TextEdit is not working TextEdit is not working.  I have tried reinstalling but every time i am getting   


  You can't open the application TextEdit because it may be damaged or
  incomplete.  


message. i dont want to reinstall mac os x. i am using 10.6.8 os x. I also referred Apple Support Communities post.
If you have Xcode installed, you can recompile it yourself.

Go to /Developer/Examples/TextEdit, double click on TextEdit.xcodeproj, and click the play button.

In case you are Xcode less, let me know, I'll upload a build for you on my server.