Option-close-all-windows causes Finder crash in 10.7.x

Ever since I installed Lion last year on another iMac, and now on my current iMac, whenever I hold down option and click the red close button on a Finder window to close all open windows, the Finder crashes. It doesn't happen every single time, but enough to really make me angry.
Anyone have a solution for this?

Absolutely it's a Finder bug. It's been going on since I installed Lion the day it was released last year. My current machine, as with any Mac I've ever owned, is always kept up-to-date and I'm not running any Finder enhancers.
What I'd love is if you and other people interested in this thread would try it out for yourself and see what happens. Just have a few Finder windows open and option left-click on the red close button on any window. It doesn't happen all the time. In fact, it might only happen the first time after a restart or initial boot. I'm not sure.
It won't bring your machine to a halt for more than a few seconds and the Finder automatically restarts.
Thanks for responding.

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If you're CERTAIN the above won't mess up my computer :-) I guess I'll try this next, either App by App, or Globally. However, please confirm that you're saying that to delete Resume globally, I need to enter the chflags info (above), word-for-word, into Terminal?
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