Address book no longer opens!

I'm not sure when it happened, if it was after an update or what, because I don't open Address book on my macbook often, but the icon in the dock (and finder) changed from the regular Address book icon to the apple script icon. When I try to open it, it bounces a couple of times and then nothing. I did a sync and if I go into widgets, all of my contacts are there, but I can't open the program itself!? Any way to just install a clean version of the Address book?

Welcome to the discussions, aburn06.
From your installation disk Address Book is one of the selectable items in the optional installs. After installation download and apply 10.5.2 Combo Update.
AK

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