Help! Safari crashed and won't come back

[chicagdan]

A few minutes ago I changed my startup home page on Safari. I closed the program and reopened to see if it worked and the program crashed. So then I deleted Safari and downloaded the latest version ... and it crashed. I've tried rebooting, emptying the trash can, yadda yadda. It won't come back. What's up!?!?!

 

[mac15]

this happened to me, just reboot, it worked on for me, I even trashed everything (like the prefs, cache and well everything safari touched)

But all it needs is a reboot

 

[chicagdan]

Unfortunately, it didn't work. I've rebooted three times now. Any other ideas ... anyone?

 

[chicagdan]

Okay, in case this happens to anyone else, here's how I fixed the problem. I searched my hard drive for Safari and deleted every file that came up. Then I reinstalled Safari and it works just fine. Still have no idea how it became corrupted.

 

[MrMacMan]

Or get the Safari Un-installer, wait there is none.

Search for all Safari like apps and resoucres and delete it.

 

[erik1975]

I had the same thing happen today. It happened right after I took my G4 Cube apart to replace the fan on my Radeon. I thought for sure I had caused damage somehow.

After deleting and relinstalling to no avail, I simply deleted the prefs file. This allowed Safari to open and not crash. I did not have to reboot to continue using it!!!