Resets to Finder every 1.5 mins - can anyone help?

Not quite sure how to explain... Frustratingly, approx every 1.5mins, the comp kinda resets itself, closing all open folders (meaning anything that is being copied stops and closes etc) and any other application working in (internet, word etc) goes pale and it resets to the Finder. Any idea what this might be? and how to stop it happening as is having a big impact on what I can do with folder management in particular.
The battery is rubbish and turns off after a few mins if not plugged into the power - so I have it plugged in all the time - has the battery got anything to do with it?
HELP!
Thanks

Hi milkid, and a warm welcome to the forums!
It's likely some 3rd Party APP that got broken by the recent QT or Security update.
Stuffit AVR has been a big one, if you have that use the Pref Pane to turn it off, but others have been implicated too. Check System Preferences for a Stuffit Pref Pane and disable AVR.
One way to test is to Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, Test for action in Safe Mode...
PS. Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive
Reboot, test again.
If it only does it in Regular Boot, then it is some 3rd party add-on, Check System Preferences>Accounts>Login Items window to see if it or something relevant is listed.
Check the System Preferences>Other Row, for 3rd party Pref Panes.
Also look in these if they exist, some are invisible...
/private/var/run/StartupItems
/Library/StartupItems
/System/Library/StartupItems
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons
/Library/LaunchDaemons

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