ICal starts and shuts down

Hi,
I have an iCal problem that I did not find an answer to. My iCal starts, shows appointments and tasks and such and then shuts down by itself after 10 - 20 seconds.
I used 'The Missing Sync' in the past, but uninstalled it, and I recently ran the 10.4.11 update, but iCal did not change behavior.
The HelveticaNeue font is installed in the correct directory and I am not using a font manager.
Any suggestions are appreciated.
~frostey

Frostey,
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
The first and easiest troubleshooting step involves replacing/refreshing the com.apple.iCal.plist file.
Quit iCal and find the com.apple.iCal.plist file in your Macintosh HD/Users/yourusername/Library/Preferences Folder. Drag the file to your Desktop, log out/in or restart and check iCal for normal behavior.
;~)

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