IMac won't run any applications

We had a power outage yesterday. Since restarting my iMac, it will not launch any application (including finder).
I cannot click on anything without it failing. So I can't even tell you precisely which version of OS X I am running.
However, I was able to open safari guest mode and am currently typing this from that. Seems to be working fine.
I have tried restarting the computer in safe mode a few times and am not getting anywhere.
Wanted to see if there is anything else I try before lugging this in to a Mac store...

Without knowing which OS is installed, we would be just guessing the troubleshooting suggestions. Each OS has their own. Also, you should always know which OS version is installed on a Mac. Otherwise, how would you know which software is compatible to install/download?

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