All sort of other programs won't launch!!

I just installed Safari 3.1 and am having massive problems with other programs not launching. Actually, they launch for a moment and then close immediately.
Can someone please help. This is a stable program???

I have the same problem. I have used my techtool pro to fix files and optimize, but many programs fail to launch still.

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Programs won't launch since 10.4.10 upgrade

Anybody out there?
Since upgrading to 10.4.10, several programs won't launch. MS Word, Disk Utility, Adobe Acrobat, and others. Safari is just plain gone.
I'm no whiz, but I'm not a novice either. My intel-based iMac did not have any system disks when I got it from Apple (don't ask me why).
I would think I could just download a copy of Safari, but all I can find is upgrades and they won't install.
Q: How do I reinstall Safari? How do I get system disks?
Thanks,
Flounder

He's already indicated that he solved the problem the same way you did. For both posters, get a bootable, external HD, and make a bootable backup/clone before updating. That allows you to revert to the previous good state without having to reinstall everything. Then, peruse these
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106941
http://www.macmaps.com/upgradefaq.html
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/installswupdates.html
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/backuprecovery.html
and adopt the necessary habits to mitigate what happened to you.
For jjstruyf. Since you're new to Macs, peruse Switching from Windows to Mac OS X and Basic Tutorials on using a Mac.

URLs clicked in other programs won't load in Firefox

Just within the last 1-3 weeks (?) or so, I find that I can't click on links in other programs and have the URL load in Firefox, which is my default browser. They always used to load perfectly and switch me to the new tab in FF, but now they don't.
At first I tried disabling a couple of recent FF add-ons one at a time to see if one of them might have been the problem, but that didn't seem to solve it, though I may have missed one. Still, I can't imagine how an unrelated add-on could cause URLs not to load from other programs. I have tried loading URLs by clicking on them in Thunderbird, WordPad, MailWasher Pro, and even Libre Office, but all of them either just twitched the screen for an instant and then stopped, or else gave me a message such as "WordPad was unable to open the URL" or "There was a problem sending the command to the program" (Libre Office). However, when I copy and paste those same URLs into FF and hit Enter, those sites load perfectly.
I may be wrong in this, but it appears that something has changed within FF that now prevents links clicked in other programs from loading. My only other thought at the moment is that this '''may''' possibly have started about the time I upgraded from FF 10.0.2 to FF 11.0.1, but I have no firm evidence to support that theory.
This is really an annoying and inconvenient problem, so any help in resolving it will be hugely appreciated!
Thanks,
Al

The problem is fixed now as a result of some help I got on the WindowsSecrets forum. Once I realized that the problem was occurring not just with MWP and Thunderbird, but with other programs as well (I tried WordPad and Libre Office, both of which likewise failed to load the URL into Firefox), I posted the question on other forums, trying to see if others knew anything about this issue. I got the answer from a forum member on this page:
http://windowssecrets.com/forums/showthread.php/145441-URLs-clicked-in-other-programs-won-t-load-in-Firefox?p=847784#post847784
In case you're not a member there or can't load that page, here was his suggestion:
With FF closed type %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ in the start menu search box, click the item that appears and delete localstore.rdf FF will replace it on starting.
I did that and all four programs that had previous problems loading URLs, including MWP, now load them perfectly. The only (minor) problem with this solution was that localstore.rdf apparently stores all the info about such things as the Firefox toolbars and their customisation, so all that was lost when I deleted the file, but I got them re-customised fairly quickly and all is well. Any thoughts regarding what localstore.rdf does, why this problem happened, or how to prevent it from happening again will be appreciated.
I hope this info helps. Thanks again for all your help.
Regards,
Al

Programs won't launch & finder crashing after recent software updates

Finder and most programs won't launch after a software update. I was able to run Cocktail and repair permissions. I've restarted a few times, and ran disk utility from the start up disk to no avail.
Any suggestions?
thanks

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Program won't launch on Mac for one user but will for another

