icon is still at the right-hand side of the menu bar. She logged out and deleted the MobileMe Pref Pane (why didn't Apple do that automatically when MobileMe syncing went away?). /System/Library, /Library, and Users/heraccount/Library contain a lot of MobileMe files. Are they necessary? How does she get rid of the sync icon?
Items disappear from Login Items. Camouflage, e.g.
iCal crashes regularly on launch then runs OK on re-launch. For a period of about two weeks it crashed every time she launched it, no exceptions.
We've done FSCK, trashed such plists, as we could find, but nothing helps.
Advice most welcome. We live not far from an Apple Store, but I am absolutely convinced that after lugging the iMac to the Genius Bar not one of the problem I have described would manifest itself, and they would think I took it in simply because I enjoy carrying a 27" iMac around the mall.

Some things to consider.
     Create another admin account and see if the same thing happens in that user account. If not, then you have a problem in the primary user account.
    I am assuming you zapped PRAM and did an SMC reset, plus unplugged all periphals for awhile.
   If the machine recently started acting this way, look at recent installs. If it has acted like this since you installed 10.7.2 you might reinstall using the combo update or install the 10.7.3 combo update.
You can also reinstall Lion and not lose your data.
Jay

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Some things to consider.
     Create another admin account and see if the same thing happens in that user account. If not, then you have a problem in the primary user account.
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i need to give a text either while creating customer (vd01) or changing customer(vd02)...thsi is via extras->texts.....then I have to double clik the text and go to change editor...and then i have to clik on insert line and then choose text element radiobutton on screen and then give it a name and then save it..this should be done for all customers....my problem is i am unable to find a badi and the appropriate method for thsi..i have placed break point in method read_add_on_data in the badi customer_add_data....i tested both by transactions va01 and va02 but of no use..also there are so many methods..can u tell me how do i find the appropriate method of the appropriate badi.....

Hi,
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*Reward points
Regards

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Please skip if you already did this!
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Code looks like:
CALL METHOD cl_exithandler=>get_class_name_by_interface
EXPORTING
instance = instance
IMPORTING
class_name = class_name
CHANGING
exit_name = exit_name
EXCEPTIONS
no_reference = 1
no_interface_reference = 2
no_exit_interface = 3
data_incons_in_exit_managem = 4
class_not_implement_interface = 5
OTHERS = 6.
CASE sy-subrc.--> (Right here)
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Like for User Exit is there any standard code to find the BADI implemetation for a Transaction Code.
If so please paste the code.

