Open finder window shortcut

I used to be able to open a new finder window by pressing Alt + Command + Spacebar together.
Then one day pressing these keys started opening the Search window.
Any idea how I can reset this?

Barney-15E,
On the comments to the second article you posted, some people confirmed they can use the Cmd-Opt-Spacebar as a global default shortcut to open a new Finder window (not Spotlight)  — http://contented.qolc.net/articles/osx-global-shortcut-key-new-finder-window/#co mment-61887, users thesmarti and Bradley. Moreover, users CT and Avinash in this forum confirmed that too.
I know that "tapping the Finder icon in the Dock opens a Finder window if one isn't already opened", but as you say, it only does it if one Finder window isn't open. If you have one open, then you have to right click on the icon, etc. And if you have an application in fullscreen, the icon is not there and it takes a while for it to appear... Not ideal.
I guess I could solve this using Automator as you suggested, but I'm frustrated because this shortcut used to work on my Mac when I bought it and it stopped working who knows why after some months.

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