Can't open address book preference

hi, whenever i tried to open AddressBook's preference, the spinning ball comes up for a while, then goes away but nothing happens. Other system preferences works fine.
I need to look at the preferences, because for some reason address book is not syncing properly to my mobile.
cheers.

reinstalled system.

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    Message was edited by: address book

    Welcome to Discussions!
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    Message was edited by: joshz

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