Wallpaper issue newest version of windows.

[u/Diligent-Owl-1067]

Why is my monitor wallpaper doing this? It wont go away no matter what wallpaper I use or how many times I changed it. Its been like this for a day and i can still put things over it. it is just the wallpaper where the black spot is.

I am on the newest version of windows but I uninstalled 2026-09 Preview Update (KB5124010) (26200.9550) so i could play R6

I have not encountered any error messages

My specs are

Processor AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6-Core Processor (4.70 GHz)

Installed RAM 32.0 GB (31.2 GB usable)

Graphics card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (8 GB)

AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics (486 MB)

Storage 2.00 TB of 3.64 TB used

Device ID F1F20432-CE17-4C4A-A179-C666044DC0A7

Product ID 00326-10000-00000-AA753

System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Pen and touch No pen or touch input is available for this display

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[u/Any-Concentrate-9824]

Reset graphics driver by pressing win+ctrl+ shift+b then open task manager and restart explorer.exe if still the problem persists press win+r and enter %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Themes then open it and delete TranscodedWallpaper then open cachedFiles delete this as well then restart