Safari does not start after upgrading to Snow Leopard

Hi,
I just updated my iMac to Snow Leopard. Everything works fine except for Safari.
If I open Safari, it says: You cannot use this version of Safari with this version of Mac OS X. You have Safari 4.0.3 (translated from Dutch).
In About my Mac I see that the version of OS X is 10.6.1.
Software Update says my system is Up to date.
So I downloaded Safari from the Apple site with Firefox and ran the install.
The install of Safari says in the Select Target Volume screen: Safari cannot be installed on this Disk. For this update Mac OS X 10.5.8 of higher is needed (translated from Dutch). But I have 10.6.1! Does anyone have a clue how to resolve this without loosing all my settings?
Thanks in advance!
Daniel from Amsterdam

Greetings,
Don't waste your time downloading Safari from the Apple web site; it won't work, no matter what you do, since it's not for Snow Leopard.
From what you describe, it sounds like you (or someone else) may have moved Safari from where it belongs, and therefore it wasn't updated when you installed Snow Leopard, which would cause the current version it sees to not run.
Where, exactly is Safari located on your system? Safari must be at the top level of the /Applications folder; it cannot be anywhere else or it won't work properly when updating the OS.

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