Mail and safari won't work after installing lion.

After upgrading my computer to Snow Leopard then to Lion I am unable to open Safari and Mail.  The computer says the versions I have are not compatible with Lion.  I have checked to see if there are any available updates by selecting the apple at the top left - the computer states it is up-to-date.
Does anyone know a solution to this problem?
Thank you!

Please check to see if both the Mail app and Safari app were located at the root level of the Applications folder, and not renamed in any way.  Unless that is the case, the Upgrade to Lion may not work correctly.
However, also look with Spotlight to see if there are more than one version of each on your Mac, as your links in the Dock might refer to now outdated ones.
Ernie

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