Desktop wallpaper resets on reboot

Hi All i have an Intel I7 Mac Mini running the latest version of Mavericks.
The problem is that if i set a desktop wallpaper of my choosing the picture defaults to the Mavericks Wave Image on reboot.
If i just put the mac to sleep then everything is fine when it awakes my chosen wallpaper is still there.
But if i reboot my wallpaper selection is replaced by the Mavericks Wave image.
Any ideas

Try to delete com.apple.desktop.plist from Preferences folder into your user library.
While you have the Finder's "GO" menu open, press "Option" : a Library item will appear in the list – That's the one that has the .plist in its Preferences folder. Delete the file
Then close your current session, and restart it. You'll always have the "wave" wallpaper.
Change the wallpaper, then shut down your computer and restart it.
Empty the trash in secure mode to delete the old .plist file
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