Corrupted icons in my Sys Pref window

How do I fix it? The icons are jumbled up and no text below them even.

Delete the file user/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist.
Sometimes preference files (.plist) become corrupt. The OS recreates preference files as needed, so trashing them is safe.
Hope this helps...

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