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"Setting the account picture failed. Please try again"

Anonymous
2013-07-29T09:54:45+00:00

I am trying to change my account picture in Windows 8 but getting this error "Setting the account picture failed. Please try again" , I have done msconfig also try some registry fix and also tried sfc scan now option, but was not helpful, I have tried to check some registry entries which was shown on site but that all are set so I did not make any change.. now what should I do the steps so that I can change my account picture...

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  1. Kapil Arya 37,661 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2013-07-29T16:43:00+00:00

    Hello Pankaj,

    Please upload the error screenshot and paste it into your reply for better assistance to your issue. Meanwhile, navigate to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\User Account Pictures. Now here you'll see user and guest pictures. Replace them with the image you want to fix as user account picture. Make sure you use the same format and size of those pictures. Reboot and your desired image will be set as user account picture.

    P.S. : ProgramData folder is hidden by default.

    [UPDATE] There is alternative solution for this problem:

    https://www.kapilarya.com/setting-the-account-picture-failed-please-try-again-windows-10

    Hope this helps, Good luck :)

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-07-30T04:02:14+00:00

    Hi Kapil-Arya,

    Hi tried your way and successfully paste account image in C:\Program Data\Microsoft\User Account Pictures, then I restarted my PC but again I did not get that image which I wanted. Here is the screen shots.

    Regards,

    Pankaj Pandey

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-08-17T02:19:50+00:00

    I really loved Windows 7, but after the upgrade to Windows 10 I'm thoroughly annoyed with Micro$oft.

    They've made it difficult to use - not intuitive - and far too much control by Microsoft over MY COMPUTER.

    I did eventually resolve this problem, but it was an hour wasted.

    My next upgrade will be to Apple. I've had enough.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-05-16T19:29:30+00:00

    Use below command and retry:

    reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer /v UseDefaultTile /f

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-11-27T13:29:27+00:00

    still having this error

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