Mail, calednar and address book do not load

I have an early 2006 iMac 20". Op system OSX 10.4.8. I think after a recent update, my mail, address book and calendar no longer work.
I tried opening these programmes from the dock and from the hard drive, nothing happens. It's like a link has gone missing. However, in the programme history, it still says I "opened" programme as at the last time I clicked.
Anyone has the same problem? Any solution?

Verify/repair the startup disk (not just permissions), as described here:
The Repair functions of Disk Utility: what's it all about?
After having fixed all filesystem issues, if any, proceed as follows:
1. Open /Applications/Utilities/Console.
2. From the File menu, choose either Open Console Log, or Open System Log, or both, so that Console displays the contents of both system.log and console.log.
3. In the Finder, go to /Applications/, and try to open Mail by double-clicking on it. Look at the bottom of the Console windows for messages that might be written there as a result. They may provide some clues.
In the meanwhile, take a look at the following article, in case this is a font issue:
Font Management in Mac OS X Tiger and Panther
You may also want to read this:
Multiple applications quit unexpectedly or fail to launch

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