"open in finder" doesn't work (mountain lion)

I had a strange problem pop up recently in Mac OS X Mountain Lion where operations to reveal a file in the Finder would not work. I noticed it first in Chrome where I would try and open a downloaded file and could not get to it. Then I tried to reveal a download in Safari and got the same thing (confirming it was not a bug in Chrome).
I have a MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)

For those of you who have the problem, I discovered that you need atleast one Web Widget in your Widgets folder.
I copy one over from our MBP, and the functionality returned.

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Hi there are various threads here for this issue
this one being the most extensive
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3191263?start=0&tstart=0
First step is re-start the finder
1. Press command-option-esc simultaneously
2. Select Finder
3. Click on re-start
Then according to the above link, several people tried different things.
Try out what you find in above thread
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Len , MS2008 does require Rosetta. Ms2011 does not.
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Hey,
first of all, sorry for my english...
I`ve got a problem: the finder doesn`t work! after every start and sleepingphase it takes a lot of time to work fluently. i use leopard, did already the pram-reset, watched out in the activity-display, but i could not find anything. Please help me
thx,
jet

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2 - delete iPhoto's cache file, Cache.db, that is located in your
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3 - launch iPhoto and try again.
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