Multiple applications fail to open

All my Adobe, macromedia and a bunch of other programs fail to open. Message says "Name of application" quit unexpectedly: followed by a long list of Problem Details. Only thing I can think that happened was 2 weeks ago my wife downloaded a binary file from work and opened it in Indesign. Can't figure it out. Any suggestions?

Well, first welcome to the forum! Second, you need to supply much more information before anyone will want to respond: 1) What Apple computer are you using?; 2) What OS is installed?; 3) What 'binary' file did your wife DL and why do you feel this is the cause of your problem?; and 4) What does 'bunch of other programs' mean, i.e. please specify?

BUT, just for starters, if you have more that one user account on your computer, try to enter another and see if your issues are resolved; and reboot your computer, if not already done - please provide the info requested - Dave

I would go ahead and restore to a earlier time than your Wife downloaded the Binary File in your TimeMachine backup and away you go
You do have a backup don't you ??
If not I would start to think about doing on, because as you can see, things happen and you need to restore from a earlier time.

On top of what Dave above has said, if you have Mountain Lion or Mavericks, restart and hold down the "Option" key. Find the Recovery Partition and boot into that.
When its done look up the top and look for Utilities. Click that then Disk Utility and Repair Permissions on the Macintosh HD and once its done, restart and see where you stand there.

Hey thanks for replying. I'm running OS 10.6.8 on an iMac 2.4GHz dual Intel. Not sure about the binary file. We were trying to figure out what could have possibly done this and she said she downloaded a binary file 2 weeks ago and thought she opened it with InDesign. I have not seen the file. The programs affected are CS3 suite, dreamweaver, flash, fireworks font doctor, photoshop elements, filemaker. All my mac programs still work fine and firefox etc.I did try to use time machine to restore some of those programs to all the way back to December but it didn't work. I repaired Permissions. I cleaned the cache. I used Onyx to do a bunch of things to no avail. Here's one of the Problem details InDesign.

Process: InDesign [593]
Path: /Applications/Adobe InDesign CS/InDesign CS.app/Contents/MacOS/InDesign CS
Identifier: com.adobe.InDesign
Version: CS (3000)
Code Type: PPC (Translated)
Parent Process: launchd [140]

Date/Time: 2014-03-23 18:19:38.494 -0500
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)
Report Version: 6

Interval Since Last Report: 270542 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 75
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 412 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 61
Anonymous UUID: 9FF77F32-D442-4B2E-A538-6C7C0ADA526B

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x00000000ffffffff
Crashed Thread: 6

Thread 0: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 LaunchCFMApp 0xb815ac81 spin_lock_wrapper + 90089
1 LaunchCFMApp 0xb816f049 CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 53713
2 LaunchCFMApp 0xb80e88cb 0xb8000000 + 952523
3 ??? 0x8ab472d6 0 + 2327081686

Thread 1:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x80142afa mach_msg_trap + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x80143267 mach_msg + 68
2 LaunchCFMApp 0xb819440f CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 206231
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x80170259 _pthread_start + 345
4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x801700de thread_start + 34

Thread 2:
0 LaunchCFMApp 0xb815acc0 spin_lock_wrapper + 90152
1 LaunchCFMApp 0xb8179c5b CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 97763
2 LaunchCFMApp 0xb80c6b13 0xb8000000 + 813843
3 LaunchCFMApp 0xb80c0037 0xb8000000 + 786487
4 LaunchCFMApp 0xb80dd8e8 0xb8000000 + 907496
5 LaunchCFMApp 0xb8145397 spin_lock_wrapper + 1791
6 LaunchCFMApp 0xb801ceb7 0xb8000000 + 118455

Thread 3:
0 LaunchCFMApp 0xb815a8ff spin_lock_wrapper + 89191
1 LaunchCFMApp 0xb8176e5d CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 85989
2 LaunchCFMApp 0xb80c6b13 0xb8000000 + 813843
3 LaunchCFMApp 0xb80c0037 0xb8000000 + 786487
4 LaunchCFMApp 0xb80dd8e8 0xb8000000 + 907496
5 LaunchCFMApp 0xb8145397 spin_lock_wrapper + 1791
6 LaunchCFMApp 0xb801ceb7 0xb8000000 + 118455

Thread 4:
0 LaunchCFMApp 0xb815a8ff spin_lock_wrapper + 89191
1 LaunchCFMApp 0xb8176e5d CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 85989
2 LaunchCFMApp 0xb80c6b13 0xb8000000 + 813843
3 LaunchCFMApp 0xb80c0037 0xb8000000 + 786487
4 LaunchCFMApp 0xb80dd8e8 0xb8000000 + 907496
5 LaunchCFMApp 0xb8145397 spin_lock_wrapper + 1791
6 LaunchCFMApp 0xb801ceb7 0xb8000000 + 118455

