Two Instances of Finder Running

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Two Instances of Finder Running

Hey guys,

I noticed that my Finder gets unresponsive after a certain time so upon checking the "Force Quit Applications" window I found two instances of Finder running. Relaunching either is just resulting in them starting again, as they should. There is just one process showing up in Activity Monitor and quitting that leads to the same two instances starting again as well. Logging out and back in fixes the problem for a few hours.

What could cause this?

Thanks,

V

MacBook (13-inch Aluminum Late 2008), Mac OS X (10.7.2), iPhone 4, 32GB ger, iOS 4.1, T-Mobile GER

Posted on Jan 9, 2012 3:24 AM

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baltwo

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Jan 9, 2012 12:16 PM in response to VNDL42

Most likely a corrupted LaunchServices database. Launch the Terminal app in /Utilities, copy & paste in this one-liner, hit the return key, quit the Terminal app, and restart:

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchSe rvices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user

Ensure that there's no spaces in the LaunchServices entry. These forums appear to be mucking up the command.

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VNDL42 Author

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Jan 10, 2012 10:31 AM in response to baltwo

Ah, thanks a lot. Tried that and so far there hasn't been a double Finder yet, great!

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baltwo

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Jan 10, 2012 12:24 PM in response to VNDL42

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Jan 21, 2012 7:58 AM in response to baltwo

I am having this same issue. I am not very good with Terminal commands. You mention there should not be any spaces in the command, does that in clude in the end:

lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user

Should there not be any spaces inbetween these dashes? Also, should I be putting in my information (My Domain Local, MY Domain System, and MY Domain User?

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Tony T1

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Jan 21, 2012 9:07 AM in response to jazzmsngr

When you copy baltwo's command and paste into Terminal you only need to change

LaunchSe rvices

to

LaunchServices

Or just copy and paste this:

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user

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baltwo

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Jan 21, 2012 11:54 AM in response to Tony T1

Thanks for clarifying. Now, explain how you inserted the command so it didn't add the space (using a code tag?) or, better yet, why this editor is doing it.

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Tony T1

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Jan 21, 2012 1:33 PM in response to baltwo

In advanced editor I formatted with:

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baltwo

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Jan 21, 2012 1:43 PM in response to Tony T1

Interesting. Thanks for posting.

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Alcookie

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Jul 19, 2012 6:30 AM in response to baltwo

This worked excellently. I was having problems with finder not opening, did CMD+OPT+ESC and it showed two instances of finder running so I'm assuming it was a conflicts issue.

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Groentas

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Jun 8, 2016 12:15 AM in response to VNDL42

I tried it, without closing the terminal before trying to tur of the computer.

Now I'm not able to turn it off, and I can't run finder.

I've tried to kill som processes in activity monitor, but with no luck.

Any tips?

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