MacBook desktop background will not change

My background pictures would rotate, but a few days ago they stopped, and just a blank blue background shows. I cannot change the background at all, I'm not sure what to try. There were no topics anywhere with this problem!
If anyone has a suggestion please let me know, Thanks
Leesahh

Thank you!
Actually, I just got off the phone with Apple and they had me do the same thing, along with some additional items (I also had a ScreenSaver problem) listed below:
Here is a list of procedures we went through:
- Navigated to ~/Library
- From /Preferences, deleted:
ByHosts folder
com.apple.desktop.plist
com.apple.preference.desktopscreeneffect.plist
com.apple.screensaver.plist
com.apple.systempreferences.plist
- Deleted contents of Library/Saved Application State folder
- Emptied trash, restarted computer
Thanks again,
Ken

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