When it comes to personalization and setting a workspace that feels like you, there’s no better low-hanging fruit than customizing the account picture on your Windows device. Sure, your files, apps, and desktop wallpaper may already speak volumes about your unique flair, but that tiny square...
I've recently been having problems with setting my account picture. It will come up with an error every time I try to change it. I haven't changed my account picture in 6 days nor been on my computer in 6 days (which I doubt affects it). I actually had this problem before (a month and a week ago...
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It should be as easy as deleting the picture, but it's not... nothing is as easy as it should be in this train wreck. How do you delete an old account picture? I've tried just replacing it, but that turns into a whole puzzle you need to unravel first. If you pick the picture you want to replace...
In responding to another post here I ran a search for .BMP files in my User folder.
The search found the files in C:\Users\All Users\Microsoft\User Account Pictures\Default Pictures
But when I look in C:\Users\...
There is no All Users folder!
I have show hidden files and folders...
I want to remove a picture selection from the 'Choose a new picture for your account' window which is not a 'default picture' but was added from a user. I cannot find where the added picture is located so I can remove it. It is not in the user account pictures/default pictures directory, nor...
my login screen user account pics are not showing and it is acting like windowsnt with a login of user name and password and I cant pick for the different accounts.
When I attempt to change my user account picture, nothing works. I click on pictures that I want to change to, the picture highlights, but the picture won't change. It's as if I am not double clicking on the picture at all. Any thoughts?