Desktop wallpaper keeps reverting to an old one

Just recently my desktop wallpaper reverted to one a had in place a good while ago. Since having this 'old' one, the wallapper has been changed a number of times. When this occurs, I cannot change my wallpaper using System Preferences.
Often a restart is required to resolve this.
How can I stop this happening?

Close all windows and quit all applications.
Hold the option key down and click the "Go" menu in the Finder menubar.
Select "Library" from the dropdown, then "Preferences" folder.
Look for these two files.
com.apple.desktop.plist
com.apple.systempreferences.plist
Right click each one of those and select " Move To Trash" from the contextual menu.
Restart the computer.
Best.

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