Mountain Lion Finder problem

Hi guys,
I've been having these issues since I installed Mountain Lion.
To open a new Finder window, even when I don't have any other one opened, I have to right click on the Finder icon and click on New Finder Window. Before I just clicked on the Finder icon and it opened and new window.
I can't open the Trash, neither by clicking on the icon nor by right clicking and selecting Open. I'm also unable to empty the Trash.
I use Dropbox, and if I click on the little icon on the top bar, and select Open Dropbox Folder, nothing happens.
Can anyone help?
Thank you!

I solved this by just restarting the machine, it was that simple

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