Spaces won't "stick" to F2 key

Hi-
I have a new iMac and absolutely love it. However, I am having a problem--I have gone into System Preferences and updated things so I can access Spaces simply by pressing F2. However, seemingly at random, or maybe it's whenever I shut down and re-log on, I can no longer access Spaces with F2 and am forced to go to the Dock to access it. I have noticed in the System Preferences pane, there is no little "lock" to keep things as I have put them. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thank you in advance!

Lorahbee wrote:
Yes, I mean I am trying to open the Spaces application. I don't use F8 because I don't like it's location. It's easier for me to use F2. So I set it to F2 in System Preferences in the Expose/Spaces pane and for some reason it seems to work for a day or two and then, all of a sudden, when I go to use F2 to open Spaces, it refuses to open and I find I can't open it using F2 or F8 either. I can still open it by going to the dock, but that is not as convenient as F2. Any suggestions? Thank you in advance!
From what you say, it's not sticking period.
Question - if you do not assign it to F2, does it stick to F8?
If so, then you may have a corrupt preference file (.plist). Which one it might be, I don't know, but someone here will know which one has the spaces and other key assignments.
No guarantee that it is a corrupt .plist, but it's a reasonable guess.

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