Why won't finder stay in the Dock ?

Finder is always open on my desktop. I can "Hide" it, but it re-appears as soon as I do anything. It won't quit. I have gone to Activity Monitor, found it and Force Quit. It immediately appears again. Ideas ?

OK, that's pretty strange, I think we have a deeper problem.
Does CMD + w not work also?
Safe Boot , (holding Shift key down at bootup), use Disk Utility from there to Repair Permissions, test if things work OK in Safe Mode.
Then move these files to the Desktop...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sidebarlists.plist
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.recentitems.plist
Try closing that window in Safe Mode.
Reboot & test.

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