image capture broken on 10.4.11

[j2l]

My image capture app is not able to launch (MacBook white 2006, with last updated 10.4.11).
app package only contains a device folder, itself containing ICCCamera.device. Nothing else.

I would like not to re-install then update the whole system just for this app (I removed localizations, tweaked some prefs, etc ...).

Can someone point me where to find it and why it's got broken?

Do other people got the same problem? I cannot tell if it's an update process who went crazy at some point.

 

[nixgeek]

Have you tried repairing permissions or running a disk repair using Disk Utility? I recommend doing that before wiping the slate clean.

 

[ElDiabloConCaca]

Can someone point me where to find it...

Google "Pacifist," download and install it, and extract the "Image Capture.app" bundle off of your OS X Install CDs/DVDs.

...and why it's got broken?

No offense, but that's like taking your car into the shop with a dented hood and, without explaining anything, asking the mechanic, "Can you tell me exactly how this got dented?"

We don't have nearly enough information to even speculate why your Image Capture application became useless. You've told us virtually nothing about the last time it worked other than "messed with localizations and preferences," what you've done since, what software you've installed, what you were trying to do, how you came to find that it was broken, etc.

Unless you're super-curious to know exactly what circumstances brought this on, it may be best to chalk it up to a strange anomaly, restore using Pacifist, and move on. Keep an eye out for what you're doing, in case it happens again, and then you'll have some information about what could be the cause.