10.4.6 Disk Utility quits unexpectlty

After Update to 10.4.6 the disk utility on my system quits unexpectly after selecting any volume.
I´ve copied the old disk utility (from 10.4.5) to help it. Repairing disk permission is working with this one...
Anyway, does somebody have any suggestions what could be the problem with "not working disk utility" under 10.4.6?
Best regards
Mike

You may be able to repair this with the 10.4.6 Stand Alone Combo Updater.
This is a fuller install, as opposed to an incremental "delta" update so it should overwrite any files that are damaged or missing. It does not matter if you have applied it before. It has worked well for many.
It will also update the DU you installed.
Remember to Verify Disk before update and repair permissions before and after update from /applications/utilities/disk utility.
-mj
[email protected]

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