Vexing Finder Browse Issue - Solution

I ran into an odd issue that others might have encountered.  Since it took quite a bit of effort to find the solution, I am posting it here.
Apparently, some utility on one of my system disks (I run Tiger, Snow Leopard, and Lion) glitched, and set all the volume properties on my Snow Leopard Volume. These bits were Locked, Invisible, Hide Extension, Stationary Bit, Bundle Bit, Alias Bit, and Custom Icon. Only custom icon was valid.
The result was that the Snow Leopard Finder could not browse the volume from any level. Booting from Lion, the Finder seemed to ignore these bits! Path Finder was able to browse the volume, and terminal was also fine.
However, Finder could not display or browse down the hierarchy. When I started at the top domain, the SL volume was displayed as an Alias, when browsing down, it was not resolvable, and the Finder crashed.
Path Finder was the solution, since it allowed displaying and resetting all the Properties.
These are important items to check in case of odd Finder behavior. Finder could be smarter about the boot volume mounted as root...

click here for a discussion on the many correct and safe ways to access your iPhoto library photos.
Are you using the media browser in the lower left hand corner i the upload window? ip so try renewing your iPhoto preference file - A good general step for strange issues is to renew the iPhoto preference file - quit iPhoto and go to "your user name" ==> library ==> preferences ==> com.apple.iPhoto.plist and trash it - launch iPhoto which creates a fresh new default preference file and reset any personal preferences you have changed and if you have moved the iPhoto library repoint to it. This may help
This does not affect your photos or any database information (keywords, faces, places, ratings, etc) in any way - they are stored in the iPhoto library - the iPhoto preference file simply controls how iPhoto works - which is why renewing it is a good first step.
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