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How to get Windows User Account Picture? [VB.NET]
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I'm working on a project and i've been looking around for either a directory to the user's account .bmp file or a registry key with the location of it but i can't find it.
And yes i've looked online and i can't seem to find any help there. Has anyone ever done this before and can give me a way to retrieve the user's picture? This should be able to get it from 7, 8, and 8.1 if possible, thanks.
And yes i've looked online and i can't seem to find any help there. Has anyone ever done this before and can give me a way to retrieve the user's picture? This should be able to get it from 7, 8, and 8.1 if possible, thanks.
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Windows 8.1 Location
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\AccountPictures\{FileName}
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\AccountPictures\{FileName}
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Why don't you just screenshot the picture and with a bit of microsoft paint magic you'll have the image..
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Even wrote Why don't you just screenshot the picture and with a bit of microsoft paint magic you'll have the image..
Because what if multiple people use his program? He wouldn't be able to do that...
Think a little.
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For Windows 7 this is the best way I have found
Imports required
Put this code inside your Forms Class
Then call it when assigning an image to a picturebox like this
This will put the current users Picture in the picture box ;)
Imports required
Imports System
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Put this code inside your Forms Class
<DllImport("shell32", EntryPoint:="#261", CharSet:=CharSet.Unicode, PreserveSig:=False)> _
Public Shared Sub GetUserTilePath(username As String, whatever As UInt32, picpath As StringBuilder, maxLength As Integer)
End Sub
Public Function GetUserTilePath(username As String) As String
Dim sb As StringBuilder
sb = New StringBuilder(1000)
GetUserTilePath(username, 2147483648, sb, sb.Capacity)
Return sb.ToString()
End Function
Public Function GetUserTile(username As String) As Image
Return Image.FromFile(GetUserTilePath(username))
End Function
Then call it when assigning an image to a picturebox like this
GetUserTile(System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name)
This will put the current users Picture in the picture box ;)
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Imp wrote For Windows 7 this is the best way I have found
Imports required
Imports System
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Put this code inside your Forms Class
<DllImport("shell32", EntryPoint:="#261", CharSet:=CharSet.Unicode, PreserveSig:=False)> _
Public Shared Sub GetUserTilePath(username As String, whatever As UInt32, picpath As StringBuilder, maxLength As Integer)
End Sub
Public Function GetUserTilePath(username As String) As String
Dim sb As StringBuilder
sb = New StringBuilder(1000)
GetUserTilePath(username, 2147483648, sb, sb.Capacity)
Return sb.ToString()
End Function
Public Function GetUserTile(username As String) As Image
Return Image.FromFile(GetUserTilePath(username))
End Function
Then call it when assigning an image to a picturebox like this
GetUserTile(System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name)
This will put the current users Picture in the picture box ;)
Works like a charm, never understood dll inputs, thanks a lot
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