Mac App Store won't work

I just upgraded my iMac to OSX 10.6.7 from 10.6.6 and Mac App Store will not open. Its icon is dimmed in the Applications Folder and I get a application crash and report window whenever I try to open it. For what it's worth, it wasn't on my machine when I had 10.6.6.

You might want to purchase an external hard drive to use as a back up. Time machine is great for backing up everything on your Mac and you can get an external hard drive for less than $100.
If you are not sure which may be corrupted you can actually trash all of the Preferences in your Users, Library, Preferences Folder and restart. Be sure to save all important settings first as you will have to reset them in some instances (such as your Mail.app settings). Or, you can down load system maintenance utilities which can look for corrupt preferences. TinkerTool System is excellent and is shareware. It's worth the small price. Also, Applejack which is free. I use both.
If you reinstall from your install disk be sure to use the Archive and Install setting. Everything on your Mac will be saved.
Before you go through the reinstall though, I suggest you download, install and use Applejack first. It's very user friendly and may solve your problems. Read about it first before using it. It's a trip to watch if you haven't seen Terminal.app in action.
You can download Applejack and TinkerTool System from macupdate.com.
Again, back up all your stuff!

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