Desktop & Screensaver preference problem

Hi,
I'm having a problem with the Desktop & Screensaver section of the preferences. It shows me 2 Aperture libraries to choose from, but with the same content. The second problem is that I can't add any new folders containing pictures because I will always get an error "Duplicate Folder".
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance
Franz
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I don't know if this is your problem, but I do know that people who are using Aperture have a problem in Desktop that can be solved by launching iPhoto--you don't have to actually USE iPhoto, it just has to run once and create the iPhoto Library. You might give that a try.
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