CAN'T OPEN SYSTEM PREFS, AGAIN!!!!

THIS IS TOO MUCH!
Yesterday, I could not open my system prefs. I did every thing possible within my actual system, trashed all that could be the problem, did a archived reinstalled, ran Tech Tool, Disk Warrior. Eventually had to do a clean install.
The new prefs opened once for me to change international prefs and then IT'S GONE AGAIN!!!
CAN'T OPEN SYSTEM PREFS AGAIN!!!!
THIS IS KILLING ME ! DOCK BOUNCES BUT NOTHING HAPPENS
HELP!

Laurent/Klaus,
Sys prefs is an app and it's icon can be dragged into the dock. Laurent will have done that. I would suggest to him he, 1) dump the dock icon, drag it from dock and have it go 'poof', 2) Try to launch it and use it from the Apple menu, 3) Try to launch it and use it from the icon in 'Applications', 4) Knowing then you can get it to run drag the 'Applications' icon afresh into the dock.
Could try repairing permissions for the Sys Pref app.

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