We just installed a new program (that is Java based) that we are about to start using in our office. It is the WorkFlows client from SirsiDynix. It works fine on my MAC but 2 other users in our office have MACs and it won't launch. We have tried uninstalling and reinstalling with no luck. We created another user on one of the computers and installed the program and it launches fine. Both users are Administrators. We have uninstalled and reinstalled the program but still no luck. We have ran the Repair Permissions utility on the HD. Is there a tool or software that we can use to compare permissions or settings of the 2 users to find out why the program won't run under one of them?
We have Mac Mini OS X version 10.9.5
Thanks for any help you can give.
Marcia

Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen. Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then take one of the actions that you're having trouble with. Select any messages that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of which is irrelevant to solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

Programs won't launch

Hello,
This problem started a few weeks ago. I tried to open iTunes and it wouldn't launch. I did some troubleshooting with that to no avail. Unfortunately since then, my Firefox and Safari won't launch. I downloaded the OS X Combo Update and I couldn't launch that either. I can't launch Cocktail to help with the Cache. I have read many posts and checked my disk permissions (which seem fine), rebooted from the Install disk, checked for corrupt fonts and removed com.apple.plist files.
I've also checked out http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/multipleappsquit.html and can't get anywhere there either. I am just your average user, don't understand alot of the jargon but am trying to work through this since you all have helped me out so many times before.
It may be a framework or software update glitch? I'm just not sure. I have many crash logs from all different programs if that would help anyone.
I am trying not to reinstall my OS X as the disks I have on hand are 10.1 (is that a big deal?) I also read about bad sectors, my disk drive has been making odd noises lately, could that be it? I just don't know how to pin point one problem. Can anyone help????? Please?

