Cannot change preferences

I have got the iDVD 7.0.2 but cannot change the preferences. I open the programme but the preferences option seems unavailable (Preferences is written with faded letters).
How can I access the preferences?

Log into another account on your Mac and see if you can get iDVD to open and run there. If not then a reinstall of iDVD from the disk it came on is in order. To do so you'll have to delete the current application and all files with "iDVD" in the file name that reside in the HD/Library/Receipts folder. Also delete the preference file. Then reinstall iDVD and run the latest updaters followed by a repair of disk permissions.
If iDVD runs in the other account then there's something in your primary account that is the culprit. It could be a preference file other than iDVD's. Here's how to check it out:
Trouble Shooting Preferences
Go to HD/Users/Your_name/Library. Move the Preferences folder (in its entirety) to the Desktop and make a second copy of it so you have Copy A and B. Now try the the process again and determine if problem is fixed.
If the problem IS fixed, then go to the new Prefs folder that the OS will have created and open it up.
Open Copy B on the Desktop and select all of the items inside. Drag them into the open new library folder. When the Copy window comes up check the Apply to All check box and then click on the Don't Replace button as seen here. That will keep the new files created and bring back all of the others.
If the problem is NOT fixed, trash the new Prefs folder and move the intact Copy A folder back to the Library folder .
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