Disk Utility corrupt since 10.5.3 update

Has anyone else's Disk Utility been corrupted by the 10.5.3 update?
I updated last night and this morning it won't run and the icon is no longer the disk image but the default Mac OS icon (pencil, brush and ruler)
Any ideas??
Many thanks
Patrick
Typo corrected in title by: Host

Hi Patrick,
I'm assuming you mean the icon in your Utilities folder, not the Dock icon?
That sounds like a LaunchServices issue.
Launch /Utilities/Terminal and copy & paste this at the command line to rebuild LaunchServices:
Code:
<pre class="alt2" style="margin:0px; padding:3px; border:1px inset; width:640px; height:34px; overflow:auto">/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchSe rvices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user</pre>
Then press return. Wait until terminal returns to the command line. Quit Terminal. After that, log out and back in or restart. Let us know
If that doesn't do it, you may be able to repair it with the 10.5.3 Combo Updater. This is a fuller install, as opposed to an incremental "delta" update so it should overwrite any files that are damaged or missing. It does not matter if you have applied it before.
Remember to Verify Disk before update and repair permissions after update from /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.
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