Unable to open Applications and Utilities

I run Snow Leopard and have recently been unable to open most Apple applications, some third party Applications, and most Apple utilities. The problem seemed to be after downloading an update to my OSX 10.6.2 to 10.6.6. I telephoned Apple Support and was advised that I should download 10.6.6 combo. My internet broadband connection is very slow, providing only less than 0.5GB and during the 6hr download of 10.6.6 combo, I noticed that the connection had been lost. I recommenced it and afterwards installed it. However this did not resolve the problem.
Should I now download 10.6.6 combo and install it once more, or is my problem elsewhere. Please keep any answers simple!!

When I double click on an application either nothing happens or I get a dialogue box displayed with the message "You can't use this version of application 'its name' with this version of Mac OS X." The version I have of the application is then shown beneath this text. Or when I attempt to open a utility such as 'Grab', I have a dialogue box displayed in which is stated 'Grab cannot be opened because of a problem. Check with the developer to make sure Grab works with this version of Mac OS X. You may need to reinstall the application. Be sure to install any available updates for the application and Mac OS X.'
As I stated I believe that I have installed the latest update of the OS X, but I do not see how I can install the latest version of the application because I thought that they were in the OS X in the first place.
In relation to the 3rd party applications which I cannot open I presume I need to check on the 3rd party's web site to see whether there are updates to their software?

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