Hi pagal,
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Regards
Karthik D
P.S.: Reward Points if this is Helpful
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TADIR,
MODSAPT,
MODACT,
TRDIR,
TFDIR,
ENLFDIR,
SXS_ATTRT ,
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DATA : FIELD1(30).
DATA : V_DEVCLASS LIKE TADIR-DEVCLASS.
PARAMETERS : P_TCODE LIKE TSTC-TCODE,
P_PGMNA LIKE TSTC-PGMNA .
DATA wa_tadir type tadir.
START-OF-SELECTION.
IF NOT P_TCODE IS INITIAL.
SELECT SINGLE * FROM TSTC WHERE TCODE EQ P_TCODE.
ELSEIF NOT P_PGMNA IS INITIAL.
TSTC-PGMNA = P_PGMNA.
ENDIF.
IF SY-SUBRC EQ 0.
SELECT SINGLE * FROM TADIR
WHERE PGMID = 'R3TR'
AND OBJECT = 'PROG'
AND OBJ_NAME = TSTC-PGMNA.
MOVE : TADIR-DEVCLASS TO V_DEVCLASS.
IF SY-SUBRC NE 0.
SELECT SINGLE * FROM TRDIR
WHERE NAME = TSTC-PGMNA.
IF TRDIR-SUBC EQ 'F'.
SELECT SINGLE * FROM TFDIR
WHERE PNAME = TSTC-PGMNA.
SELECT SINGLE * FROM ENLFDIR
WHERE FUNCNAME = TFDIR-FUNCNAME.
SELECT SINGLE * FROM TADIR
WHERE PGMID = 'R3TR'
AND OBJECT = 'FUGR'
AND OBJ_NAME EQ ENLFDIR-AREA.
MOVE : TADIR-DEVCLASS TO V_DEVCLASS.
ENDIF.
ENDIF.
SELECT * FROM TADIR INTO TABLE JTAB
WHERE PGMID = 'R3TR'
AND OBJECT in ('SMOD', 'SXSD')
AND DEVCLASS = V_DEVCLASS.
SELECT SINGLE * FROM TSTCT
WHERE SPRSL EQ SY-LANGU
AND TCODE EQ P_TCODE.
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45(50) TSTCT-TTEXT.
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IF NOT JTAB[] IS INITIAL.
WRITE:/(105) SY-ULINE.
FORMAT COLOR COL_HEADING INTENSIFIED ON.
* Sorting the internal Table
sort jtab by OBJECT.
data : wf_txt(60) type c,
wf_smod type i ,
wf_badi type i ,
wf_object2(30) type C.
clear : wf_smod, wf_badi , wf_object2.
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WRITE:/1 SY-VLINE,
2 'Enhancement/ Business Add-in',
41 SY-VLINE ,
42 'Description',
105 SY-VLINE.
WRITE:/(105) SY-ULINE.
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if wa_tadir-object = 'SMOD'.
wf_object2 = 'Enhancement' .
elseif wa_tadir-object = 'SXSD'.
wf_object2 = ' Business Add-in'.
endif.
FORMAT COLOR COL_GROUP INTENSIFIED ON.
WRITE:/1 SY-VLINE,
2 wf_object2,
105 SY-VLINE.
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WHERE SPRSL = SY-LANGU
AND NAME = wa_tadir-OBJ_NAME.
FORMAT COLOR COL_NORMAL INTENSIFIED OFF.
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wf_badi = wf_badi + 1 .
select single TEXT into wf_txt
from SXS_ATTRT
where sprsl = sy-langu
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endcase.
WRITE:/1 SY-VLINE,
2 wa_tadir-OBJ_NAME hotspot on,
41 SY-VLINE ,
42 wf_txt,
105 SY-VLINE.
AT END OF object.
write : /(105) sy-ULINE.
ENDAT.
ENDLOOP.
WRITE:/(105) SY-ULINE.
SKIP.
FORMAT COLOR COL_TOTAL INTENSIFIED ON.
WRITE:/ 'No.of Exits:' , wf_smod.
WRITE:/ 'No.of BADis:' , wf_badi.
ELSE.
FORMAT COLOR COL_NEGATIVE INTENSIFIED ON.
WRITE:/(105) 'No userexits or BADis exist'.
ENDIF.
ELSE.
FORMAT COLOR COL_NEGATIVE INTENSIFIED ON.
WRITE:/(105) 'Transaction does not exist'.
ENDIF.
AT LINE-SELECTION.
data : wf_object type tadir-object.
clear wf_object.
GET CURSOR FIELD FIELD1.
CHECK FIELD1(8) EQ 'WA_TADIR'.
read table jtab with key obj_name = sy-lisel+1(20).
move jtab-object to wf_object.
case wf_object.
when 'SMOD'.
SET PARAMETER ID 'MON' FIELD SY-LISEL+1(10).
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when 'SXSD'.
SET PARAMETER ID 'EXN' FIELD SY-LISEL+1(20).
CALL TRANSACTION 'SE18' AND SKIP FIRST SCREEN.
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*& Report ZNEGI16                                                     *
REPORT ZNEGI16                                 .
TABLES : TSTC,
TADIR,
MODSAPT,
MODACT,
TRDIR,
TFDIR,
ENLFDIR,
SXS_ATTRT ,
TSTCT.
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WHERE PNAME = TSTC-PGMNA.
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WHERE PGMID = 'R3TR'
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WHERE PGMID = 'R3TR'
AND OBJECT in ('SMOD', 'SXSD')
AND DEVCLASS = V_DEVCLASS.
SELECT SINGLE * FROM TSTCT
WHERE SPRSL EQ SY-LANGU
AND TCODE EQ P_TCODE.
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20(20) P_TCODE,
45(50) TSTCT-TTEXT.
SKIP.
IF NOT JTAB[] IS INITIAL.
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FORMAT COLOR COL_HEADING INTENSIFIED ON.
* Sorting the internal Table
sort jtab by OBJECT.
data : wf_txt(60) type c,
wf_smod type i ,
wf_badi type i ,
wf_object2(30) type C.
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at first.
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WRITE:/1 SY-VLINE,
2 'Enhancement/ Business Add-in',
41 SY-VLINE ,
42 'Description',
105 SY-VLINE.
WRITE:/(105) SY-ULINE.
endat.
clear wf_txt.
at new object.
if wa_tadir-object = 'SMOD'.
wf_object2 = 'Enhancement' .
elseif wa_tadir-object = 'SXSD'.
wf_object2 = ' Business Add-in'.
endif.
FORMAT COLOR COL_GROUP INTENSIFIED ON.
WRITE:/1 SY-VLINE,
2 wf_object2,
105 SY-VLINE.
endat.
case wa_tadir-object.
when 'SMOD'.
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FROM MODSAPT
WHERE SPRSL = SY-LANGU
AND NAME = wa_tadir-OBJ_NAME.
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when 'SXSD'.
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from SXS_ATTRT
where sprsl = sy-langu
and EXIT_NAME = wa_tadir-OBJ_NAME.
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2 wa_tadir-OBJ_NAME hotspot on,
41 SY-VLINE ,
42 wf_txt,
105 SY-VLINE.
AT END OF object.
write : /(105) sy-ULINE.
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WRITE:/(105) 'No userexits or BADis exist'.
ENDIF.
ELSE.
FORMAT COLOR COL_NEGATIVE INTENSIFIED ON.
WRITE:/(105) 'Transaction does not exist'.
ENDIF.
AT LINE-SELECTION.
data : wf_object type tadir-object.
clear wf_object.
GET CURSOR FIELD FIELD1.
CHECK FIELD1(8) EQ 'WA_TADIR'.
read table jtab with key obj_name = sy-lisel+1(20).
move jtab-object to wf_object.
case wf_object.
when 'SMOD'.
SET PARAMETER ID 'MON' FIELD SY-LISEL+1(10).
CALL TRANSACTION 'SMOD' AND SKIP FIRST SCREEN.
when 'SXSD'.
SET PARAMETER ID 'EXN' FIELD SY-LISEL+1(20).
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endcase.

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I'm new to Web Dynpro ABAP. Can any one tell me, how to find the BADI'S for standarad components like i.e DEMO_ROADMAP .Please tell me, steps/procedure to find the BADI'S in WDA.
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Moderator message: wrong forum, please have a look in the "Web Dynpro ABAP" forum.
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RPM_PROCESS_DATA Inbound processing of time data by customer
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