Impossible to open mail and preview after 10.8.2 update

Hi,
My mom has a macbook pro very recent, bought a month ago or so,
the preview app wanst working so I have updated the system to 10.8.2
now Mail.app doesn't launch neither preview and when I try top open the pref panes and access mail prefernces or icloud preferences, the pane closes.
any advice?
many thanks

EDIT: please remove all items from login items first
Go to
 > System Preferences > Users & Groups | Login Items
Select everything in the list and click the - (minus) button underneath.
Restart the mac and test to see if Preview and Mail.app work as expected.
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