Account Picture Error

Quandale_Dingle · Feb 19, 2023

Hello all I r

un Windows 11 Home build 25300 dev channel and I saw this error can someone help?

Berton · Feb 19, 2023

Do you mean the Avatar in your Account Details? I believe such an error may mean the image file is too large.

Wisewiz · Feb 20, 2023

I'm not sure this is relevant for OP, but I seem to recall that @Brink posted a tutorial a coupla years ago on how to get your account picture to show up instead of the Microsoft/Windows "person" icon. I can't find it here just now. We had to substitute our chosen image for a handful of .png files in various sizes, I believe.

On W10, I had eliminated the "person" everywhere, in favor of the selected image at upper left.

Brink · Feb 20, 2023

You could try one of these options:

Change Account Picture in Windows 11 Tutorial

You can change your local account or Microsoft account picture in Windows 11 to have more of a personal touch that reflects you. A Microsoft account picture will sync by default to all PCs, devices, and Microsoft services you sign in to with the same Microsoft account. See also...

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Wisewiz · Feb 20, 2023

@Brink

For me, that only sets the top left image (see screenshot in #3 above), but leaves the "person" icon in the lower right (same screenshot). I think I had to replace images named user.png, user-32.png, user-40.png, user-48.png, and user-192.png with my chosen images (all in the right sizes) in the
"C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\User Account Pictures" folder, but I just tried that, then rebooted, and the "person" is still there in Accounts, but replaces the icon in Accounts / Your info.

I, for one, am not about to lose any sleep over this.