HT2486 I cannot open my address book.. Help! What do I do?

I cannot open my address book. What do I need to do?

Triple click on the next line to select it all (do not type it)
rm -i L*/Pref*/com.apple.addressbook.plist
copy it to the clipboard, (edit > copy)
press command key and the spacebar and type
Terminal
and press enter to open the Terminal program
click in there and edit > paste
Now press the enter key
If it asks to confirm and it's the matching com.apple.addressbook.plist file , press Y and enter
If it says anything else, then press N and enter
Quit Terminal and re-open your AddressBook and report.

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You might want to try trashing these files in your user /Library/Preferences. They may have become corrupt. Don't empty the Trash just yet. You can always use File>Put Back if this doesn't help.
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There are some contact FILES that, though can be searched by Spotlight and showed in Quick Look, can NOT be opened by Address Book.
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If you want to import your contacts from Windows into OS X Addess Book, do this:
In your Windows machine, go to Start/All Programs/Accessories/Address Book, then, on the contacts lists, select the contacts you want with Control-Click (or select one and then Edit/Select All), and then go to Edit/Copy.
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