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For both "repair permissions" and "disk repair" you need to run the program "Disk Utility" which is located in the /Applications/Utilities folder.
But from the symptoms you describe it is more likely that your problem is related to a corrupt "preferences" file. Make a folder on the desktop and move all the files in your personal ~/Library/Preferences folder to this new folder, then reboot the computer. If this fixes things then select all the files in the temporary folder and drag them back into your personal ~/Library/Preferences folder, and when asked if you want to replace them enable the "same for all" checkbox and answer in the negative. This will preserve the newly-created preferences files and move the rest back. Reboot again, test things, and if all goes well just throw out the temporary folder.
It might help you to get a book on Mac OS X. It will help you to learn some of the terminology and the interrelation between system features. For example, what you describe as "the toolbar" seems to actually be the "menu bar." The Finder does have a "toolbar" which appears at the top of each Finder window. On the other hand, in some places it sounds like you're talking about the Dock. Without using the right terminology it's hard to get others to understand what you're talking about, and that includes Apple tech support.
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