Suddenly changed to black in Windows 8 wallpaper

As you can see, my wallpaper is suddenly changed to black this afternoon. By choosing the option of customization, I saw the 'Desktop Background' option grayed out so I can't change (as seen in the second pic). Now, when I tried to change the theme, the color of the taskbar and menu bar changed but no image is seen in the office third pic). Please tell me what to do.

Thanks in advance!

This is usually caused by a corrupted TranscodedWallpaper.jpg file.

If the TranscodedWallpaper.jpg file has been corrupted, you may be unable to change the screen background image. To resolve this issue, remove the TranscodedWallpaper.jpg file. To delete the TranscodedWallpaper.jpg file, follow these steps.

From: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2504610

  1. Click Start, paste the following text in the search box and press enter

    %UserProfile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\

  2. Right-click the TranscodedWallpaper.jpg file, and then click Rename.
  3. Replace the TranscodedWallpaper.old file name, and then click Yes when you are prompted.
  4. If slideshow.ini is listed, double-click this file. Slideshow.ini should open in Notepad. Select all the text in slideshow.ini if there and click delete on the keyboard.
  5. On the file menu, click Save.
  6. Close Notepad.
  7. Close the Windows Explorer window, and then navigate to the image that will be set as the background image.
  8. Try to apply a background image again.

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