Mail 4.6 won't open

Just updated my software and now my mail (v4.6) won't open. Anyone have and ideas? Thanks.

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Hello, just ran accross your query.
Was Mail ever moved out of the Applications folder?
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4424?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

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