Systems Preferences freezes and unresponsive in Lion.

After updating to new Lion OS my System Preferences freezes up, and unresponsive. Have to do a false quit to exit. I accidently requested a picture file that no longer exists to get picture for destop and sreen saver when app froze up and cannot do anything, that requires changing preferences.

If anyone is still having this issue, try this fix:
1. open Terminal and type
chflags nohidden ~/Library (this will unhide your library folder in Lion)
2. open Finder and navigate to Mac HD/Users/<username>/Library/Preferences and delete com.apple.desktop.plist
3. in Terminal type
chflags hidden ~/Library (to hide your library folder)

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