Apps won't open in Snow Leopard on my imac

Hi - a few days ago we had a massive power cut which happened during a storm, and while I was using my mac. Since then Finder has kept crashing and now I cannot open any applications either from the dock or the apps folder, except Firefox for some reason! Any ideas? I've tried reboots, booting in safe mode, and deleting unwanted login items, which I'm worried might have caused the problem. Thanks! Simon

Try both an SMC and PRAM reset:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964

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HI,
Try launching Safari and Mail from the Applications folder. If it works, drag the Safari and Mail icons off the Dock. Just drag straight up. They'll go poof.
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com.appple.Safari/plist
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4424?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
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