New Maverick update, nothing is working

I recently updated my computer from Lion to Maverick and after that update, many of my apps will not open (including the App store) and many of the programs that I run will crash. The apps will blink and pretend like its opening, but it wont open. I don't know exactly what to do in this case. Has anyone occured this problem? What should I do?

If Eric's "reinstall over the top of your current install" doesn't fix your problems and you can't or don't want to debug what exactly is giving you problems. Then your next best option is a clean install. I've looked and there isn't a user tip for this but I think there should be (hint to those with enough points to write one). I have fixed serveral Mac's this way. It involves several hours of work but is very effective in giving you back the mac you love.
Basic steps
1) Make a clone of your current system (I like carbon copy cloner but there are others)
2) Boot from a mavericks usb or from a mavericks recovery partition, erase Macintosh HD and then reinstall
3) Sign in with your cloud and let the mac finish setting itself up, MIGRATE NOTHING
4) Now copy the contents of your Document, Music, Movies, Pictures, Downloads from the clone to the respective locations on your fresh install
5) Reinstall your applications (only what you really need)
What you now have is a factory fresh installation of Mavericks, newly installed applications, and all or least most of your data. This will cause you to redownload your mailbox from the servers which, depending on how many emails you have, could take time. If you have locally stored mail you won't see it until you find those mailboxes on the clone and import them. Customizations to your dock, input devices and such will need to be setup again....I did say it was several hours of work . The cloud has made this much much easier than it once was.
Good luck.

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