Can't launch system preferences from apple menu

Hello,
My System Preferences opens from the dock and from Finder, but not from the Apple menu.
Here's the read out from Console:
Mar 8 17:14:01 david-cains-computer crashdump[10475]: System Preferences crashed
Mar 8 17:14:01 david-cains-computer crashdump[10475]: crash report written to: /Users/davidcain/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/System Preferences.crash.log
I tried erasing com.apple.systempreferences.plist and relaunching Sys Pref from the Apple menu but without success.
My spouse has a second account on the computer. Everything works on her side.
Many thanks
David
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HI David,
*"I tried erasing com.apple.systempreferences.plist and relaunching Sys Pref from the Apple menu but without success."*
I'm not sure what you mean by "erasing" .. did you drag that .plist file to the Trash, empty the Trash and reboot?
Quit System Preferences.
/Users/YourName/Library/Caches*. Drag this file to the Trash. com.apple.preferencepanes.cache* empty the Trash and reboot your Mac. See if you can access System Preferences from your Apple Menu now.
If that didn't help, check out this thread. http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=551561
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