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| Author: | Mr_Natural [ Sat Feb 08, 2014 11:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Account Picture Reverted to Generic Icon |
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? Thanks. |
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| Author: | Gaurav [ Sun Feb 09, 2014 9:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Account Picture Reverted to Generic Icon |
What about the PC Settings app? Can you try setting the picture again from PC Settings? |
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| Author: | Mr_Natural [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 7:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Account Picture Reverted to Generic Icon |
I just tried that; made no difference. |
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| Author: | Gaurav [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 7:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Account Picture Reverted to Generic Icon |
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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| Author: | Mr_Natural [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Account Picture Reverted to Generic Icon |
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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| Author: | Ivo [ Mon Feb 10, 2014 10:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Account Picture Reverted to Generic Icon |
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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| Author: | Mr_Natural [ Tue Feb 11, 2014 7:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Account Picture Reverted to Generic Icon |
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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| Author: | Ivo [ Tue Feb 11, 2014 9:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Account Picture Reverted to Generic Icon |
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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| Author: | Gaurav [ Thu Apr 16, 2015 2:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Account Picture Reverted to Generic Icon |
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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