>From another post a while back:

From: Oscar Erlandsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 02-05-12 21.30:

>> p.s. anyone who can point me to a readme that explains what to do when you
>> install:  Fink, and then, 'fink install xfree86-rootless' and get a XDarwin
> >folder instead of an app, *please* point me to it.
>> -i really wanted a successful Fink install of xfree86-rootless, but
>> apparently Fink doesn't like me.  :(

>I read something on the Apple Discussion Boards about the problem where an
>app turns into a folder, and their fix (of course provided the folder has
>the .app extension) was to delete the three files in your
>~/Library/Preferences that start in 'LS' (i.e. rm
>~/Library/Preferences/LS*). Then restart, which will recreate these files
>which apparently manage extension associations. Just another idea.

Also, even though not a unix solution, you could try Stuffit (compress and decompress)
... *sometimes* that works too.
Good Luck
Zorro



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