Thread 5:
0 LaunchCFMApp 0xb815a8ff spin_lock_wrapper + 89191
1 LaunchCFMApp 0xb8176e5d CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 85989
2 LaunchCFMApp 0xb80c6b13 0xb8000000 + 813843
3 LaunchCFMApp 0xb80c0037 0xb8000000 + 786487
4 LaunchCFMApp 0xb80dd8e8 0xb8000000 + 907496
5 LaunchCFMApp 0xb8145397 spin_lock_wrapper + 1791
6 LaunchCFMApp 0xb801ceb7 0xb8000000 + 118455

Thread 6 Crashed:
0 ??? 0x9254b024 0 + 2455023652

Thread 6 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x007f96fd ebx: 0xffffffff ecx: 0x15860000 edx: 0x00000000
edi: 0x15860000 esi: 0x1585d8aa ebp: 0x007fdff8 esp: 0x007fdf8c
ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010287 eip: 0x9254b024 cs: 0x00000017
ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000000
cr2: 0xffffffff

Binary Images:
0x80000000 - 0x8005dff7 com.apple.framework.IOKit 2.0 (???) <3DABAB9C-4949-F441-B077-0498F8E47A35> /System/Library/Frameworks/IOKit.framework/Versions/A/IOKit
0x8007d000 - 0x800e7fe7 libstdc++.6.dylib 7.9.0 (compatibility 7.0.0) <411D87F4-B7E1-44EB-F201-F8B4F9227213> /usr/lib/libstdc++.6.dylib
0x80142000 - 0x802e9ff7 libSystem.B.dylib 125.2.11 (compatibility 1.0.0) <2DCD13E3-1BD1-6F25-119A-3863A3848B90> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
0x8036b000 - 0x804e6fe7 com.apple.CoreFoundation 6.6.6 (550.44) <F88C95CD-1264-782D-A1F5-204739847E93> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation
0x805de000 - 0x805ecfe7 libz.1.dylib 1.2.3 (compatibility 1.0.0) <33C1B260-ED05-945D-FC33-EF56EC791E2E> /usr/lib/libz.1.dylib
0x805f1000 - 0x805fdff7 libkxld.dylib ??? (???) <9A441C48-2D18-E716-5F38-CBEAE6A0BB3E> /usr/lib/system/libkxld.dylib
0x80601000 - 0x80647ff7 libauto.dylib ??? (???) <29422A70-87CF-10E2-CE59-FEE1234CFAAE> /usr/lib/libauto.dylib
0x80654000 - 0x807d6fe7 libicucore.A.dylib 40.0.0 (compatibility 1.0.0) <60FF302E-5FAE-749B-BC70-0496DC2FBF2D> /usr/lib/libicucore.A.dylib
0x80838000 - 0x808e5fe7 libobjc.A.dylib 227.0.0 (compatibility 1.0.0) <9F8413A6-736D-37D9-8EB3-7986D4699957> /usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib
0x808f9000 - 0x808fcfe7 libmathCommon.A.dylib 315.0.0 (compatibility 1.0.0) <1622A54F-1A98-2CBE-B6A4-2122981A500E> /usr/lib/system/libmathCommon.A.dylib
0x8fe00000 - 0x8fe4163b dyld 132.1 (???) <4CDE4F04-0DD6-224E-ACE5-3C06E169A801> /usr/lib/dyld
0xb8000000 - 0xb81defff LaunchCFMApp ??? (???) <6437A74D-607F-7339-5F7E-F6B0EF81C25D> /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Support/LaunchCFMApp
0xffff0000 - 0xffff1fff libSystem.B.dylib ??? (???) <2DCD13E3-1BD1-6F25-119A-3863A3848B90> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib

Translated Code Information:
objc[593]: garbage collection is ON
Rosetta Version: 22.27
Args: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Support/LaunchCFMApp /Applications/Adobe InDesign CS/InDesign CS.app/Contents/MacOS/InDesign CS
Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)

Thread 0: (0xb011cd74, 0xb815a8ff)
0x96c70aa4: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib : __dispatch_semaphore_wait_slow + 248
0x96c6f190: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib : __dispatch_worker_thread + 116
0x96b8cf08: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib : __pthread_body + 40
0x00000000: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Support/LaunchCFMApp : + 0

