Unstable finder after install

I did an Archive and Install. Reboot went fine, logged in. The dock appeared, but top menu was slow to show. Then the finder went into beach ball mode.
I read about the Application Enhancer conflict so I booted up on my backup drive and uninstalled all my Haxies and APE related files. Then repaired permissions and zapped PRAM just for the heck of it. That helped a little...at least apps would open up for a short time, but the finder is still in beach ball mode.
At no time does my HD show up in the finder.
Anyone experience this and have a fix?

guys... i stumbled across this post http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5650727&#5650727
it worked for me, hopefully it'll work for you guys.

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