I don't need to transfer any files from the iMac and I don't have a firewire cable to use the iBook to startup.
I just need to figure out how to get these programs to launch. It started with iTunes and went to Firefox and Safari. I tried booting up in Safe Mode and using a different user account, neither of these have worked either. It seems I am going in circles since I am told to try Disk Utility but I can't use that without the Tiger Install cd.
Does anyone have any other ideas? I know this is a pain for people, but below are snippets of the error logs for the failed Itunes and Safari launches. It must have something to do with a software update or font or something screwing up the launch? I can't even launch Cocktail or Combo Update to try to help...
Anyone have any ideas? I saw the thread about the StuffItAVR and even got rid of that all together? Anything else? I appreciate it!
Date/Time: 2008-12-14 14:43:45.889 -0500
OS Version: 10.4.11 (Build 8S165)
Report Version: 4
Command: iTunesHelper
Path: /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/Resources/iTunesHelper.app/Contents/MacOS/iTu nesHelper
Parent: WindowServer [57]
Version: 8.0.1 (8.0.1)
Build Version: 2
Project Name: iTunes
Source Version: 8011201
PID: 265
Thread: 0
Exception: EXCBADACCESS (0x0001)
Code[0]: 0x0000000a
Code[1]: 0xa0a3c498
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 libobjc.A.dylib 0x90a3f638 objccollectingenabled + 24
1 com.apple.Foundation 0x92bd16c0 NSPopAutoreleasePool + 48
2 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x932b3378 HIPopAutoreleasePool + 28
3 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x932b32f4 ToolboxEventDispatcherHandler(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*, void*) + 744
4 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x932acb84 DispatchEventToHandlers(EventTargetRec*, OpaqueEventRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 1284
5 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x932ac08c SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 372
6 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x932b2e90 SendEventToEventTarget + 40
7 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x932f3c04 ToolboxEventDispatcher + 92
8 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x932f3b90 HLTBEventDispatcher + 16
9 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x932f2148 RunApplicationEventLoop + 148
10 com.apple.iTunesHelper 0x00003990 0x1000 + 10640
11 com.apple.iTunesHelper 0x00002308 0x1000 + 4872
12 com.apple.iTunesHelper 0x0000200c 0x1000 + 4108
Thread 1:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9001f88c select + 12
1 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x907f1240 __CFSocketManager + 472
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002bd08 pthreadbody + 96
Thread 0 crashed with PPC Thread State 64:
srr0: 0x0000000090a3f638 srr1: 0x000000000000f030 vrsave: 0x0000000000000000
cr: 0x44022248 xer: 0x0000000000000004 lr: 0x0000000092bd16c0 ctr: 0x0000000090a3f620
r0: 0x0000000092bd16c0 r1: 0x00000000bffff3a0 r2: 0x00000000a0a3c498 r3: 0x0000000000311b30
r4: 0x0000000000000048 r5: 0x0000000000000060 r6: 0x00000000ffffffff r7: 0x0000000000000e03
r8: 0x0000000000000001 r9: 0x0000000000000000 r10: 0x0000000090a3f628 r11: 0x00000000a2bd0670
r12: 0x0000000090a3f620 r13: 0x0000000000000002 r14: 0x0000000000000000 r15: 0x0000000000000000
r16: 0x0000000000304590 r17: 0x00000000bffff910 r18: 0x0000000065707063 r19: 0x0000000000000001
r20: 0x00000000003142a0 r21: 0x00000000ffffd96e r22: 0x0000000000000000 r23: 0x00000000bffffa60
r24: 0x00000000bffffbcc r25: 0x00000000a32c3014 r26: 0x0000000000000000 r27: 0x00000000a32c3e44
r28: 0x00000000a32c3e44 r29: 0x00000000bffff8a0 r30: 0x0000000000000000 r31: 0x0000000092bd16a4
Binary Images Description:
0x1000 - 0x1bfff com.apple.iTunesHelper 8.0.1 /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/Resources/iTunesHelper.app/Contents/MacOS/iTu nesHelper
0x500000 - 0x533fff com.apple.mobiledevice 3.2.2 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MobileDevice.framework/MobileDevice
0x4376000 - 0x43bbfff com.apple.bom 8.5 (86.3) /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Bom.framework/Versions/A/Bom
0x43c7000 - 0x43f6fff libssl.0.9.7.dylib /usr/lib/libssl.0.9.7.dylib
0x8fe00000 - 0x8fe52fff dyld 46.16 /usr/lib/dyld
0x90000000 - 0x901bcfff libSystem.B.dylib /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
0x90214000 - 0x90219fff libmathCommon.A.dylib /usr/lib/system/libmathCommon.A.dylib
0x9021b000 - 0x90268fff com.apple.CoreText 1.0.4 (???) /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ CoreText.framework/Versions/A/CoreText
