Help, address book launches firefox

Everytime I launch address book, firefox boots too. I believe address book thinks Firefox is my default browser, and I'm guessing the "Add URL to <browser>" menu item in Address book wants to connect to Firefox even though it isn't running, because my menu item says "Firefox". However, Firefox is no longer my default browser, Chrome is. Firefox hasn't been my default browser for months, and I keep setting Chrome to be my default browser, but the Address Book just doesn't listen.
I hate having to wait for Firefox to book just to find an address. Help please.

Gaygilmore, have you had any additional insights into your problem, which I share? In my case I sync my address book through MobileMe and have the same data on two different computers. What's puzzling is that one computer launches Firefox when Address Book is launched but on the other I don't see this behavior. The two computers run the same OS X version, both have Chrome as the default browser and both have Firefox installed. Of course there are other variations with the apps, plug-ins and extensions installed on each computer so this is not a completely same to same comparison.
And are you really still running OS X 10.4.7?
Steps I've taken: 1) uninstalled Firefox and deleted the Firefox prefs file and emptied Trash. In this case when Address Book launches it is apparently still looking for Firefox so I get a dialog box asking me to indicate where Firefox is. 2) Deleted Quicksilver. No change. 3) checked selected URLs in the address book contacts after uninstalling Firefox. Clicking on a URL opens the page in Chrome. No love so far.

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Crash Report:
Date/Time: 2006-06-17 09:21:16.256 -0400
OS Version: 10.4.6 (Build 8I127)
Report Version: 4
Command: Address Book
Path: /Applications/Address Book.app/Contents/MacOS/Address Book
Parent: WindowServer [71]
Version: 4.0.3 (483)
Build Version: 115
Project Name: AddressBook
Source Version: 4830000
PID: 285
Thread: 0
Exception: EXCBADACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERNINVALIDADDRESS (0x0001) at 0xe183c1fc
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0 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c85708 c4_FormatB::Define(int, unsigned char const**) + 212
1 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c82db4 c4_HandlerSeq::Prepare(unsigned char const**, bool) + 372
2 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c83ae8 c4_FormatV::SetupAllSubviews() + 160
3 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c851e0 c4_FormatV::Get(int, int&) + 44
4 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c85150 c4_Handler::GetBytes(int, c4_Bytes&, bool) + 44
5 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c85108 c4_Sequence::Get(int, int, c4_Bytes&) + 88
6 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c85058 c4_ViewRef::operator c4_View() const + 76
7 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c844a4 c4_Storage::Description(char const*) + 96
8 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c85c04 c4_Storage::GetAs(char const*) + 100
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13 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x94c7f7c0 +[ABAddressBook nts_CreateSharedAddressBook] + 76
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20 com.apple.AppKit 0x93716f64 +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) loadNibFile:externalNameTable:withZone:] + 156
21 com.apple.AppKit 0x937aa930 -[NSWindowController loadWindow] + 204
22 com.apple.AppKit 0x937aa654 -[NSWindowController window] + 92
23 com.apple.AddressBook 0x00009224 0x1000 + 33316
24 com.apple.AddressBook 0x00008f68 0x1000 + 32616
25 com.apple.Foundation 0x92931ad8 nsnotecallback + 180
26 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x90803010 __CFXNotificationPost + 368
27 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x907fb0ec _CFXNotificationPostNotification + 684
28 com.apple.Foundation 0x9291bee0 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 92
29 com.apple.AppKit 0x936bc338 -[NSApplication _postDidFinishNotification] + 112
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36 com.apple.AE 0x914f27fc dispatchEventAndSendReply(AEDesc const*, AEDesc*) + 44
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42 com.apple.AppKit 0x937a6bfc NSApplicationMain + 452
43 com.apple.AddressBook 0x00008a98 0x1000 + 31384
44 com.apple.AddressBook 0x00008588 0x1000 + 30088
45 com.apple.AddressBook 0x00009f68 0x1000 + 36712

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