Messages on Mavericks won't open after 10.9.2 upgrade

Hi,
I upgraded to 10.9.2 this morning and now when I try tro open Messages I get the following Box.
"The last time you opened Messages, it unexpectedly quit while reopening windows. Do you want to try to reopen its windows again?"
How can I fix this?
Thanks in advance
Mavericks 10.9.2
Mac Pro
10GB RAM

I was able to solve it with help from a thread on the Microsoft help forum for Mac stuff.....hey, you never know where you'll get help, ehhh? Here's the link, http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac/forum/macoffice2011-macword/all-microsoft -office-for-mac-2011-programs-crash/70036380-1efc-4a8a-b99c-426f5bb0f925 if you read through it you see my last post that explains how I got it, but key steps include:
1. Do a proper un-install of Office. It's not a no brainer, you need to follow this link http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2398768
2. Re-install Office, make sure at the end you activate automatic updates and it should go through an update to version 14.3.4. Strange for me, I thought I had auto updates on before but for some reason my Office version was an old one? Anyway, regardless of your version, I would un-install first.
3. In Font Book in Applications, I was told to validate my Fonts, but there didn't seem to be a way to do this. I was able to run "look for enabled duplicates" in the edit section, and I did that.
4. Run Disk Utility in the Utilities folder in applications, in First Aid you need to verify and then repair permissions. Actually I had to run Disk Utility twice.....go figure?
5. Restart your Mac and perform a Safe Boot......here's the link. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
6. I think I started Office in Safe Mode after the Mac started up....and it worked then.
7. Restart your Mac normally. Run Office....
When I did this stuff, it worked. So far so good.....
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