I get the spinning wheel of death every time I try to open the desktop

How can I fix the spinning wheel of death when trying to open the desktop /screensaver icon in system preferences?

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First, open Disk Utility, select Macintosh HD in the sidebar and repair permissions.
If it doesn't work, open Finder, select Go menu > Go to Folder, type ~/Library/Preferences, delete "com.apple.desktop.plist" and "com.apple.systempreferences.plist" and restart

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The joys of Microsoft!
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Bob

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Det finns också ett svenskt språkiga chatt. http://helpx.adobe.com/se/contact.html and if "open" please use chat, I had the best experiences. I quote from Adobe's employee Preran: The chat button is activated as soon as there is an agent available to help.

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Aufgrund eines Problems kann dieses Programm nicht mehr mit Windows kommunizieren.
Problemsignatur:
Problemereignisname: AppHangB1
Anwendungsname: firefox.exe
Anwendungsversion: 10.0.1.4421
Anwendungszeitstempel: 4f32aad0
Absturzsignatur: 4263
Absturztyp: 0
Betriebsystemversion: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.768.3
Gebietsschema-ID: 1031
Zusätzliche Absturzsignatur 1: 4263107e44c95bb92eb729640db7e7ea
Zusätzliche Absturzsignatur 2: fe86
Zusätzliche Absturzsignatur 3: fe864004cdb784280da5712fe0cfbae5
Zusätzliche Absturzsignatur 4: 4263
Zusätzliche Absturzsignatur 5: 4263107e44c95bb92eb729640db7e7ea
Zusätzliche Absturzsignatur 6: fe86
Zusätzliche Absturzsignatur 7: fe864004cdb784280da5712fe0cfbae5

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