Airport Utility is corrupt

After following some bad advice in this forum I now have corrupt version of Airport Utility software (5.6.1).
I'm running OS X 10.9.2 and after using Pacifist to install that version of Airport Utility for older Airport Express A1084, I find out it's not compatible with Maverick and corrupted the good version. I no longer have a working Airport Utility.
How to I reinstall the correct version of Airport Utility for OSX 10.9.2?
Thanks - Roger

Roger Crowley wrote:
I'm running OS X 10.9.2 and after using Pacifist to install that version of Airport Utility for older Airport Express A1084,
That won't work. There is no way to use AirPort Utility 5.x in Mavericks without modifying OS X. No workaround for administering the original 802.11b/g - only Express exists without using Mountain Lion or earlier version of OS X, or Windows.
The site Hosts have been removing recommendations to alter OS X where it appears, but I imagine it has been an overwhelming task for them to keep up with all of it. The same bad advice appears frequently.
Reinstalling OS X from the Recovery partition ought to result in reinstalling the correct version of AirPort Utility, and will not erase your User account information or other data. Read: OS X Mavericks: Reinstall OS X
Please try that first, before resorting to erasing your startup volume completely.

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