Dock slow to appear

My macbook suddenly has developed a very slow-appearance of the dock. The boot itself seems normal, through the stage where the gray apple disappears and the desktop is blank. Then it can take 5 to 10 minutes for the dock to appear. I have checked to insure that no extra programs are running. I must have picked up something during my browsing that inhibits the appearance of the dock. How can I repair this, or do I need to take it to a service center?
Thanks in advance.

Actually AppleJack is very easy to use...
1.Restart your MacBook while holding down Command(apple key) and S till machine boots.
The screen will be black with lines of text
2.Once MacBook boots up,type "applejack auto restart" (without the quotation marks) and press return key.That's it.
AppleJack does the rest.When AppleJack finishes,the MacBook will restart normally
Jim
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