PPC Thread State
srr0: 0x00000000 srr1: 0x00000000 vrsave: 0x00000000
cr: 0xXXXXXXXX xer: 0x20000000 lr: 0x96c70abc ctr: 0x96aec600
r00: 0xffffffda r01: 0xf0101dc0 r02: 0x00000000 r03: 0x00002703
r04: 0x00000040 r05: 0x3b9aad14 r06: 0x00000020 r07: 0x00000000
r08: 0x3b9aad14 r09: 0x00000000 r10: 0x3b9aad14 r11: 0xa0bd5698
r12: 0x96aec600 r13: 0x00000000 r14: 0x00000000 r15: 0x00000000
r16: 0x00000000 r17: 0x00000000 r18: 0x00000000 r19: 0x00000000
r20: 0x00000000 r21: 0xa0bdb7cc r22: 0xa0bdb7c0 r23: 0xa0bdb7c8
r24: 0x000000cf r25: 0x37554927 r26: 0xa0bdb50c r27: 0x00000040
r28: 0x0000000f r29: 0x224d2d14 r30: 0xa0bdb7a0 r31: 0x96c709b4

Thread 1: (0xb0220d74, 0xb815a8ff)
0x92ea3a3c: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framework/Versions/A/CarbonCore : _MPWaitOnSemaphore + 40
0x7f238dd4: No symbol
0x7f239010: No symbol
0x7f238a28: No symbol
0x92ea4988: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framework/Versions/A/CarbonCore : _PrivateMPEntryPoint + 100
0x92ea4988: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framework/Versions/A/CarbonCore : _PrivateMPEntryPoint + 100
0x96b8cf08: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib : __pthread_body + 40
0x00000000: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Support/LaunchCFMApp : + 0

PPC Thread State
srr0: 0x00000000 srr1: 0x00000000 vrsave: 0x00000000
cr: 0xXXXXXXXX xer: 0x00000000 lr: 0x92ea3a80 ctr: 0x96aec600
r00: 0xffffffda r01: 0xf0203cd0 r02: 0x00234ca0 r03: 0x00004e07
r04: 0x7fffffff r05: 0x00000000 r06: 0x00000000 r07: 0x00000000
r08: 0x00000000 r09: 0x4d555458 r10: 0x917190e0 r11: 0xa0bd5698
r12: 0x96aec600 r13: 0x00000000 r14: 0x00000000 r15: 0x00000000
r16: 0x00000000 r17: 0x00000000 r18: 0x00000000 r19: 0x00000000
r20: 0x00000000 r21: 0x00000000 r22: 0x00000000 r23: 0x00000000
r24: 0x00000000 r25: 0x00000000 r26: 0x00000000 r27: 0x00000000
r28: 0x00000000 r29: 0x7fffffff r30: 0x00000000 r31: 0x92ea3a20

Thread 2: (0xb7fffacc, 0x8aea96c1)
0x92e78c04: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framework/Versions/A/CarbonCore : FindHFSName2Retained(void*, short*, unsigned long, unsigned long, FSAttributeInfo*, char*) + 844
0x92e845a0: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framework/Versions/A/CarbonCore : PBHOpenCommon(HParamBlockRec*, unsigned char) + 208
0x0093853c: No symbol
0x00000000: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Support/LaunchCFMApp : + 0

PPC Thread State
srr0: 0x00000000 srr1: 0x00000000 vrsave: 0x00000000
cr: 0xXXXXXXXX xer: 0x20000000 lr: 0x92e77d8c ctr: 0x96aec7a0
r00: 0x92e77d9c r01: 0xbfffafd0 r02: 0xbfffde90 r03: 0x00000000
r04: 0x000000a4 r05: 0x000000a4 r06: 0x00000000 r07: 0xbfffc0c7
r08: 0xbfffb148 r09: 0x0000000a r10: 0x00000000 r11: 0x00800000
r12: 0x96b99370 r13: 0x0000000a r14: 0x00000000 r15: 0xbfffc058
r16: 0x008dbe54 r17: 0xbfffc0d3 r18: 0xbfffbfb4 r19: 0x00000070
r20: 0x28402242 r21: 0xbfffde90 r22: 0xbfffc070 r23: 0x0000085f
r24: 0x0000000a r25: 0xbfffe2d0 r26: 0x00235630 r27: 0xbfffb66c
r28: 0x00000000 r29: 0x0091bc94 r30: 0x0000085f r31: 0x92e77658

Thread 3: (0xb009ad38, 0xb815acc0)
0x96c6f4b8: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib : __dispatch_mgr_invoke + 228
0x96c6ee9c: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib : __dispatch_queue_invoke + 308
0x96c6f02c: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib : __dispatch_worker_thread2 + 372
0x96c6f168: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib : __dispatch_worker_thread + 76
0x96b8cf08: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib : __pthread_body + 40
0x00000000: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Support/LaunchCFMApp : + 0

