Here’s the trick for you to know how to open the Finder and your standard desktop Mac OS X windows from LaunchPad.In order to do so, you have to drag the Finder application into LaunchPad.Simple steps seen below:
- From the Mac OS X desktop, hit Command+Shift+G to bring up “Go To Folder” and enter the following path:
/System/Library/CoreServices/
- Within /CoreServices/ locate and drag “Finder.app” to the LaunchPad icon in the Dock
Now LaunchPad will show the standard Finder icon, which if clicked on will open up your default Finder window choice, which is typically “All My Files” in OS X Lion.