[X4U] Finder Crashes

[Edie]

>Hello everyone a quick question that someone might have an idea how to fix.
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>I have the finder that crashes and restarts if i click on the finder menu up top or if i try to control click on a file, it even crashes if i use the gear menu. permissions have been repaired also i tried installing the 10.4.2 combo update again to see if that would correct the problem
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>Thanks in Advance
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>Richard

Does it crash when logged in as a different user? If so, the easiest fix may be to reinstall from scratch. 

If not, trash the Finder plist in your User Library Preferences folder and restart. Try running "Preferential Treatment" which looks for corrupt plists.
<http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/22790 >
You could abandon that user account--move your files to a new account.