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Fix that ?!@#*! Finder -10810 error

I’ve had intermittent issues with Finder hanging up on volume ejections; after killing it, it refuses to relaunch, displaying the error “The application Finder can’t be opened (-10810).”

Turns out you can pop into Terminal (I’m using Visor, so I always have one open; you could try opening it from Spotlight too) and type:

/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder &

Thanks to the following site for the hint:

http://utvv.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-to-fix-application-finder-cant-be.html