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A workaround for constant Finder crashes after login
Authored by: thornezilla on Jul 31, '07 09:41:44AM

I've seen this in our corporate environment - always caused by the user putting a network resource (usually a file server mount) in the sidebar of the Finder window. If the network resource is changed or unavailable, the Finder stalls out at the desktop before it can open any Finder windows.

The fix is to go in via Terminal and delete the "com.apple.sibebarlists.plist" file from the user's Library/Preferences directory.

And tell your users to put the file server mounts in the dock, right next to the Trash icon -- they mount well when clicked and don't cause any issues when unavailable.



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