Where are my Finder windows ?

Question

Hello,
Using Lion, when i try to go to the finder, nothing happens. Several windows are opened but i'm only able to see them when i'm using the 2 fingers to switch to one application to another. When the swith is done, the FInder windows dissapear again.
Did someone had this issue before ?
Cheers,
Pierre

Answer 1

First, try a system reinstall, either from a CD, flash drive, or from the app store. You won't lose any files, but it will reinstall OSX, namely, finder and stuff. If that does nothing, perhaps try killing off finder in terminal using the process ID. This code will give you the process ID, just make sure to enter the number that appears under PID, not PPID, or UID.
ps -el | grep -ie "uid" -ie "finder" -m 2
Type in man ___ if you want to check what each one does. (space to advance screen, q to quit out of the manual)
then type in:
kill <PID of Finder> -15
if the problem still persists:
kill <PID of Finder> -9
If it still is there, kill off the user process by:
kill <# under the UID label> -15
The screen will turn gray, just hit the power button to reboot the user.
If this fails, I'll be honest, you ought to have it looked at by a Genius Bar person
Sorry for the length, but this should help!
Thanks for slogging through!
Please tell me if this works or not, since I currently don't have this issue.