Can't open address book on mac os x

try to add new address information to my address book on mac mini,
no response when open the address book.
has updated the combo Mac OS to V10.5 but the problem still exist.
or is a way to reinstall the address book?
please help!
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Welcome to Discussions!
In Finder, click Go>Home, open "Library", open "Preferences", find the files com.apple.AddressBook.abd.plist and com.apple.AddressBook.plist and move them to your desktop.
Then log out and log in again, and try again.
Good luck!
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