Safari Not Opening - or allowing a reinstall

This morning, Safari stopped opening. Although the icon bounced - no Safari. So deciding to reinstall I downloaded 3.1.1 - however attempting to install gives me an error that it cannot install to the hard drive as it requires 10.5.2 or higher. The only snag is that I am using 10.5.4 so completely stuck. Please help.

Hi Craig,
Cool, that's good to know. OK, back in your normal account, try moving all the following files/folders to your Desktop and then retry Safari:
Hard drive > Users > Your Username > Library > Cookies > Cookies.plist
Hard drive > Users > Your Username > Library > Safari > History.plist
Hard drive > Users > Your Username > Library > Safari > Downloads.plist
Hard drive > Users > Your Username > Library > Syndication
Hard drive > Users > Your Username > Library > Preferences > com.apple.Safari.plist
If Safari now works, quit it again and try moving one of the files back and restart Safari - repeat the process until you discover the file/folder causing the problem.
Should Safari still fail to launch after moving those, check to see if you have anything in this folder as well (it's possible this folder may not exist so don't worry if you can't find it):
Hard drive > Users > Your Username > Library > InputManagers
If there is anything, move the contents of the folder onto your Desktop as well and then retry Safari.

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