Desktop Pictures Not Showing Up in Desktop Preference Pane

In a previous discussion, the user reported this behavior:
"I clicked on System Preferences, cause I wanted to adjust the
color of surrounding the image I had on my desktop.
"I then clicked on Desktop & Screen Saver.
"I then clicked on the little "color adjuster window" and my
desktop image disappeared, and my screen suddenly reverted back
to the default leopard desktop image. That purple nova haze thing.
"And now, when I click on the "Apple Images, Nature, Plants, Black
& White, Abstract, Solid colors, Pictures Folder," under the "Apple"
Menu,nothing happens.
"And when I click the folders I have under the "Folders" Menu listing
called "Desktop" and "Black and White," nothing happens. None of the
images show up in the window.
I had the exact same problem. Deleting the file ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist fixes the problem.

Yeah, when a change in settings suddenly either has new settings not sticking, or reverts back to some default setting, then a removal of the associated preferences file seems to be the best fix. For users who're unfamiliar with them though, they may be tough to pinpoint.

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