System Preferences "Display" Pane not showing!!!

So recently went to check my system preferences because i was downloading a wallpaper i liked and i needed to see my iMac's dimensions. So when i went to system preferences the display pane wasnt there! its usually under "Hardware" but its not there. I've logged in in safe mode and everything, it wasnt there. I dont know what happened, the only thing i did recently was in Disk Utility, i repaired my disk permissions, but i dont think that could have done anything to my preferences.
Please help, how can i get my Display Pane back?
By the way, im running Mac OS X Snow Leopard v10.6.8

How many things do you see there? Mine has 30 items. The displays panel file is the oldest, which suggests that the best way to fix your problem is to reinstall OS X 10.6. You should be able to do that safely over the top of what's already on your Mac's drive, but I'd have a good backup anyway. After the installation finishes I'd apple the "combo" update for OS X 10.6.8 before you run anything else. Then use Software Update to apply any other missing updates.
Since you've already booted into "safe mode" I won't suggest that you run "verify disk" or "repair disk" operations.

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