Safari - spyglass to open downloaded file in Finder fails

Just upgraded to 9.0 mavericks - I use Pathfinder 6 - fixed (no more hang).
Download in Safari work just fine and end up in the right folder but I can't use the spyglass to highlight a downloaded file in a finder winder
I get an error about not finding the file because it has moved (it hasn't tho)
Any suggestions on how to fix this?
Thanks

it didnt work, i tried chrome as well, but now found a way around it, actually the system was set to open files in the previewer, so I had save as the pdf file and then open it with pdf, and it worked.

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