Activity Monitor won't open

Lately I cannot open the AM I get the message "AM can not start because of incorrect file permissions I have trashed the AM plist from the preferences in Library but no result. Message concludes "try opening it from utilities in the apps folder" which is exactly where it is.
Any help appreciated. I posted this last year and did not follow up, apologies.

Try reinstalling the Activity Monitor application. Get Pacifist
You can use Pacifist to extract the Activity Monitor application from your restore disk(s) and reinstall it.
Make sure and run Disk Utility and repair disk permissions after you install the app. Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select FirstAid, then click: Repair Disk Permissions. Quit DU when it's finished and reboot.
Carolyn

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