Address Book Application Dissapeared!

I dont know what happened but I just went to open my Address Book from my dock and I got the question mark so I went to the apps folder, no Address Book! I did a spotlight search, and it found the Address Book Widget which I ran, and it had my contacts in it and my mail is still pulling from there, but what the **** happened to the Address Book Application?? I had this happen once before with the Preview program, just up and dissapeared on me.
I do not sync to mac mail, and nothing out of the ordinary. Was there yesterday, gone today. Any thoughts?

Well, applications don’t just disappear by themselves. If they keep disappearing from /Applications/ in your case, it has to be because someone removes them from there...
Anyway, you may reinstall Address Book as described in the second part of the following article:
Custom installs in Mac OS X 10.4
Note that Address Book may appear grayed out in the installer, but will be checked if you check Applications there, and will be installed if Address Book has been removed from the /Applications/ folder.
If the version of the system software on your install disks is earlier than what you’re using now (and only in that case), then you must also reinstall the Combo Update for the type of computer and the version of Mac OS X you’re using, to bring Address Book back in sync with the rest of the system:
About the Mac OS X 10.4.8 Combo Update
Mac OS X 10.4.8 Combo Update for PPC
Mac OS X 10.4.8 Combo Update for Intel
You may also want to read the following articles for guidelines on how to properly install system updates:
Troubleshooting installation and software updates
Installing software updates
Basically, you should verify/repair the startup disk before installing the update, no applications should be running while installing it, and you may experience unexpected results if you have third-party system software modifications (not normal applications) installed.

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