My system preference window doesn't show

system preference doesn't show anymore...

Mind following these instructions?
Quit System Preferences (right-click on dock icon, then Quit). Launch the Console app (under Applications -> Utilities), and see if you get error messages once you try launching System Prefs again.
Copy and paste those into a post here. Just the relevant ones, not hundreds others.
Error messages in the Console app, of course.

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