Aperture, iPhoto and now Mail refusing to open!

What forum do I post this multi-app problem in !!!!! ?????
Yesterday I tried to open Aperture for the first time in many weeks but received the well known message that there was a problem.
I googled for info and discovered this was a long-standing problem possibly caused by installing Final Cut Express 4 (which I had done last week) and the only cure was to erase and reinstall the OS.
I also discovered iPhoto wouldn't open either, presumably for the same reason.
This morning on launching my iMac I was greeted with a message saying that Mail too would not open.
As mentioned above, I installed FCE 4 last week but I also updated from OS X 10.8.4 to 10.8.5 a couple of days ago.
I can understand Aperture and iPhoto being knocked out by installing FCE but Mail was working perfectly last night when I switched off my Core 2 Duo iMac.
Any explanations would be appreciated.

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