IMac froze, now I can power up but can't open any applications...

Ok, forgive me if this has been asked 1000 times already, I don't have time to trawl through every post one here.....
Last night I was happily using my iMac, got a new email and when I went to open it everything froze. I could still move the mouse cursor around the screen but couldn't minimize, quit or force quit any applications. I could also not shut down/restart the system as normal. I powered off using the power button and rebooted from there. OSX started as per normal but I still can't open any of the applications. When you roll the mouse over any of the program icons it tells you what they are but won't open them. I also still cannot shut down the system through Finder and cannot force quit either.
Apple's technical "help" line has suggested restarting in safe mode etc, but is there anything else I could try to resolve the problem?

Hi Tom, what were the results of starting in Safe Mode, does that sort the problem? If it does then it gives us an idea where to look. If not try Repair Disk.
Steps for using Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.) Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Click Repair.
If you repair errors run it until no errors found.
-mj
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