Desktop & Screen Saver die after installed aperture

After I installed Aperture 2.0. I can't add new folder at Desktop & Screen Saver anymore. After I reinstall the leopard, It still happen after I installed Aperture. Is anyone have the same experience ?

yes ... it is a leo problem ... the fix has been to create a null (empty) iPhoto library ...
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Hi Cameron I'm not going to be much help because I too have exactly the same problem with my machine - I have tried re-installing Leopard and that makes not one scrap of difference - I have cleared out all the rubbish on the machine - no difference - sent umpteen "reports" to Apple expecting some sort of response - after all the OS is the best thing since sliced bread so they can't have many reports to deal with - perhaps its us causing the problem.
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In the main System Preferences>Show All, the title of Desktop & Screen Saver icon has changed to "DesktopScreenEffectsPrefDock". It is all smashed together like that and partially overlays the "Appearance" title to the left of it.
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