Help - Safari 4.0.5 will not open!

Hi All, I just downloaded safari 4.0.5 as recommended by software updates. I am running OSX 10.4.11. Problem is that safari no longer opens. I click on the icon but nothing happens. I am therefore browser less and in trouble. Any thoughts on what to do?

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Repair disk permissions, and then go directly to the website and download from here
If you have no browser, you may need to use another computer, save the disk image onto an external usb drive, and copy it to your desktop.
Also, once you get it going download firefox or another browser as well, so that you never run into a problem like this.

Do you have a backup from which you can restore the Safari app. ?

Also it is always good to have a couple of browsers installed ( Safari, FF, Chrome, Opera, ... )

Cheers ... McBie

Mcbie, you got in there while I was typing

And make sure you download the correct version of Safari as 4.0.5 is available for Snow Leopard, Leopard, Tiger and Windows.

http://www.apple.com/safari/download/