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May 31, 2017  To change the account picture in Windows 10, do the following. Open the Settings app; Go to Accounts - Your Account. Click the Browse button under your current user avatar. In the Open dialog which will appear on the screen, browse for an image you want to use and select it in the Open dialog. Method 1: Change Windows 10 User Account Type from PC Settings. Press the Windows key + I keyboard shortcut to open the Settings app, and then click Accounts. Select Family and other people from the list on the left. Click on the account you want to change the type of, and click Change account type. Changing user accounts in Windows 10 Posted on 08th February 2015 Changing a user's account name in Windows is one of the very basic tasks, at least you would expect so but that is not very true on Windows 10 (also on Windows 8 and 8.1).

How to change account type using cmd? Cannot change user account type back to administrator? In this tutorial we’ll show you 5 ways to change user account type between Administrator and Standard user in Windows 10.

Method 1: Change Windows 10 User Account Type from PC Settings

1. Press the Windows key + I keyboard shortcut to open the Settings app, and then click Accounts.
2. Select Family and other people from the list on the left. Click on the account you want to change the type of, and click Change account type.
3. Select either Administrator or Standard User from the drop-down menu and click OK.

Method 2: Change Windows 10 User Account Type Using User Accounts (netplwiz)

1. Press Windows Key + R combination and then type netplwiz in the Run dialog box.
2. The User Accounts dialog box will open. Select the account you would like to change and click the Properties button.
3. Click the Group Membership tab. From there you can select the account type for that particular user.

Method 3: Change Windows 10 User Account Type from Control Panel

1. Open the Control Panel in Large or Small icons view. Click User Accounts.
2. In the User Accounts screen, click the Manage another account link.
3. The Manage Accounts window appears, listing all the accounts on your computer. Click the account you want to change.
4. Click the Change the account type link in the list options.
5. Select Standard or Administrator option as applicable in your case, and click the Change Account Type button.

Method 4: Change Windows 10 User Account Type from Command Prompt

1. Open an elevated Command Prompt by pressing the Windows key + X keyboard shortcut and selecting “Command Prompt (Admin)“.
2. To change a standard user to administrator, you just need to add it to the Administrators group. Run the following command at the Command Prompt. Replace Tom with your account’s name.
   net localgroup Administrators Tom /add
3. To change an administrator account to standard user, just remove it from the Administrators group. Type this command and press Enter.
   net localgroup Administrators Tom /del

Method 5: Change Windows 10 User Account Type Using Bootable Disk

User account switched from admin to standard and I can’t change it back? Lost administrator rights on your own PC? Just boot your computer from PCUnlocker Live CD, and you can easily change the account type to administrator, without knowing the admin password. Follow these steps:

1. Download the PCUnlocker ISO file using another PC you have admin access to, next burn the ISO to CD (or USB thumb drive) with the burning software ISO2Disc.
2. Boot your target PC from the CD. PCUnlocker will launch automatically after the WinPE system is finished booting. Select a standard user and click the Reset Password button.
3. A confirmation dialog will open, asking if you’re ready to promote the selected account to administrator and remove its password. Click Yes.

   Reboot your computer without CD. Now you’ve successfully changed standard user to administrator by running PCUnlocker outside of Windows 10.

Manually Change User Account Picture Windows 10 Download

At Windows login screen you can see a list of user accounts with a small picture next to each one. Actually, the same account picture is also shown at the top of the Start menu (or Start screen), and you can click it to log off and switch user accounts.

In this article we’ll show you how to change the user account picture in Windows 10/8, restore the default user picture (avatar) or delete your old or current account picture.

Part 1: Change Account Picture for Windows 10/8 Account

Unlike previous versions of Windows, Windows 10 and Windows 8 don’t include an option to change the account picture from the User Accounts applet in Control Panel. Now, you have to change it from PC Settings. Here’s how:

Change User Account Picture Windows 10

1. Click the Start button or press the Windows logo key on your keyboard. This will open the Start Menu (or Start Screen).
2. Right-click on the account picture at the top-left corner of the Start menu, and then select “Change account settings“. If a Start screen is shown, right-click on the account picture at the top-right corner of the Start screen and select the “Change account picture” option.
3. Windows presents the PC Settings screen shown below. From there you can see your current account picture. Click on Browse button and select your favorite picture to set as new account picture.

Part 2: Reset/Restore Account Picture to Default

After changing the account picture, you might later find that there is no option to restore the profile picture to default. In Windows 10/8/7, the default account picture images are stored in the hidden system folder: C:ProgramDataMicrosoftUser Account Pictures. Here’s how to reset account picture to default in Windows 10/8:

1. Click the Start button or press the Windows logo key on your keyboard. This will open the Start Menu (or Start Screen).
2. Right-click on the account picture at the top-left corner of the Start menu, and then select “Change account settings“. If a Start screen is shown, right-click on the account picture at the top-right corner of the Start screen and select the “Change account picture” option.
3. Click on Browse button under your current user avatar. When the Open dialog appears, type the following path in the address bar and hit Enter.

   C:ProgramDataMicrosoftUser Account Pictures

4. There, you will be able to pick the default user image.

Part 3: Delete Your Old Account Picture

If you changed your Windows user account picture several times, the previous account pictures will also be shown on the right side of your current account picture.

If you don’t plan to use them again, there is no reason to keep them there. But Windows 10/8 provide no way to remove old user pictures. Here is very simple way to delete the old user account pictures:

1. Open the File Explorer.
2. Type the following path at the address bar, replacing username with the name of your Windows account.
   C:UsersusernameAppDataRoamingMicrosoftWindowsAccountPictures
3. Here you will get all those images what was ever used as your profile picture. Delete all the old images that you do not want to keep. That’s it! Your user picture cache is clean now.

Part 4: Hide or Remove Current Account Picture

Is there a way to hide or remove the user picture at the login screen? How to disable the user account picture from the Start menu? Follow these steps and you can hide/remove current account picture completely in Windows 10/8:

1. Open the File Explorer.
2. Copy and paste the following path in the address bar of File Explorer. Press Enter and you can see all built-in default account pictures. Delete all images.
   C:ProgramDataMicrosoftUser Account Pictures
3. Now you have to clean the cached account images. Copy and paste the following path in the address bar of File Explorer. Press Enter and you’ll see a folder with the name of your account’s SID.
   C:UsersPublicAccountPictures

   Just rename the folder or delete it. If you want to delete that folder, you need to firstly take ownership of the folder using the freeware TakeOwnershipPro.

4. Log off or restart your computer. You’ll see the account picture disappeared from Windows login screen.