Why would Launch Application fail?

I've created a workflow to launch a series of related apps. For some reason, one of these (OmniFocus.app) is generating an error message. All the rest work fine.
I created a new workflow with just that one command in it, and it still won't work. How can I debug this problem? I don't know where to start. Any suggestions? Thanks!

The message is:
*The action "Launch Application" encountered an error.*
Check the actions' properties and try running the workflow again.
No other app seems to make this happen.
And the Applescript command you suggested works perfectly.

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I even logged in as the user on one of the lab computers, created the script, and it ran! As soon as I logged off and logged back in, it stopped working.
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Hi Ian,
Thanks, but no luck with that idea either. I know 32- and 64-bit O/Ses are different, but I largely expected LR2 to work with both my installations under Norton Internet Security 2008 since all else does. A leap of assumption perhaps, but at least this exercise suggests the problem is unrelated to Norton software. I disabled all services and startup processes for both NIS2008 and Norton Ghost 14, via msconfig, even uninstalled and reinstalled LR2 under those conditions, and the problem persists.
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