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Q: Two Finder processes are open. Neither works. What gives?

abby hairboatI can't get Finder to do a darn thing. Specifically, it won't open new windows, show files on the desktop, or be the app in focus when I click its dock icon or the desktop. Weird! Fine, I'll relaunch Finder. That usually clears it up. Er: I can hit 'relaunch' on both of those Finder items,...

finder yosemite troubleshooting
grgarside
grgarside
Are there two Finder processes listed in Activity Monitor? If so, are the paths identical? (sample the processes and check line 5 of the output log)
abby hairboat
abby hairboat
The plot thickens, @grgarside. There are zero finder processes listed in Activity Monitor.
grgarside
grgarside
What does sudo ps -ax | grep Finder | grep -v grep return?
abby hairboat
abby hairboat
@grgarside: Nada.
grgarside
grgarside
Hmmm—intriguing! I guess you could try Safe Mode (⇧-boot) but it seems very strange that it won't let you start a Finder process given that it appears that none are running (which is usually what prevents a new Finder instance from running).
abby hairboat
abby hairboat
20:04
@grgarside If I booted into Safe Mode, what would I be looking for?
grgarside
grgarside
Booting into safe mode should rebuild the LastApplicationState for Finder which may allow it to launch correctly.
abby hairboat
abby hairboat
ah, got it - so i just boot into SM and then back into normal mode and see if we're back
hang tight, will give it a shot
grgarside
grgarside
Yeah
(rebuild was a poor choice of word but I can't think of a better way to describe it)
abby hairboat
abby hairboat
yup, that worked
thanks for your help!
feel free to jot down an answer if you want the checkmark reps :)
grgarside
grgarside
Woot!
I've given an answer—it's not like I'm short of reputation at this point though, but for prosperity…!
abby hairboat
abby hairboat
20:23
excellent!

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