"Save as..." and other Finder interactions crash all apps

Hi folks,
Strange thing - all of a sudden selecting "save as" from the menu in any Application causes it to crash. I can edit and save existing documents but can't create new ones through Save as. Also, any Finder interaction (deleting a file from a file browser) fails.
I've repaired permissions, restarted as single user and run fsck. I've trashed all plists and no joy!
Would be great if anyone had any ideas - it's like no application can change the filesystem!
Best wishes,
Rich

Sounds kinda serious. I guess if it were me, I'd back everything up, and reinstall the OS. I might even choose to "erase and install". If disk utility, or warrior can't find problems, might be the best approach.

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