Problem in Finder, can't open folders, icons missing text

Sometimes when I connect a USB3 external drive, if I double click it on the desktop, it opens a Finder window but it's totally blank/empty, as if the drive is empty (which it's not).
If I close and reopen a few times, eventually the content shows up, but there's black spaces where the text labels should be:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2213114/Screenshot%202014-10-22%2011.41.45.p ng
If I double click any of the folders in the pic, nothing happens.
It seems to work fine if I navigate to the USB drive from another Finder window using the Sidebar.

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