Q: System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver - error: could not load...
When I access the "System preferences" and try to open "Desktop & Screen Saver",
I get "Preferences error: could not load Desktop & Screen Saver preference pane".
Anybody knows how to fix it?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.1)
Posted on Feb 19, 2012 12:24 PM
A long shot, but try this: go to Finder, hold down the Option key, and under the Go menu select Library (the Option key will allow your user's Library folder, normally hidden, to appear). In the Library folder, go to the Caches folder and delete these two files:
com.apple.preferencepanes.cache
com.apple.preferencepanes.searchindexcache
Log out and back in and see if System Preferences will now load the Desktop & Screen Saver preference pane. If not, try running a Permissions Repair in Disk Utility and see if that will cure the problem.
Hope this helps.
Posted on Sep 27, 2011 10:06 AM