Finder doesn't stop opening and closing!

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I was playing Sims 2 (an addiction) a few minutes ago, and I took some video captures. When I tried opening and viewing them on Quicktime, OS X started acting up. Finder won't stop opening and closing now, it opens and closes almost instantly. It all started happening when I tried opening Quicktime. I tried searching Apple.com, the web, your forums for answers and I haven't had any luck. My system's specs are:

Mac Mini 1.42Ghz
1GB of RAM (recently installed)
Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.7

At the time the problem occured, I was running AIM, Sims 2, and Quicktime. This has never happened before. I tried Shutting down and coming back again but it kept doing it. I removed the Sims 2 CD and shut down but I haven't started the computer again. Hoping if I leave it off for some time it'll return back to normal :o
 
Try this;

Close all running applications
Delete the following two files:

“com.apple.LaunchServices.plist” found in Home/Library/Preferences
“com.apple.LaunchServices.UserCache.csstore” found in Home/Library/Caches

Empty the Trash
Restart.
 
bobw said:
Try this;

Close all running applications
Delete the following two files:

“com.apple.LaunchServices.plist” found in Home/Library/Preferences
“com.apple.LaunchServices.UserCache.csstore” found in Home/Library/Caches

Empty the Trash
Restart.
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Question... the finder opens and quits, and opens and quits. So I can't access these files. Any way around it?

Also: I was able to create a new account, and the finder works fine there.
 
Try booting while holding the Shift key down and see if the Finder is normal. If it is, delete those files.
 
I have same problem? How did you create a new account?
My finder keeps opening and closing.
I rebooted w/ OS X cd, and want to delete the finder preferences, but don't know how.
Did you ever get your problem fixed?
 
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