Compatible and up-to-date apps do not start. (Dock icon appears for just half a sec)

Hi everyone,
I'm running OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2) on a Mid-2010 MBP 15" i7. I did a clean install on my new SSD and restored my Time Machine backup. I have an aftermarket 8GB RAM and a 240GB SSD installed on it.
Some of my applications (like Geekbench, Growl Uninstaller, etc.) do not run. The developers claim they are compatible with 10.8 and I have the latest updates installed. The app icon appears for like a tenth of a second. It doesn't even run long enough for its icon to expand to normal size!
Can somebody please help with this?
T

Sounds like one of those right-hand icons can't find the correct icon at first. You can ignore it or reset the LaunchServices database using this one-liner in the Terminal.app (/Applications/Utilities/). Copy and paste it in and hit the return key, then restart:
*/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchS ervices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user*
Since you're new to Macs, when you fix this issue, see:
Switching from Windows to Mac OS X,
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