PPC Thread State
srr0: 0x00000000 srr1: 0x00000000 vrsave: 0x00000000
cr: 0xXXXXXXXX xer: 0x20000000 lr: 0x96c6f480 ctr: 0x96b302d8
r00: 0x0000016b r01: 0xf0080bb0 r02: 0x00000000 r03: 0x00000004
r04: 0x00000000 r05: 0x00000000 r06: 0xf0080d0c r07: 0x00000001
r08: 0xf0080d28 r09: 0x00000000 r10: 0x0000003d r11: 0xa0bd4530
r12: 0x96b302d8 r13: 0x10624dd3 r14: 0x96cbeb04 r15: 0xf0080c0c
r16: 0xf0080c8c r17: 0xa0bef3dc r18: 0xf0080d28 r19: 0xa0be9588
r20: 0xa0bea588 r21: 0xf0080d0c r22: 0xa0be9508 r23: 0xa0be9488
r24: 0xa0bef3dc r25: 0x00000000 r26: 0xa0bdb62c r27: 0x00000000
r28: 0xa0bdb604 r29: 0xa0bdb33c r30: 0xf0080d28 r31: 0x96c6f3dc

Thread 4: (0xb019ed74, 0xb815a8ff)
0x96c70aa4: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib : __dispatch_semaphore_wait_slow + 248
0x96c6f190: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib : __dispatch_worker_thread + 116
0x96b8cf08: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib : __pthread_body + 40
0x00000000: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Support/LaunchCFMApp : + 0

PPC Thread State
srr0: 0x00000000 srr1: 0x00000000 vrsave: 0x00000000
cr: 0xXXXXXXXX xer: 0x20000000 lr: 0x96c70abc ctr: 0x96aec600
r00: 0xffffffda r01: 0xf0182dc0 r02: 0x00000000 r03: 0x00002703
r04: 0x00000040 r05: 0x38fef421 r06: 0x00000020 r07: 0x00000000
r08: 0x38fef421 r09: 0x00000000 r10: 0x38fef421 r11: 0xa0bd5698
r12: 0x96aec600 r13: 0x00000000 r14: 0x00000000 r15: 0x00000000
r16: 0x00000000 r17: 0x00000000 r18: 0x00000000 r19: 0x00000000
r20: 0x00000000 r21: 0xa0bdb7cc r22: 0xa0bdb7c0 r23: 0xa0bdb7c8
r24: 0x000000cf r25: 0x34b47d68 r26: 0xa0bdb50c r27: 0x00000040
r28: 0x0000000f r29: 0x1fb17421 r30: 0xa0bdb7a0 r31: 0x96c709b4


Model: iMac7,1, BootROM IM71.007A.B03, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.21f4
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro, ATI,RadeonHD2600, PCIe, 256 MB
Memory Module: global_name
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x88), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.42.4)
Bluetooth: Version 2.4.5f3, 2 service, 19 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: ST3500418ASQ, 465.76 GB
Parallel ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-875
USB Device: USB 2.0 Hub [MTT], 0x1a40 (TERMINUS TECHNOLOGY INC.), 0x0201, 0xfa400000
USB Device: My Book 1110, 0x1058 (Western Digital Technologies, Inc.), 0x1110, 0xfa420000
USB Device: USB 2.0 Hub, 0x1a40 (TERMINUS TECHNOLOGY INC.), 0x0101, 0xfa470000
USB Device: Keyboard Hub, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x1006, 0xfa471000
USB Device: Apple Keyboard, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x0220, 0xfa471200
USB Device: Back-UPS ES 725 FW:802.n2.D USB FW:n2, 0x051d (American Power Conversion), 0x0002, 0xfa410000
USB Device: Built-in iSight, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8502, 0xfd400000
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8206, 0x1a100000
USB Device: HP LaserJet 1200, 0x03f0 (Hewlett Packard), 0x0317, 0x1a200000
USB Device: IR Receiver, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8242, 0x5d100000

There isn't a lot to go on there really.
It tells me Thread 6 Crashed, but when I goto Thread 6 all I see is

without a single word or Path telling me what happened.

All I can say is its a Internal to the Application Crash.

So im afraid from that, and what you have said you have done, I would either reinstall the offending Apps (which I don't think will help) to wiping the HD and restoring your whole OS from a place way before the Binary file (just to be on the safe side)
If you can, maybe run MemTest just to knock Bad Memory on the head.

Sounds like she corrupted something in Adobe's core that all the CS3 programs call to.

Simplest solution is to uninstall and then reinstall your entire CS3 suite from your Adobe discs.

Reinstalling didn't work. Why would my Preview App be missing? It's in my back up file but how strange. Would a clean install work then use time machine to load a back up from a couple months ago?