When I do that, it copies the PrefPanes. Then when I double click one it just opens the Sytem Preferences program but does not go to the specific prefpane (opening "Appearances" or any of them take you to the main menu).

What I did find to work simply dragging /System/Library/PreferencePanes to the dock, no permissions required. It's ugly (all the icons change into "document" style icons) and I did take advantage of my administrative powers to put a file labeled "_icon" in the folder, giving it the same icon as System Preferences program. But this won't work if you have prefpanes elsewhere on your system.

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