Finder quits and does not launch

[minws13]

Hello everyone,

I'm having a weird problem in Lion.

I can quit Finder with command + Q (!) but then it does not launch. Only with the command in terminal
sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder

which does not fix the problem, I only get empty windows and cannot access my hard drive.

Performed a permissions repair and verified disk, but nothing gets fixed.
Any ideas?

 

[GGJstudios]

Hello everyone,

I'm having a weird problem in Lion.

I can quit Finder with command + Q (!) but then it does not launch. Only with the command in terminal
sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder

which does not fix the problem, I only get empty windows and cannot access my hard drive.

Performed a permissions repair and verified disk, but nothing gets fixed.
Any ideas?

To relaunch Finder, rather than Quit, use Command-Option-Escape then select Finder and click Relaunch. Or hold the Option key and right-click on the Finder icon on the Dock to select Relaunch.

 

[Partron22]

I can quit Finder with command + Q (!)

Have you got some weird Login Item, daemon, or Service that responds to cmd Q in Finder? Finder has no 'Quit' menu item, so the key combo is being interpreted elsewhere.
You also might check Keyboard Shortcuts Prefs pane for an unwanted cmd Q interpretation.

 

[GGJstudios]

have you got some weird login item or service that responds to cmd q in finder? Finder has no 'quit' menu item, so the key combo is being interpreted elsewhere.
You also might check keyboard shortcuts prefs pane for an unwanted cmd q interpretation.

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[Partron22]

Oh,

defaults write com.apple.Finder QuitMenuItem 1

Something weird. Perhaps: http://lifehacker.com/333819/add-quit-to-the-finder-menu

Can't Imagine why Apple didn't make that a standard Menu Item.
Perhaps it was buggy?

 

[GGJstudios]

Oh,

defaults write com.apple.Finder QuitMenuItem 1

Something weird. Perhaps: http://lifehacker.com/333819/add-quit-to-the-finder-menu

Can't Imagine why Apple didn't make that a standard Menu Item.
Perhaps it was buggy?

To add a "Quit Finder" entry to the Finder menu, type the following in Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool yes
killall Finder​

Or use the Secrets preference pane:

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[Partron22]

You might try from terminal: killall "Finder" to get it restarted. [this might fail if you've already quit Finder, but is worth a shot]

Or make an Applescript based Automator service to which you can add a kybd shortcut:

do shell script "killall Finder"

 

[minws13]

For some reason it got fixed.

I had the option "Add quit item to Finder menu" checked, but unckecking didn't do the trick...

"killall Finder" wasn't working as well...

I dunno, I restarted a couple of times an since then its working fine.

I hope I dont get back to having the same problem.

Thanks alot for the help people!