Need some help please.

[GTP]

This is on my own computer. It's a part of the Stepris Rainmeter Skin.
I've been fooling with it for a couple of months and cannot get it to work in Windows 10.

This code loads the user profile pic on the desktop inside the circle (where the red "X" is in the pic) but I cannot get it to work.

It worked perfectly on Windows 7 but I think W10 puts the user pic somewhere else other than where I found it??

Clicking the user pic (is supposed to) open the default users folders in explorer.

Thanks for any assistance.

 

[LordIntruder]

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\User Account Pictures\Default Pictures\
is the place for the standard profile pictures in Windows 7

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\User Account Pictures
is the place for the standard profile pictures in Windows 10 up to 1709

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Default Account Pictures
is the place for the standard profile pictures in Windows 10 from 1803 on

C:\users\username\appdata\roaming\Microsoft\Windows\AccountPictures
the personalized profile picture path in Windows 10

Maybe this information is helpful for you.

 

[GTP]

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\User Account Pictures\Default Pictures\
is the place for the standard profile pictures in Windows 7

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\User Account Pictures
is the place for the standard profile pictures in Windows 10 up to 1709

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Default Account Pictures
is the place for the standard profile pictures in Windows 10 from 1803 on

C:\users\username\appdata\roaming\Microsoft\Windows\AccountPictures
the personalized profile picture path in Windows 10

Maybe this information is helpful for you.

Unfortunately it still doesn't display the user pic.

The actual path to my user pic is:

C:\users\Greg\appdata\roaming\Microsoft\Windows\AccountPictures\59d6389b1b61d467.accountpicture-ms

but when I enter this address into the .ini file and save it nothing happens

I tried renaming the file to user.png - didn't work. (keeps the extension ".accountpicture-ms")
Tried copying the image to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Default Account Pictures - didn't work
Tried contacting the author of the Stepris skin. No longer active.

Oh well. would have been nice to get it working but more important things to do.....like work...lol

 

[GTP]

OMG it was so simple I'm embarrassed to post this!

Created a folder on the hard drive called "Profile Pic" and dropped an image in it.
Changed the path in the .ini file to point to it and voila!



When the mouse is hovered on the pic it drops down the description bar and changes colour (red in this instance but you can change it to anything).
You simply click to open the default users folders.

; ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
; DEVELOPER OPTIONS
; ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

;------------------------------------

[Rainmeter]
Author=T-Skins | Tanjil Ahmed
ContextTitle="Stepris Config"
ContextAction=["#@#\Variables\config.exe"]
MouseOverAction=[!ToggleMeter Hover][!WriteKeyValue Text Text "Admin" "#SKINSPATH#Stepris\Hover Info\info.ini"][!RainmeterActivateConfig "Stepris\Hover Info" info.ini][!Redraw]
MouseLeaveAction=[!ToggleMeter Hover][!RainmeterDeactivateConfig "Stepris\Hover Info" info.ini][!Redraw]

[Metadata]
Information=Displays User Profile
License=Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0
Version=1.2

[Variables]
@include=#@#Variables\Variables.inc
@include2=#@#Variables\Styles.ini
ImgPath=#@#Images\

; ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
; METERS
; ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[UserPhoto]
Meter=Image
ImageName=C:\Users\Greg\Pictures\Profile\You Big Dummy.jpg
;C:\users\Greg\appdata\roaming\Microsoft\Windows\AccountPictures\59d6389b1b61d467.accountpicture-ms
;C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Default Account Pictures\59d6389b1b61d467.accountpicture-ms
H=99
X=21
Y=20
MouseOverAction=[!ShowMeter Circle][!ShowMeter User][!Redraw]
MouseLeaveAction=[!HideMeter Circle][!HideMeter User][!Redraw]

[BG]
Meter=Image
ImageName=#ImgPath#\circleh
;ImageCrop=0,0,100,100

[Welcome]
Meter=String
MeterStyle=Font
Text=Welcome
FontSize=16
X=16R
Y=36
StringCase=Upper

[UserName]
Meter=String
MeterStyle=Font
Text=%USERNAME%
FontSize=42
X=-6r
Y=20r
StringCase=Upper

[Circle]
Meter=Image
ImageName=#ImgPath#\circle
ImageTint=#Color#
X=21
Y=21
W=98
H=98
LeftMouseUpAction=["%USERPROFILE%"]
Hidden=1

[User]
Meter=Image
ImageName=#ImgPath#\user
X=r
Y=r
Hidden=1

 

[LordIntruder]

AFAIR in Windows 7 the profile picture ist what it should be: a picture, in bmp format. with .bmp as extension. Seems that the extension of the profile picture in Windows 10 breaks the neck of your software.

This behavior to change a picture's extension and many more things are the reason for me to ask everyday since the beginning of windows 10 just one question: why, microsoft, why?

 

[Markverhyden]

That's some fancy head gear there @Barcelona! Be careful or you might get accused of misappropriating someone else's culture.....

 

[Krynn72]

That's some fancy head gear there @Barcelona! Be careful or you might get accused of misappropriating someone else's culture.....

Now I'm imagining a man dressed up like a chieftain, but talking in an Australian accent.


I like it.

 

[GTP]

Thanks

That's some fancy head gear there @Barcelona! Be careful or you might get accused of misappropriating someone else's culture.....

Now I'm imagining a man dressed up like a chieftain, but talking in an Australian accent.


I like it.

"She'll be right mate!" haha.

Thanks for your concerns guys, but the pic was apropos because of the look on Red Clouds face. I felt like a dummy!
I've since changed it to my avatar, so hopefully no infringements...lol