0x90293000 - 0x90344fff ATS /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ ATS.framework/Versions/A/ATS
Command: Safari
Path: /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari
Parent: WindowServer [64]
Version: 3.1.1 (4525.18)
Build Version: 1
Project Name: WebBrowser
Source Version: 45251800
PID: 629
Thread: 0
Exception: EXCBADACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERNINVALIDADDRESS (0x0001) at 0x0635e570
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 libobjc.A.dylib 0x90a410f8 objc_msgSend + 24
1 com.apple.Foundation 0x92bf3a5c nsnotecallback + 180
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x90805ec0 __CFXNotificationPost + 368
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x907fdf20 _CFXNotificationPostNotification + 684
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x92bdde64 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 92
5 com.apple.AppKit 0x93833b08 -[NSApplication terminate:] + 244
6 com.apple.AppKit 0x93a5c2f8 -[NSApplication _terminateSendShould:] + 56
7 libobjc.A.dylib 0x90a461f4 objc_msgSendv + 180
8 com.apple.Foundation 0x92befc0c -[NSInvocation invoke] + 944
9 com.apple.Foundation 0x92bf6ee0 __NSFireTimer + 116
10 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x907f2384 __CFRunLoopDoTimer + 184
11 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x907decfc __CFRunLoopRun + 1680
12 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x907de2b0 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 268
13 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x932abb20 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 264
14 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x932ab1b4 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 380
15 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x932ab020 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 96
16 com.apple.AppKit 0x93790734 _DPSNextEvent + 384
17 com.apple.AppKit 0x937903f8 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 116
18 com.apple.Safari 0x00007930 0x1000 + 26928
19 com.apple.AppKit 0x9378c93c -[NSApplication run] + 472
20 com.apple.AppKit 0x9387d458 NSApplicationMain + 452
21 com.apple.Safari 0x000b717c 0x1000 + 745852
22 com.apple.Safari 0x000b6e80 0x1000 + 745088
Thread 1:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002c3c8 semaphorewait_signaltrap + 8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90030eac pthreadcondwait + 480
2 com.apple.WebCore 0x95a5a680 WebCore::IconDatabase::syncThreadMainLoop() + 320
3 com.apple.WebCore 0x95a16e48 WebCore::IconDatabase::iconDatabaseSyncThread() + 424
4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002bd08 pthreadbody + 96
Thread 2:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9000b348 machmsgtrap + 8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9000b29c mach_msg + 60
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x907de9ac __CFRunLoopRun + 832
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x907de2b0 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 268
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x92c1c7bc +[NSURLCache _diskCacheSyncLoop:] + 152
5 com.apple.Foundation 0x92bf4118 forkThreadForFunction + 108
6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002bd08 pthreadbody + 96
Thread 3:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9000b348 machmsgtrap + 8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9000b29c mach_msg + 60
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x907de9ac __CFRunLoopRun + 832
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x907de2b0 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 268
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x92c1b67c +[NSURLConnection(NSURLConnectionInternal) _resourceLoadLoop:] + 264
5 com.apple.Foundation 0x92bf4118 forkThreadForFunction + 108
6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002bd08 pthreadbody + 96
Thread 4:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9001f88c select + 12
1 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x907f1240 __CFSocketManager + 472
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002bd08 pthreadbody + 96
Thread 5:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9000b348 machmsgtrap + 8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9000b29c mach_msg + 60
2 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90bf2dac SwitchContexts + 96
3 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90be8a14 YieldToThread + 372
4 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90bf2cf4 SetThreadState + 192
