I need help with applications in Mac OS x not opening

Recently, Applications in OS X haven't been opening correctly, and some browsers arent opening and even crashing.
I think it started when I installed DivX, but I uninstalled it and it's still not working.
When I try and open an application, I get a notification like this:
Please help!

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Click Repair Disk.
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Kelly,
I am thinking that if this is a problem with the program, I am thinking that you have a chance to call Apple, and they can either fix the program for free, or give you a brand new macbook.
Since you are new, I can help you. Macs somehow are a little more advanced than Windows, because you cannot encounter a virus made for windows. If a virus was to come, it has a high chance to NEVER and I mean NEVER coming into your computer system and destroy your computer. It has to be able to adapt to the programs that Apple has made, and since windows viruses are not compatible with macs they unfortunately will never destroy your motherboard.
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My application is under the root (in unix) and there are many subfolders underneath it. Each sub-folder is hosting a different web application.
From what I read, I can create 1 root Application.cfc and then on subsequent sub-folder, when I need to have another Application.cfc on that level, I can create ProxyApplication (see below) and then create a sub-folder level Applicatin.cfc
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<cffunction name="onSessionEnd">
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<cfcomponent name="ApplicationProxy" extends="AdvancementServices.Application">
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siriiven wrote:
>
> Any ideas?
>
Take a peak at the documentation. It describes all the ins
and outs...
you have to do the same thing with application variables as
session
variables. The hint being that you are also defining an
appScope
argument as well as the sessionScope argument, there is a
reason for this.
<quote
src="
http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/7/htmldocs/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?cont ext=ColdFusion_Documentation&file=00000701.htm">
Usage
Use this method for any clean-up activities when the session
ends. A
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time-out
period or, if using J2EE sessions, the user closes the
browser. You can,
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database, or do any
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scope. You cannot reference the Application scope directly;
for example,
use Arguments.ApplicationScope.myVariable, not
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Use a named lock when you reference variables in the
Application scope,
as shown in the example.
You can access the Server scope directly; for example,
Server.myVariable.
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Sessions do not end, and the onSessionEnd method is not
called when an
application ends. The onSessionEnd does not execute if there
is no
active application, however.
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-Jason
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