Checksum error when installing Dictionary.app

[thblwill]

I installed Snow Leopard about a month ago. Ever since I installed it the Dictionary.app program doesn't work anymore. It tries to start up and then shut down and sends a report to apple (which they obviously don't do anything with it). So, I tried to reinstall the dictionary using Pasifist. After it unpacks the dictionary.app package it gives me two checksum errors. 1. Checksum for file

 

[thblwill]

1. Checksum for for file "dictionary" is incorrect. 2. Checksum for file "DictionaryPanelHelper" is incorrect. I think that I might be an error on my installation DVD. Any thoughts?

 

[Giaguara]

How about deleting com.apple.dictionary.plist file from your ~/Library/Preferences before extracting applications from install disc?

 

[thblwill]

I looked and the file doesn't exist on my Mac.

 

[thblwill]

oops found it. I looked on my HD, it's under user

 

[thblwill]

I feel dumb, I been trying to fix that for weeks. Thanks for your help! Deleted the file and now it opens fine.

 

[Giaguara]

Perfect That is one of the first things to try when a single application tries to behave wonky (except with mail.app where that's not that good an iea). Just make sure the application is not running when deleting that file, and the next time it will (depending on application) behave like new and/or create new preferences for it.