[jihef]

i'm flawed and vunerable.

for some random reason when i emptied my mac os x 10.2.8 bin my finder closed down and all the icons on my screen disapeared. when i click on finder it tells me "finder out of service". i've tried re-dowloading the 10.2.8 update to no effect. of course i've tried the usuall shut down then restart, restarting in safe mode and the force to quit function (which results of 4 different icons of finder appearing then disappearing). the only thing i see left is the software restore cd, getting panther (which i don't see the point since i'm thinking of buying a new iMac when they come out in september) or restoring the original computer to the factory settings (and delete everything...)

anyone elese has ideas (and yes i checked the apple website)

[tomson]

can you run any apps? doesn't sound like you can to be honest but if you can, try running onyx - a housekeeping app

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/20070

[jihef]

Originally Posted by tomson

can you run any apps? doesn't sound like you can to be honest but if you can, try running onyx - a housekeeping app

i can run apps with no problem if they are in my dock. if they are in my applications folder i can't access them since i get go threw folders.

i've tried downloading the software. its on my computer but inaccessible since i can't access files on my desktop beaucause i don't have finder.

ironic?