New to imac's... ichat wont open..

hey... im having a problem with ichat. when i click on the ichat icon from my dashboard it bounces but doesnt open. what seems to be the problem? is it actually running somewhere and i cant find it? it has the black up arrow underneath the icon.

Hi, r!
In Finder: Go>Applications> double click on iChat and should open. If it does, drag iChat out of the Dock and onto the Desktop to get rid of the alias. Then drag the iChat icon out of the App folder and into the Dock to reinstall it.
Joe

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