Persistent repetitive Finder relaunch

Every 90 seconds, my Finder spontaneously quits and relaunches.
Finder window changes made between relaunches aren't saved. (This started after installation of latest version of Quicktime via Software Update.) . . . DiskWarrior v.4 directory replacement does not fix the problem. Applejack aborts in mid-process. (The later has been the case for much longer than the Finder relaunch problem. And Mail stopped being able to Reply or Send a long time ago. . . . But I can live with these for now; I can't live with a Finder relaunch interrupting my work constantly.)

2008-06-10 12:26:48 -0700: Installed "QuickTime" (7.5)
2008-06-10 12:29:59 -0700: Installed "Security Update 2008-003 (PowerPC)" (1.0)
After installing the above Software Update, repairing permissions and restarting, Firefox quit unexpectedly. I rebooted Firefox 3 times and it quit unexpectedly each time. The final unexpected quit left my mouse and keyboard unresponsive on-screen. This has happened occasionally before but would not respond after unplugging the USB and re-plugging in another USB port (usual work-around).
I restarted the computer and since that restart, the Finder relaunches anytime I try to open the Applications Folder on my startup drive. Not only does the Finder relaunch, but it opens the 2 exact same Finder windows as were open when it first crashed.
Things I have tried without success.
1) Started the computer in Target Mode from my G4 PowerBook. Viewed all my Quicksilver's Preferences folders (in Library, System>Library and User>Me>Library) organized by date and compared them with my PowerBook Preferences Folders.
I dragged to the Trash, the Quicksilver User>Me>Library>Preferences that were dated at the time of the original crash, and replaced them with identical Preference files from the same location on my PowerBook. Restarted the Quicksilver logged in to Me. Problem persists.
2) I restarted Quicksilver from Admin User Account (Me User Account is Standard). The problem with the Finder does NOT occur in Admin User Account. Next, I archived Me User Account files to Users>Deleted Users. I restarted in Admin Account and and created a new Me User Account with the same name and password as old Standard Me User Account. Copied Mail and Mail Downloads to Users>Shared folder. (My Quicksilver failed to Sync with dotMac back in March, knew I should have sorted it out, only recent copy of AddressBook and iCal are in deleted Me User Account, ARRRGH!!) Problem persisted in NEW Me User Account both before and after copying Mail etc over. Tried this step 2 more times without copying any old Me User Acount files over. No dice.
3) Downloaded CharlesSoft 'Pacifist' and 10.4.11 Combo disk image. Tried verifying my System Files vs the Disk Image. Didn't understand how, which files and whatnot to repair. There were long logs of files that were suspect in Pacifist's opinion. Significantly exceeds my comfort level. What do Finder files look like in OSX 10.4 and where do they live? I have used Find to find Finder and it doesn't exist as an app?
4) Reset PRAM per another post. Nothing.
On occasion I can use Find to locate an application, drag it to the Dock and launch it. Applications will quit unexpectedly if I try to access the Applications Folder from the internal Application Finder (found this out trying to reload my FONTS in Linotype FontExplorerX had to Force Quit). Spotlight quits when trying to find anything in Applications folder. Find is dicey. Firefox works now. Been to preoccupied with this issue to try working on anything, afraid that the problem is progressive and I'm worried about not being able to BackUp.
MY problem. BackUps 3.1.2 has failed for the last couple weeks. I cannot get it to work. Also, I need my current calendar and address book from my original Me User Account.
Sorry for the long post, I've been living with this for a couple days. Any ideas short of re-installing the System and losing my calendar, address book, keychain etc?

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Waymen, "quicktime 7.0.2. and m2v" #4, 11:35pm Sep 8, 2005 CDT
However, since you experience a crash in the Finder when you try to access the Get Info you will have to use a different technique to reset the file association. Select one of the .m2v files that is giving you a problem and then do a control-click (or right click) to show the Finder's contextual menu, then go to the Open With item and select Other... and click the Always Open With checkbox and then navigate to your QuickTime Player and select it as the application to open. This will change the file association for the .m2v file kind and it should fix the problem. You may want to do a system reboot after you do the above fix.
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Francine
Francine
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Maverick : finder relaunch

Hello everyone
Since I've upgraded my MacBook Pro to OSX Maverick, my finder relaunches every 30 seconds.
I didn't not install any new apps since Maverick
I'm getting crazy, so please someone could help me?
Thx.
Ricky

If you are using Google Dive on Mavericks and your Finder is crashing once a minute,
here is a solution to continue using Google Drive without disabling Google Drive.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/23673468#23673468

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Hi all. I read through some older threads with similar problems, but I can't get rid of this bug. My system runs fine, but if I open my startup drive, there's a 5 sec. pause then the Finder relaunches. If I open my external drive, then I can access my startup from there. It still relaunches sometimes even there.
As you can see below, Thread 0 crashed, but there isn't any info as to what crashed. I've run the lates Disk Warrior, rebuilt the directories (with a few issues), but at the prompt that says to Save in the final step, it crashes. Not sure if the directories were actually replaced or not.
Booted in safe mode, trashed the finder.plist. Nothing.
Can anyone shed any light on this?
Host Name: tccallcntr9
Date/Time: 2006-09-12 15:24:31 -0400
OS Version: 10.3.9 (Build 7W98)
Report Version: 2
Command: Finder
Path: /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder
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PID: 423
Thread: 0
Exception: EXCBADACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERNINVALIDADDRESS (0x0001) at 0xffffc1d5
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Thread 1:
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2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9004eac8 thread_suspend + 0x5c
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Alex Campuzano1...
"Command: Finder
Path:/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder
Version: 10.3.3 (10.3.3)"
That had to happen sometime back in August-2006 or perhaps under another earlier Security Update.
My Finder was Version 10.3.2 for some time prior to the Security Update 2006-004 that shows;
Article ID: 304063
Date Created: July 14, 2006
Date Modified: August 08, 2006
My fix then required me to reformat and start all over.
From what I now know is that I should have just Repaired Permissions and rerun the above mentioned updater. I feel something got messed up with that update because my permissions went wacky.
...Ron
Message was edited by: Ron JACKLE
Perhaps you can see a few items that Updater installs by my picture at the below link.
http://home.insightbb.com/~emac700/AugUpdate.jpg

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James : http://www.eclipse.org/eclipselink/

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- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
If still problem, make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store since it appears you have a hardware problem.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar
Apple will exchange your iPod for a refurbished one for $99 fr a 16 GB 4G. They do not fix yours.
Apple - iPod Repair price

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On both machines, clicking on Trash in the dock puts the finder into an endless spinball that requires a relaunch.
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Curiouser and curiouser.
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http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20040519001916749
Article on Invisiable files; i used the /Developer/Tools/SetFile -a v to make the folders visable once i mv'ed them to new names.
I also, from finder, reset the ownership permission to me and did all enclosed folders. It's not perfect (there still seems to be nested invisible things; walk the directory tree in terminal and do a lot of "ls -al | more " commands to walk around and look if there's more there.)
When i did the above to my external hard drive, bing! my trash worked again.
Jim

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