finder problems want work and its blinking at the menu bar desktop want work or trash

[brithenee24]

finder is not working at all and im am trying not to lose my cool! ok see outta no where finder goes and decides not to work! all i did was install a new update and when my mac restarted and i logged back in and the menu bar at the top for finder was blinking! i noticed my files that i had on my desktop were not visible wen i click on the trash it wont pop up either! i clicked finder on the dock and it still dnt work! the menu bar at the top only blinks when i click on finder! i have tried restarting and shutting down many times! i seen a some people have had the same problem well yah nobody posted any comments that help them! im really lookin forward to somebody who can please help me out!

 

[Satcomer]

When asking for help please provide the version of OS X and on what computer.

Now there have been some stories of a Stuffit plug-in that interferes with a Finder (in a certain version of OS X). Find the Stuffit plugin and move to the Trash and restart. See if that helps.

 

[shawnaleabrown]

help!!! i am having the exact same problem on a macbook leopard os x 10.5.8... please let me know if you are able to solve this problem!!!

thanks!

shawna

 

[mollikins]

I too am having the same problem-- after restarting, at some point while browsing on the internet, the icons disappear from my desktop, the finder ceases working, and for that matter i am having issues with my usb wireless adapter and external hard drive that started around the same time. all of these are severly hindering productivity-- please help!

mac os x 10.4.11, powermac G4 cube