Screen Saver stuck at 3 Minutes and spinning ball / Force Quit !

I am try to change my screen saver which is set at 3 minutes , when I open Desktop and Screens Saver, the spinning balls comes ( forever ) and I must force quit. I cannot change the setting, I looked up past problems of the same nature and found " Old Toad " giving advice for this problem, when I found the "By Host" folder I could not find the exact com.apple.screensaver.xxxxxxxxplist ( or something close to that ) that I should delete and then reopen my System Pref. I found others close to that , but that exact one, Any Help ? Thanks

I Think I found the answer, I found some com.apple.screensaver in the " ByHost" folder and dragged each one in and out until I found which one was causing the spinning ball problem, presently I have it in the Trash, but not sure if it's ok to delete form Trash, it must have been in the " BY Host " folder for some reason to begin with ? Thanks

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