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finder window not showing properly

Hi,


Sometimes when i start my mac, the finder window opens with nothing in it but my external drives showing -


Any ideas why this is or what can help solve it?


Thanks


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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.4), 2 x 2.66 GHZ Dual CoreIntel Xeon.....5GB Ram.

Posted on Mar 17, 2014 6:05 AM

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Mar 17, 2014 10:06 AM in response to elastic

What version of the OS are you using? Your profile shows 10.6.4.


Instructions for Mountain Lion:


In Finder hold down the option/alt key while selecting the Go menu item. Select Library. Then go to Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist. Move the .plist to your desktop.


Re-launch Finder by logging out/in and test. If it works okay, delete the plist from the desktop.


If the same, return the .plist to where you got it from, overwriting the newer ones.


If you want to make your user library permanently visible, run the below command in Applications/Terminal.


chflags nohidden ~/Library/

You will need to do that after any updates.

finder window not showing properly

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