Preview no longer working. Icon in dock now has circle with line thru it. Says "You cannot open the application "Preview" because it is not supported on this architecture." How do I fix or reinstall?

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Preview no longer working. Icon in dock now has circle with line thru it. Says "You cannot open the application "Preview" because it is not supported on this architecture." How do I fix or reinstall?

Preview no longer working. Icon is dock now has circle with line thru it. Says "You cannot open the application "Preview" because it is not supported on this architecture." How do I fix it or reinstall?

PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Sep 21, 2011 2:10 AM

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BDAqua

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Sep 21, 2011 9:39 AM in response to bmagier

Do a Get Info on the Preview App itself in the Applications folder, what version does it say?

On 10.5.8 here it says Version 4.1

Get Pacifist...

http://www.charlessoft.com/

then extract/install what you need from your Install Disc.

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