5 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90bf2c10 SetThreadStateEndCritical + 144
6 com.adobe.AcrobatPlugin.eBook 0x2bac4aec main + 5780
7 com.adobe.AcrobatPlugin.eBook 0x2bac4a2c main + 5588
8 com.adobe.AcrobatPlugin.eBook 0x2bac4994 main + 5436
9 com.adobe.AcrobatPlugin.eBook 0x2bac4928 main + 5328
10 com.adobe.AcrobatPlugin.eBook 0x2bac48ac main + 5204
11 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90bf2e50 InvokeThreadEntryUPP + 24
12 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90bf2a70 CooperativeThread + 220
13 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002bd08 pthreadbody + 96
Thread 6:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002c3c8 semaphorewait_signaltrap + 8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90001c10 pthreadmutexlock + 472
2 com.apple.Foundation 0x92bd9a0c -[NSLock lock] + 28
3 <<00000000>> 0x063344b0 0 + 104023216
4 <<00000000>> 0x06335cf0 0 + 104029424
5 com.apple.Foundation 0x92bf4118 forkThreadForFunction + 108
6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002bd08 pthreadbody + 96
Thread 7:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002c3c8 semaphorewait_signaltrap + 8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90001c10 pthreadmutexlock + 472
2 com.apple.Foundation 0x92bd9a0c -[NSLock lock] + 28
3 <<00000000>> 0x063344b0 0 + 104023216
4 <<00000000>> 0x06335cf0 0 + 104029424
5 com.apple.Foundation 0x92bf4118 forkThreadForFunction + 108
6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002bd08 pthreadbody + 96
Thread 8:
0 <<00000000>> 0x063345ec 0 + 104023532
1 <<00000000>> 0x06335cf0 0 + 104029424
2 com.apple.Foundation 0x92bf4118 forkThreadForFunction + 108
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002bd08 pthreadbody + 96
Thread 9:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002c3c8 semaphorewait_signaltrap + 8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90001c10 pthreadmutexlock + 472
2 com.apple.Foundation 0x92bd9a0c -[NSLock lock] + 28
3 <<00000000>> 0x063344b0 0 + 104023216
4 <<00000000>> 0x06335cf0 0 + 104029424
5 com.apple.Foundation 0x92bf4118 forkThreadForFunction + 108
6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002bd08 pthreadbody + 96
Thread 10:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002c3c8 semaphorewait_signaltrap + 8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90001c10 pthreadmutexlock + 472
2 com.apple.Foundation 0x92bd9a0c -[NSLock lock] + 28
3 <<00000000>> 0x063344b0 0 + 104023216
4 <<00000000>> 0x06335cf0 0 + 104029424
5 com.apple.Foundation 0x92bf4118 forkThreadForFunction + 108
6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002bd08 pthreadbody + 96
Thread 11:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002c3c8 semaphorewait_signaltrap + 8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90001c10 pthreadmutexlock + 472
2 com.apple.Foundation 0x92bd9a0c -[NSLock lock] + 28
3 <<00000000>> 0x063344b0 0 + 104023216
4 <<00000000>> 0x06335cf0 0 + 104029424
5 com.apple.Foundation 0x92bf4118 forkThreadForFunction + 108
6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002bd08 pthreadbody + 96
Thread 12:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002c3c8 semaphorewait_signaltrap + 8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90030eac pthreadcondwait + 480
2 com.apple.Foundation 0x92bfb284 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:] + 68
3 com.apple.AppKit 0x9382d358 -[NSUIHeartBeat _heartBeatThread:] + 324
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x92bf4118 forkThreadForFunction + 108
5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002bd08 pthreadbody + 96
Thread 0 crashed with PPC Thread State 64:
srr0: 0x0000000090a410f8 srr1: 0x000000000000f030 vrsave: 0x0000000000000000
cr: 0x44028222 xer: 0x0000000020000007 lr: 0x0000000092bf3a5c ctr: 0x0000000090a410e0
r0: 0x0000000092bf3a5c r1: 0x00000000bfffd620 r2: 0x0000000004b2cda0 r3: 0x0000000007781010
r4: 0x00000000001002a4 r5: 0x00000000012586a0 r6: 0x00000000bfffd6f4 r7: 0x00000000000000ff
r8: 0x00000000bfffd6e0 r9: 0x0000000000000005 r10: 0x0000000000989680 r11: 0x00000000ffee02a4
r12: 0x000000000635e550 r13: 0x0000000000000000 r14: 0x0000000000000001 r15: 0x0000000000000001
r16: 0x0000000000000000 r17: 0x0000000000000000 r18: 0x00000000012586a0 r19: 0x000000000041e550
r20: 0x00000000a378e1d4 r21: 0x00000000a07b5d60 r22: 0x0000000000000008 r23: 0x0000000000000000
r24: 0x0000000000404260 r25: 0x0000000000000000 r26: 0x0000000000000000 r27: 0x0000000000434920
r28: 0x00000000003a80e0 r29: 0x00000000bfffd670 r30: 0x0000000000000000 r31: 0x0000000092bf39c0

