Clicking Finder Icon in Dock Doesn't Open New Finder Window

Thank's Paulo. That command solve my problem.

The thing in deleting the plist files is that don't work for the majority. When i try that, the system automatically create another from the backup system or Time Machine (i don't know for sure where). That occurs instantly, and i do not have time to reboot faster than that. so the config stay with the same problem.

But this command line sove the problem, and i think will be the 100% remedy for every one with it until the next update.

Thank you!

Thanks Paul for the info, good to know.

Thanks Paul. Your solution really helped me out. My Finder Window must have corrupted the plist file after I lost connection with a drive from my remote computer. I've been having the same problem for a couple of times and thanks to your solution, I could rescue Finder every time it had trouble. When clicking the Finder giving me no window, however, clicking the Trash icon does pop up the its window. Hopefully, this problem will be solved in the future release. I don't want Finder Preference got reset every time this problem happens.

I had the same problem. I tried everything suggested here, and nothing worked. 😕 I then tried a force quit (Apple Icon-Force Quit>Finder) on Finder, and that permitted a relaunch. Then it started to work again.🙂

I tried to delete my Finder preferences as suggested (Users/yourhome/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist), then I rebooted. It did not work.

What can I do? I'm running the latest Yosemite. This is driving me nuts!

Hi Littleluk,

Launch Terminal and type the following command:

defaults delete com.apple.finder

The above command will delete the plist for Finder and force Finder to create a default plist instead of copying the corrupted one from cache. Hope this help.

Have you tried to Force Quit Finder (which then changes to "Relaunch" instead of Force Quit)?

I deleted the com.apple.finder.plist as recommended, but instead of rebooting, I merely relaunched the finder from the Force Quit menu. This seemed to do the trick without having to go through a full reboot.

Thanks machack, 5 years later and this solution is still needed - and it still works.