[G4] Finder won't launch

[davidw1235 at aol.com]

Well this is different.
     My G4 decided to stop starting up. First it would just show an Apple 
and the little clock running--which it did for ever. I tried starting up in 
Verbose Mode but nothing changed. Then it decided to start but the Finder 
isn't there... I can't find/see any folders on the desktop, and though the dock 
is visible and i can launch Safari and anything there, I can't get to my 
other applications like Dusk Utility which I thinkmight be handy right now. 
iTunes won't launch either.
     As for Finder, the lighted dot under the icon in the Dock blinks on 
and off but it never opens. 
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