Change Account Picture in Windows 8

Use WIN+Q to search Account Picture. Make sure you have Settings selected in the Search bar.

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You will see "Account Picture" and "Customize your account picture". Select one of the options. 

Then go to your PC settings screen.

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On this screen, you can use the Browse button to browse for a file on your machine. You may also click on Camera to take a picture from your laptop's camera. 


To browse from your machine, click on Files and select Computer and browse to where your profile photo is. 

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In code, you can use the User Information class to change the account picture; see:

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