Unable to use finder or open disks in lion

i am unable to open finder, it says its open, and the finder windows are visiblew when 4 finger scrolling between open applications, but i cant open it. any ideas?!
Thanks!

i can use the arrow keys to move the highlighted option in any finder window whilst holkding 4 fingers down if this is any help, but if i oupen a new window in finder, again i can't see it unless i have four fingers held. very strange!

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