My finder wont open when i turn on my mac.

I would simply turn on my Mac, but Finder wont open and it wont let me open other apps, the only thing that opens up is Safari, other than that i cant open anything else! I don't know whats wrong.

You may want to run these "standard" fixes if the problem persists.
1) Check the amount of free space on your harddrive.  You should have a several gigs free.
2) You should run disk utility
      Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Disk Utility
      a) verify the disk
      b) update your permissions.
3) Try a safe boot.
     Shutdown your machine.  Hold down the shift key.  Poweron.  Wait awhile; wait awhile while you harddrive
     is being checked.
     http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1455
4) Another way to correct filesystem problems is into single use mode.
     This page will tell you how to get into single user mode.
     http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1492
    Basically, you hold down the command + s key then  powering on your machine. The command key
    has a little apple symbol on the lower left. It is between the alt/option key and the space bar. 
4) You may want to run applejack to clean up your machine.
      http://applejack.sourceforge.net/
6) Run hardware diagnostics.  It's good for a sanity check.

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