System preferences freezes; can't access to make changes.

I have two identities on my MacBook Air. In the main identity, System Preferences is frozen so I can't access it to make any changes. I want to migrate my files to the other identity and delete the original one, as everything works fine in the second identity. I don't know what is causing the issue, so I don't want to move anything that will cause the same problem. Anyone have thoughts on this?

Does it freeze as soon as you launch it, or only when you select a preference pane? If the latter, which one?

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