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Can I open a Finder window from Spotlight? How so?

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You can type in the name of your home folder. That will have the same effect as making a new window in Finder (if your default new windows open with that folder).

Here are some other useful Finder keyboard shortcuts:

Shift + Command + H = open Home
Shift + Command + A = open Applications
Shift + Command + D = open Desktop
Shift + Command + O = open Documents
Shift + Command + U = open Utilities
Shift + Command + G = go to folder... (provide Unix path)
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Seems like this is the best answer, but see my comment to @CaseyIT's answer. – Moshe Dec 6 '10 at 16:11
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You can open a new Finder window with a searched for item in Spotlight with

Command+R

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Interesting, +1. Not exactly what I was looking for, but I just remembered that I can open a new window using Command + N without needing to open Spotlight. – Moshe Dec 6 '10 at 16:10
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Mnemonic: r as in reveal. – Daniel Beck Dec 6 '10 at 19:51
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