On 10.9 - I can no longer open, copy or preview files on a shared server

I am on a 2007 iMAC and I connect to a shared server in our office. I just upgraded to 10.9 and am experiencing a number of problems:
- When trying to open files through finder I get the notification "Application not found" 
- When trying to copy to/from server I get error mssages 43 or 8058
- Can't drag files into applications shown in dock
- Vectorworks 2010 not working at all
If I open an application and use File/Open and select files from the server they open fine, but I need to be able to use finder & preview...
I think the above issues might have something to do with permissions?
Please help

I've had the same issues. For me, trashing the permissions didn't resolve anything. The only work-around I've found is force quitting/relaunching the Finder. I have to do it every day, sometimes twice, but at least I can drag, copy and double click on files to launch an app.
Hope that helps.

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