I can no longer start some applications (i.g. Office and Photoshop)

Hi!
Since a few weeks i can no longer start some applications in Mac OS Tiger that worked perfectly before:
- The complete Microsoft Office suite (incl. Update)
- Finale PrintMusic
- Adobe Photoshop
When I try to start them, their symbols just jump some times in the dock and then disappear again.
I deinstalled Finale PrintMusik in order to reinstall it afterwards. But when I double-click the install-file from the cd it's the same: it jumps and disappears.
I repaired my permissions, ran the daily, weekly and monthly scripts and reset the P-RAM.
Any ideas?
Thanks

This problem occurred for many people after updating to QuickTime 7.2, and was traced to Java 6:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4931644#4931644
If that isn't the case for you, you might be able to fix the problem just by updating prebindings:
http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20060314080135452

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