Desktop images settings after 10.5.7 broken

Hi
I have just upgraded to 10.5.7 and noticed that my desktop pictures I was using are not showing so went into the desktop and screensaver settings and the folders section and iphoto section are missing
can anyone help?
Thanks

open iphoto once. then try changing desktop picture again. if it's still not working delete the file /users/username/library/preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist and log out/in. your desktop background will be reset to the default. try changing it again.

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