Time Machine backing up fine but the app won't launch

Hi all,
I've been able to set up Time Machine with an external WD 120GB FW disk, and it appears to be backing up fine - the 'backupdb' folder exists on the HD and the TM system preference pane shows last backup date etc.
However, try as I might I cannot get the actual application to launch. I right-click on the dock icon and click 'show Time Machine', I click on it form the Applications folder - nothing. There is no bouncing icon and no 'error -43' that others have reported.
I can't see anything in system.log that might indicate that it is attempting to launch and fails.
Is anyone aware of an issue that would stop TM from launching at all?
Thanks in advance

Dear all
I discovered what was preventing Time Machine from launching.
I use Cocoatech's PathFinder as a Finder replacement. It is set to close the Finder at launch. With out the Finder running, Time Machine cannot run. Backups still work fine (as I discovered to my great relief when my HDD recently died) but the browsing app will not launch without Finder.
So, if you use PathFinder and need to open TimeMachine.app, just relaunch the Finder in order to do so.
Hope this helps someone.
Yuri

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