When I go to system preferences, desktop and screensaver, my mac freezes up; why?

In system preferences, desktop and screensaver, my imac freezes up.  Can anyone help?  Thank you.

Might be corrupted preferences ...
Open the Finder. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
Type or copy paste the following:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist
Click Go then move the com.apple.systempreferences.plist file to the Trash.
Retart your Mac thn try System Preferrences > Screen Saver

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