system information app is missing in el capitan

"About this Mac" appears in the apple menu, but nothing happens when you click it. The application of the information system is not in the utility folder at all. Updated to El Capitan about a month previously and updated to version 10.11.3 today. How to get and install the application system information?

Hey there dougamells,

Welcome to Apple Support communities.

From what I understand, there is a problem of location and launch of the application of the information system on your iMac. The article below provides troubleshooting tips that can help you to isolate and troubleshoot software on your Mac, and it will even browse reinstall OS X if necessary.

Insulation in Mac OS X - Apple support questions

See you soon.

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