At 15:37 +1000 7/25/11, Brian Ferguson wrote:
>Yes, it is weird.
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>After taking 9h:10m to download, I can see all sorts of things in Lion but I cannot open any Finder windows.
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>I can see them on one Desktop, but they seem to be visible for a very short time as I move from one Desktop to another, but I cannot operate on them at all.
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>Perhaps there is something in System Preferences which I played with, but I don't know what, if any.
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>Simple-language reply please; not very sane at the moment.
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>Opening Applications seems fine, e.g. Mail, NWP, Preview, etc.
>I just cannot access any work files.

Did you , perhaps, acquire a new user account and now can't get to folders under a previous account?

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