Finder window not showing

Same problem. Frustrating.

Here is a screenshot I took of the problem. Finder window only shows up in the background while switching screens. Once you get to you desktop there is nothing there and you can't open up any windows.

Try relaunching finder (apple logo > force quit > finder > relaunch)

I have JUST discovered something that worked for me. This issue has driven me CRAZY for two days on my iMac while it's not a problem on my MacBookPro. What I did on the iMac that SEEMS to have resolved it so far is this:

System Preference > Mission Control. I unchecked everything except Show Dashboard as a space. I restarted and now I can see my Finder windows. One other change that I made (to be thorough since I'm not sure WHICH one made the difference is I opened the Hot Corners dialog and assigned SOMETHING to every corner. Make SURE to reboot after making the change. I closed System Preferences and tried Finder and still got nothing. Decided to reboot on a hunch and it worked!

When I installed Lion I had something assigned to every corner but then with LauchPad, I had decided I didn't need something and unassigned that corner. If I'm not mistaken, that was about the time that the Finder issue started. I know I wasn't haven't an issue with Finder before that because I opened it and did an Air Drop file transfer with my MacBook Pro to check out that feature. I have no idea if this resolves my problem for the long haul but at least I can see my Finder window right now - wait.... Yep, it's still working so far.

Same issue here, the 're-launch finder' tip worked for me but only for that sessoion so I had to do it every time the mac wakes or is re-booted. What seems to have worked is to right click the finder icon in the dock, select 'options' and then 'assign to' all desktops.

and now the same thing has happened with Safari! ie safari window only visible when swiping between spaces. Force quitting and re-starting safari seems to have sorted it for now anyway

Message was edited by: mvaug10087

actually it's still happening to Finder as well😢 !

I have the same problem. Also on an imac 27in, not a problem on my macbook pro.

forcequit works but there should be a fix by now. force quiting every single time I use my computer is hardly a solution. a temporary solution at best I wish this bug would be fixed..

no problem with safari tho..

I have the same problem of invisible finder windows on a Mac Book Pro.

Shortly:

I cannot open any finder window (to access files and folders) in any way after a Mac Book reboot.

• Tried by clicking a finder icon in a Dock
• Tried by clicking a New Finder Window menu

Summary of other indicies of the problem

• The problem of the invisible finder windows has appeared after an upgrade from Snow Leopard to Lion 10.7.2
• The problem still persists in the same manner after an upgrade to the latest Lion 10.7.3
• The finder window shortly shows up when sliding between "desktops" when using the "three finger scroll gesture", but it is not manipulable, and disappears when the screen settles on the next "desktop".
• But Finder knows about all its open windows even though they are not not visible on a desktop. All windows are listed as an items inside the Finder Window menu. But clicking and of that window items has no effect ..... the related window still does not appear.
• This problem appears after a reboot of the Mac Book ..... when the Mac Book is powered up and Mac OS X is freshly launched.
• But ..... in the Dock ..... When I change the Option state ("All Desktops", "This Desktop", "None" values) in any way, all invisible finder windows suddenly appear. After that action opening and closing all other finder windows works well ..... until the next reboot of the Mac Book.
• The problem appeares only within my Standard User login account (Czech language). It does not appear within an Admin User login account (English language). Opening and closing finder window works well within an Admin User login account from the beginning without any problem. I do not know, whether it is related to languages or not
• I have performed Disk Permission Verifications several times, but without any effect.
• I have also deleted the "~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist" file several time and also without any effect ..... I have been deleting from a Terminal of the Admin User login account when Standard User login account is logged off ..... and of course I have deleted the file related to the Standard User login account.

Thank you very much for some usefull hint.

With my best regards

same problem for me

• The problem of the invisible finder windows has appeared after an upgrade from Snow Leopard to Lion 10.7.2
• The problem still persists in the same manner after an upgrade to the latest Lion 10.7.3
• But ..... in the Dock ..... When I change the Option state ("All Desktops", "This Desktop", "None" values) in any way, all invisible finder windows suddenly appear. After that action opening and closing all other finder windows works well ..... until the next reboot of the Mac Book.

any idea ???

thank you