Creative Suite programs won't launch anymore

I bought my Creative Suite Standard CS6 and it worked fine for three weeks. Suddenly it won't launch any of the programs. I've tried reinstalling the discs, but it still wont work. Additional information: I'm using Windows 7. I bought the Student/Teacher version and have registered it with Adobe.

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Upgrade disaster - Most programs won't launch

Just upgraded to Snow Leopard (unfortunately). Virtually the only program that will launch (besides the Finder) is Safari. The first time that launched, I kept getting multiple WebKitPluginHost quit unexpectedly errors. After a permissions repair, software update (that started after a restart or two) and a few more restarts, those Safari errors are gone.
However, iTunes, Word, Pages, Preview, Text Edit, etc. etc. all bounce a few times and then just stop bouncing or give an unexpectedly quit error. Any suggestions?
I was running an old HP Scanner that required Rosetta to be installed on installation. I've removed that from the login items. I was also running coversutra and removed that from the login items as well. No change. Still have the problem. Otherwise a standard installation.
Aaaargh. Any suggestions?

Well, at about 3 am last night, I gave up and decided to do an archive and install of 10.5 and then 10.6 (don't get me started about not being able to just do this with 10.6).
This morning, I checked the 10.5 installation and all the applications (can't wait to reinstall all of those...) in the archived "previous systems" section have the "cross-through" logo and say that they can't be run on this "architecture" -- I'm running an Intel aluminum iMac. My wild guess is that somehow, when it asked me to install Rosetta, these programs were reclassified as PPC in some registry somehow? Is that crazy talk?
Have been an Apple fan and promoter for 20 years now. The good will I've built up during that time is about expired today. Apple seems sloppy lately.
Will install 10.6 later. I had to go to work (tired and cranky) so I couldn't finish it up.

My X11 programs won't launch

I have two applications that run under X11: Xephem and Open Office.
About the time I upgraded to OS 10.5.4 I noticed that they wouldn't start. Today I looked at the discussion groups here and upgraded to X11 2.3.1. They still won't launch. Before they would just hang up without giving any error messages, but now when I try to start Xephem I get:
sh: line 0: cd: /usr/local/xephem: No such file or directory
sh: ../bin/xephem: No such file or directory
It sounds like X11 just needs to be pointed to the proper directory, but I don't know how to do that. I never did get the hang of working with the command line.
As for OpenOffice, I get this:
The application soffice.bin quit unexpectedly.
I don't know what to do about that.

Looks like the upgrade might have done something to those application installs. The error you're seeing is from a wrapper script that is used to start Xephem. This script is looking for the actual binaries in a directory located in /usr/local/xephem, which now doesn't seem to exist on your system anymore. Likely it's looking for the "bin" subdirectory in that directory, in which would be the actual application binaries.
In any event, this wrapper script can no longer find these directories. Before trying to do much manual digging to see what happened, I'd just try to reinstall Xephem. That should be a fairly safe thing to try...

Firefox no longer launches when I click the launch icon. It was working fine and then all of a sudden it won't launch. I have Vista home prremuim service pack 2. Can you please help me resolve this issue so I can once again use firefox? Thanks

firefox was working. Now it is not. Won't launch when I click the icon. Don't know the version as I cannot get it to launch to check the version.

https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/891374
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser_will_not_start_up

Some programs won't launch from menu/desktop - XFCE

I've recently installed a few programs for my desktop - mainly Anki, and MDM login manager. They installed fine, and as most programs do - produced a menu app for it. But for some odd reason, no matter if I try to access it by the XFCE menu, or even creating a desktop icon for it; the program will not launch. Nothing happens. On the other hand, if I launch the program through the terminal I have no issues. It's more of an annoyance than it is a huge problem, but if anyone could help me fix this I'd really appreciate it.
As a side note, it's not an issue of logging out and back in as this has been an ongoing problem for about a week of logout's/reboot's/shutdown's, etc. I'm not sure what kind of information you would need to help diaognose this, so if I can provide anything else of use, please let me know.

For Anki - Both .desktop and terminal command is the same. When trying to launch it with run in terminal, it complains of an untrusted application launcher. I have the choice to launch anyways, or mark as executable. After marking it as executable, the terminal appears for a brief second, then disappears with nothing else.
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Links from other programs won't open in Firefox

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Thanks,
Jeff

My computer has an AMD Sempron processor, and the screen resolution is 1366 x 768. Let me know if you need anything else.
OS Name
Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Basic
Version
6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Build 600
System Model
Compaq Presario CQ60 Notebook PC
System Type
X86-based PC
Processor
AMD Sempron(tm) SI-42, 2100 Mhz, 1 Core(s), 1 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date
Hewlett-Packard F.3C, 5/20/200
Installed Physical Memory (RAM)
3.00 GB
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