Address Book and Window Size Defaults

Since upgrading to Snow Leopard, whenever I open Address Book, the window size is teeny tiny and the columns are so itsy bisty narrow as to be entirely useless (like, I get the first 5 letters of each name in the name column, now which Johns... am I seeking?). I have to resize the window and then adjust the column widths every time I open the app.
This is highly annoying. Any ideas about how to fix it?

Have you tried Repairing Permission (using Disk Utility) since upgrading? If not, try that first.
If so, it sounds like your Address Book preferences file might be messed up. You might want to try removing the Address Book preferences file (com.apple.AddressBook.plist) from the /Users/<your user name>/Library/Preferences folder. Don't trash it at first in case you need to put it back.
Close Address Book.
Move the preference file to the Desktop.
Re-launch Address Book.
If the problem is fixed, you can eventually trash the old preference file (a new one will have been created up launch of Address Book).
Keep in mind that any other preferences you may have set up for this application will be lost when you trash the old prefs file, but it may be a worthwhile sacrifice to get it back into working order.
Hope this helps,
Lance

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