Macbook pro "Desktop and screensaver" missing

I don't know how this actually happened. But one day I was tired of my screensaver and went to go change it. So when I clicked on system preferences I noticed the "Desktop and screensaver" pane missing. I don't even know how long it's been like this. Is there any way to fix this without losing any data I have on my macbook?

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