Cant install new software only attempts to open with ichat

Hello,
I must have changed some settings I shouldnt have because whenever I try and download certain applications like limewire I can download it but when I click to install it opens ichat and says ichat cant support the application. What should I do?!
Thanks!
Becky

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
It sounds like the Open with setting for the
installer files got set to another application by
mistake.
Control-mouse click the said documents and select
Open with...'s Other. There will be an option to
select Disk Utility for dmg files, Installer for pkg
files.
By the way, I'd not attempt to download Limewire. It
is an extremely buggy application, and frequently
point to point (P2P) software can lead to bad
software being installed that could harm your
computer. A lot of illegally distributed software
exists behind Limewire and other P2P software titles.
Good places to download public domain software
are:
http://www.macupdate.com/
http://www.versiontracker.com/
No extra downloader is necessary. If it is neither
pkg nor dmg file you are trying to open, tell us
which suffix file you are trying to open, and we can
recommend an alternative software title for it.
thank you for your responce. once i right clicked and said open with disc utlity it opened but then closed again. i tried this several times and no change.

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