Check for the capability to launch the problematic application.The process is complete when the Terminal returns to a normal prompt. The process may take a few minutes, and you may see various messages flash by. When prompted for a password, enter your admin password, and press Return again.Type: sudo update_prebinding -root / -force and press Return.Open the Terminal (located in Applications/Utilities).Update prebinding Many cases of application launch-failure can be resolved easily by simply updating prebinding, via the following steps: There are a number of potential solutions for this problem, ranging from simple and relatively quick to more tedious. It?s a frustrating scenario: You click on a regularly used application only to find that it will not launch ? either bouncing indefinitely in the Mac OS X Dock or simply providing no feedback whatsoever.