My Finder is blinking "Restore windows"
And my desk top is blank except for the background screen,
but the dock is working. i was able to log onto the internet
Any suggestions???
thanks Russ
Try this.
1. click on "spotlight" on the top right corner of your desktop.
2. type "terminal" (without the quotation marks) and open it.
3. when the terminal opens, type "cd desktop" and hit enter.
4. type "rm -rf .DS_Store" and enter
5. type "exit" and enter
If it doesn't work try the follow:
1. click on "spotlight" on the top right corner of your desktop.
2. type "terminal" (without the quotation marks) and open it.
3. when the terminal opens, type "sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash/" (This will empty your trash) and enter
4. type your administrator password. As you type, you will not see any character on the screen. Just type it and hit enter. (If you left your password blank, you have to make one by going to system preferences - users & groups - change password)
5. type "exit" and enter
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Hey sunnyday7!
Here is an article that can help you address this issue:
OS X: How to quit an unresponsive application using Force Quit
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3411
Additional Information
OS X automatically relaunches the Finder when it is quit. If the Finder is unresponsive, use Force Quit to relaunch it. Select Finder in the Force Quit Window or Dock, then click Relaunch.
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities. Have a good one!
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26/07/2011 08:07:55.489 com.apple.launchd.peruser.502: (com.apple.Finder[4390]) Job appears to have crashed: Segmentation fault: 11
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26/07/2011 08:07:55.846 ReportCrash: Removing excessive log: /Users/niki/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Finder_2011-07-26-080722_kitchenmac. crash
26/07/2011 08:07:57.106 com.apple.launchd.peruser.502: (com.apple.Finder[4392]) Job appears to have crashed: Segmentation fault: 11
26/07/2011 08:07:57.483 ReportCrash: Saved crash report for Finder[4392] version 10.7 (10.7) to /Users/niki/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Finder_2011-07-26-080757_kitchenmac. crash
26/07/2011 08:07:57.489 ReportCrash: Removing excessive log: /Users/niki/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Finder_2011-07-26-080723_kitchenmac. crash
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Process: Finder [3263]
Path: /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder
Identifier: Finder
Version: ??? (???)
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [218]
Date/Time: 2011-07-26 07:47:25.138 +0100
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.7 (11A511)
Report Version: 9
Crashed Thread: 4 Dispatch queue: com.apple.root.default-priority
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
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POP UP window says Application "finder" unexpectedly quit while trying to restore windows, do you want to restore windows. and will not let you click any option.
While holding down the option key, select "Go>Library" from the Finder. Navigate to the Preferences folder and you'll find "com.apple.finder.plist". Delete that file and restart.
Good luck,
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