Why won't dock open? Why does system pref for dock lose it's settings?

I have had the dock set to open on the left and to automatically hide and show.
It suddenly won't open at all. The Pref panel sets itself to open on bottom (where it also won't open) and spontaneously unchecks the automatic hide and show. I set it over and over again, but it keeps doing its own thing. I have shut down and reopened. (This is a new computer, which shouldn't do this.) What else can I try?

Create a new admin user account, log into it, and try there. Report back.

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