Can't choose folder for screen saver

Hi, I just updated to the newest intel security download and now I cannot choose a folder when changing my screen saver. I can choose a folder for desktop background but the option for screen saver is not there anymore. Does anyone know what happened or how to get that option back? Thanks.

I don't know if you're still having this problem, but it's one I have from time to time. There's a forum here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2010035&start=0&tstart=0
I find that sometimes I lose the option to choose a folder for the screensaver, without any warning. How are you accessing this control panel? If you do it by right-clicking (or the equivalent; I have a 2-button mouse) on the desktop, try accessing it instead through "System Preferences" on your Dock. It's dumb, but it seems to work for me. Good luck.

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