Missing dock after installing maverick

Have just installed Maverick and the screen display resolution has shrunk  smaller than the previous setting.
There is no dock on the screen to enable me to go into system preferences to alter the resolution.
Help !!!

This solved my problem
1. Open 'Terminal';
2. Copy this text (without comas): '' mv ~/L*/Application\ Support/Dock/*.db ~/Desktop ";
3. Press Enter; (Screen will flash and icons, dock & finder will disappear for some seconds! In the end, everything will appear on screen!
4. Restar computer;
5. Immediately after turning it on, press AT THE SAME TIME: Command + ALT + P+ R
6. The screen will flash & you'll hear the booting sound again! Then you can let go teh keyboard.

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              OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin.plugin
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              Unity Web Player.plugin
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              Picasa.plugin
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                   1%          EtreCheck
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              1.23 GB            Active RAM
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