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Hi,
My applications have started crashing when I use the Open and Save dialogs. I haven't installed any new applications, but my MBP crashed last night when shutting down, so that might have something to do with it.
For example, if I'm using Office 2004 and choose [Open..] then try to locate a folder using the lower of the two drop-down menus (the one which defaults to 'Microsoft'), the program freezes for a second or so, then crashes with a 'Report Problem for Word' error window. The same problem occurs on all of my applications.
If I choose [Open..] and try to locate a file using the disk icons on the left-hand side of the dialog, then click on folders to burrow down into the computer, the dialog works quite normally.
I've reapplied the 10.4.10 update but that didn't produce a fix. I've fixed permissions, cleared caches and done the usual things, but nothing seems to fix it.
I then created a new user account and tried performing the same actions, this time everything worked as expected. So it looks like there is a preference in my personal user account somewhere that has become corrupted. But I have no clue what it could be.
Does anyone have a clue how to fix this?
Many thanks,
Mike.

See the steps I posted for resolving conflicts/corrupt plists within an account at:
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