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Mr_Natural
PostPosted: Sat Feb 08, 2014 11:22 am 
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Today, I noticed that CS now displays my account picture as just the generic black & white icon. I'm connected to my MS account, but tried both logging out and switching user to another MS account (picture is correct) as well as a local account (picture is correct). The login screen as well as Control Panel -> User Accounts display the correct account picture.

I'm running Win8.1 Pro x64, with everything up to date; CS v4.0.4.

Any thoughts on what broke?

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Gaurav
PostPosted: Sun Feb 09, 2014 9:47 pm 
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What about the PC Settings app? Can you try setting the picture again from PC Settings?

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Mr_Natural
PostPosted: Mon Feb 10, 2014 7:44 am 
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I just tried that; made no difference.
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Some other users have reported this in the past but I have been unable to reproduce this. I also have a Microsoft account. Check here in the Registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer to see if you have a UseDefaultTile value and delete it if it exists.

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Nope, the UseDefaultTile key didn't exist. Wish I could point to something I did (changed settings, installed new application, ...) or that was done to me (Windows update, application update, ...) but I don't believe either occurred recently.
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Ivo
PostPosted: Mon Feb 10, 2014 10:28 pm 
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If you click on the user picture to get to the User Accounts control panel item, do you see the custom picture or the generic picture?
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Mr_Natural
PostPosted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 7:06 am 
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The picture in the Accounts control panel is the correct one. That's what's confusing me. Seems as though CS is having trouble accessing it.
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Ivo
PostPosted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 9:10 am 
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Well, there is no documented way to get the picture. I am using some code I found online long time ago. It is likely that it doesn't work in all cases. I'll see if I can reproduce the problem.
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Gaurav
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Starting with Classic Shell 4.2.0, there is a dedicated setting to change the user picture. It overrides the Windows user account picture and you can specify your own.

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