in your Home folder, go to Library, Preferences and find com.apple.finder.plist
Drag it to the desktop and restart your computer
See what happens
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All of a sudden my Sidebar has disappeared and the Show Sidebar item under Finder Views is grayed out!
I've rebuilt the desktop, shut down and restarted -- nothing I can think of will get the Sidebar back. Hope someone can help!

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