TS1541: Solutions for troubleshooting installation, startup, and login issues in Mac OS X v10.5

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LawyagalAtl
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Q: Finder's misbehaving.

Hello y'all.  I am unable to get into Finder.  I get an error message which says:  The application "Finder" unexpectedly quit while trying to restore its windows. Do you want to try to restore its windows again?"  The message box gives me the option to restore or not to restore, but it won't let me restore or not restore.

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Posted on Aug 2, 2012 11:39 AM

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Q: Finder's misbehaving.

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  • by Neville Hillyer,

    Neville Hillyer Neville Hillyer Aug 2, 2012 11:47 AM in response to LawyagalAtl
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    Aug 2, 2012 11:47 AM in response to LawyagalAtl

    Try a safe boot as described here:

     

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1455

  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Aug 2, 2012 12:15 PM in response to LawyagalAtl
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    Aug 2, 2012 12:15 PM in response to LawyagalAtl

    And if that alone doesn't work, see if you can do this...

     

    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 for now...

     

    /Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist

     

    /Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist

     

    /Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist

     

    /Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.recentitems.plist

     

    Reboot & test.

     

    PS. Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.